Great News! Research on the Pennington surname has just gotten easier! Thanks to RootsWeb and GenConnect, there are seven (7) Pennington surname boards available for your use. The Pennington Research Association supports the use of these boards. You are encouraged to post your information on them. The information you post does NOT have to be "current". The true value of the boards is that you can post information from the past and the present. The boards are: Queries, Bibles, Bios, Deeds, Obits, Pensions and Wills You can post your information to any of the boards and you can reply to a message somebody else has posted. To locate the boards, go to GenConnect at RootsWeb ----> http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/index.html If you are new to the site, I recommend you spend time at the visitors center to help you take full advantage of the site's features. To reach the boards, click on the "Surnames" link at bottom of page, then scroll down to the Surname form and enter "Pennington" then click on the "submit" button. This will take you to the GenConnect Surname Board Finder page. You will see several surnames ending with "P" including "Pennington". Note: GenConnect hosts boards for many other surnames so try them as well. Click on the Board you wish to visit and follow the instructions. You can search the posted messages (many options are available to help your search) or you can post a message to the board. The top of the page has other options as well. You are also offered the opportunity to subscribe to a mailing list that will send you a message each time a new posting is made to the list. PRA member Margaret Wood is the new Obituary Database Editor, head of the Obits Board and will maintain the Obituary board and has offered the following guidelines. These guidelines are excellent for use on all of the boards. Obituaries: The Pennington Obituary Board on Rootsweb has been established for collecting and preserving death notices of PRA members and any persons related to a Pennington family. These may be current deaths or go back to an earlier time. The form that is currently being used to post the notices conforms well to the usual information given in newspaper obituaries so these are good notices to submit. This should include the name , city or county, state and date of the paper, as well as the name and address of the person submitting or posting the notice. If newspaper clippings are not available, similar notices may be submitted by persons possessing the pertinent data. Plans are to include all obituaries already published in Pennington Pedigrees and Couriers in past years, so these will not need to be resubmitted. The PRA obituaries can serve as examples of what is expected for those without computer access as can the Rootsweb notices already posted for those with computers. Ideally, pertinent data should include the following: Full name of Deceased and maiden name if applicable City, County, State of residence Date of death Birth date and place Burial (cemetery, city, state) Spouses' (all of them) given and maiden names Marriage dates if known Surnames of close family members and given names also if desired Pennington Group # if known (Optional) Short (one or two short paragraphs) of personal accomplishments, professions, degrees, important or unusual events, hobbies, etc. If you have any comments or suggestions, please let me know. Thank you. Gene Pennington (Group 7) Research Director Pennington Research Association www.penningtonresearch.org