Melinda , Thank you for the advice. I am not up to any kind of speed as most of you all are ,but After my mother passed away I have been contacting some of the aunts & Uncles in Oklahoma. & that is where I have found some information, but most of them are passed on and one Uncle has only some information to go on. One Cousin did some research and made a Family Tree.com chart before she passed with cancer a few years ago. I found a half brother & sister in Ok. but we don't communicate much at all. Some of the information I am putting into my writing if mostly what I can recall as a small boy and stories that were told to me when my mother wasn't around. She was much stronger and wilder than my father ever was. A real survivor who got involved with the Mob in Kansas City & Chicago. Thanks again for the warning about good & bad info. Ron (Hauser) Pennington ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melinda Pennington" <mgp383@gmail.com> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 7:37 AM Subject: Re: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington > Ron, (and others) > > Be careful with the information you find on ancestry.com I wouldn't > accept > it as 100% accurate. You should only use it as a guide. From the > information located on the OneWorldTree etc. on ancestry, I would order > marriage and death records and view census records to verify the > information > for accuracy. > > Some of the information on ancestry was placed there by researchers such > as > you and me and shared by other online genealogist. You'll need to verify > it > for accuracy. I have found many, many errors on ancestry. > > Obviously, the census records on ancestry are pretty accurate but those > census takers are only human and did make some mistakes. > > Happy researching, > > Melinda Pennington > Membership Chair > Family Group 6 Leader > ARD - Family Groups > > > On 3/9/07, rhauser@peoplepc.com <rhauser@peoplepc.com> wrote: >> >> Barb, >> >> Thank you for your interest in helping. I can give you some of the info I >> do >> have. >> >> He was borne in Maldro, Oklahoma in May 26th 1918 and was killed in >> Plano, >> Texas in Aug.6th 1958. His father was Willis Spencer Pennington , B in >> Alabama Nov.14th 1879 - D in Tulsa 1966. Mother was Alta May Woody B in >> Sallisaw, Ok. May 7th 1894 & D in Sandsprings, Ok. Dec.22 1981. >> >> His Grandfather was Absolem Jackson Pennington B July 11 1854-D 1902. >> G-Grandfather Joel Harison Pennington May 1815-June 1897. The info I >> have >> takes me to his GG Grandfather Benagah Pennington 1781-1860---- GGG >> Grandfather Macajah Pennington 1743 - 1812 >> >> I do not have documentation on any of this other than what I had found >> when >> I was a member of Ancestry.com, but really didn't understand what I >> needed >> to do and how to navigate their system. My wife is interested in her >> family >> and we probably need to get a new membership. >> >> We have been to the little Community of Pennington England just South of >> the >> Lake district. Having been adopted and growing up as Ron Hauser and not >> being able to talk or even ask about my Pennington background, This is >> very >> important to me now and want to pass this on to my Children, and >> Grandchildren. >> >> If we need to go to a different e-mail - let me know. My wife & I really >> like reading the others comments. >> >> Thanks again, >> >> Ron (H.) Pennington >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: <keenebj@juno.com> >> To: <pra@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Friday, March 09, 2007 2:48 AM >> Subject: [PRA] Adrian Leon Pennington >> >> >> > >> > Dear Ron, >> > Well, I'm not sure what we'd find on Ancestry.com but I've found lots >> > of >> > stuff. They have the whole U.S. census for instance. The 1920 might >> > give your father's father, with maybe his mother's first name, too. >> > There's the Social Security Death Index which you probably already >> > have. >> > Once you have his father's name, you can go on back in the census on >> your >> > Grandfather's family which might yield occupation, address at that >> > time, >> > etc. They have some bits of military records, some marriage stuff, >> > some >> > births, but not all of either since there is much at the State level >> > and >> > the county level. I'd like to know what in particular you hope to find >> > and what you already have by way of documentation. I have the UK >> > collection, and the newspaper collection which of course is way short >> > of >> > complete. That may be next to impossible to get together and input the >> > data for the whole country. Actually, I'm going to head on over to >> > Ancestry and see if anything pops up for 1920 on your father. I'll be >> > back. Unless these suggestions are helpful to anyone else, we may need >> > to move over to private email. 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