I recently took a subscription for the "Smithsonian" magazine. In the April 2007 issue there is a very good article on "Digitizing the Hanging Court". The Old Bailey was the venue for more than 100,000 criminal trials between 1674 and 1834, including all death penalty cases in the City of London and the County of Middlesex, England. Old Bailey was built in 1539 next to Newgate Prison, the justice hall was nicknamed after its address on Old Bailey St. To fund this project $510,000 was granted from the Arts and Humanities Research Council and $680,000 granted from the New Opportunites Fund. The Universities of Sheffield and Hertfordshire contributed staff, equipment and staff and they have been working on this project since 1999 and recently finished. This was no small undertaking. The website is located at http://www.oldbaileyonline.org/ and its *free*. There are 57 Pennington's mentioned and 2 Penington's. I did not check for any other spellings. This is a very, very interesting website for those who are interested. I highly recommend the "Smithsonian" magazine too. -- Melinda Pennington Group Leader of 6 Membership Chair ARD - Family Groups