Let me expand a little on the message by Barb, it seems to me that some people have been putting out information and it is being accepted as fact, with no solid proof, that it is valid. Case in point, my Great grandfather, Wilson Pennington has been entered as the son of Simeon Pennington,=====to date I have not found that first shred of evidence, in any form, to validate that Wilson Pennington is ,indeed, the saon of Simeon Pennington. Yet it can be found in several entries that this is the case. It appears that it is fruitless to try and get it corrected, once something has gotten as far as it has, it is a great task to reverse it. I have written to several people asking for their sources of information, and what did I get? IGNORED, that's what, not one took the time to answer ,let alone offer some proof. I have found these mistakes entered into websites far removed from the PRA, by one person that I shared the information with in the first place, but it did not claim Wilson as the son of Simeon when I released it. I am irked, hurt and aggravated, with the whole mess.And greatly POed. Tom Pennington keenebj@juno.com wrote: > Dear Jennifer, > I cannot speak for others and things may have changed at PRA, but I was a > member for almost 8 years and was not allowed access to the John French > Master File until I volunteered to be a Group Leader. I was then allowed > to see the material that I had personally submitted years before. I > found some personal material that was not supposed to have been there and > spent several months trying to get PRA to delete this material from all > files in their possession and even offered to send them new, more > accurate information on Group 32's Wells Pennington. > > I was promised that the personal material would remain confidential. > Part of this personal data was information on living persons as well as > sad anecdotes my mother shared with me before her death. The names of > the living persons were burned onto a Test CD. I believe I was told it > was on 34 CD's. Then I was told my mom's personal anecdotes would be > removed from the JFMF. The nice man who handled that did remove them but > he did not know that there were several other copies in the hands of PRA > Board members. Stessed to the max and quite ill, I gave up. I sincerely > hope that anyone who reads these little bits of my mother's heartache, > will enjoy the experience. > > That said, if your line is from Wells Pennington who lived at age 18 or > 21 in Ashe Co.NC (1800) and later moved on to Whitley, Pulaski, and Wayne > Cos. KY, I will share directly with you, any data I have. To my best > knowledge, I have the most extensive database on Wells Pennington's line. > Wells Pennington died sometime after 1860, and his last known residence > was in Pulaski County, KY. > > I have some, but limited, information on Group 12's Samuel Pennington. > If anyone thinks they might be of these lines, let me know. > > Barb T > > ==== PENNINGTON Mailing List ==== > Please do not post virus warnings on this list. > Practice safe e-mail habits and only open attachments you're expecting > For addition virus info see http://www.symantec.com/us.index.html or > http://www.mcafee.com/ -- AMERICA, the beautiful land of the free and home of the brave. Love it or leave it. Tom Pennington USA