Georgia and everyone else, If you are having problems finding info - remember that the first page is going have the copyright info, the PRA seal, and several other categories running down the page. The main categories that you have to keep track of will be News, Photos, and Online Family Trees. Most of the new information and most interesting information will be in these areas. The JFMF files and gedcoms are in the Online Family Trees. If you haven't used these sites before - spend some time wandering around. Remember that it will take a little bit to learn where things are and the fastest way to get where you want. Everyone will have a bit of a learning curve - including myself! So be patient and let me know when you have problems and I will try to help as best I can! Carmen Assistant Research Director - JFMF www.penningtonresearch.org PRA Family Group 7 Leader http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm -----Original Message----- From: Georgia Ellison [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 3:10 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: JFMF & My Family Site I can't find anything that refers to family trees on the home page of www.myfamily.com Am I looking in the right place? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmen M. Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:17 PM Subject: JFMF & My Family Site > Hello Everyone, > > Those of you who have contacted me and have been signed up for the My Family > site - I hope you are enjoying yourself! Those of you who haven't contacted > me - what are you waiting for??? I thought I would answer a few questions > in general for everyone so you might understand better what is going on. > > > > Barbara Pennington and Gene Pennington sent me a spreadsheet of everyone who > has paid their dues. I filtered out those who had email addresses and sent > each of those who were up to date a message inviting them to the website and > asking them to agree to some Terms and Conditions before they were allowed > to join up. So that is how I started. I have gone in and added each person > who has replied and gave them Guest Rights so they are allowed to browse to > their heart's content but can't change the data. I am keeping track of > those who have contacted me on the same spread sheet! > > > > Back to the My Family site - some of you want to know where the JFMF > database is. If you go down the page, you will find something that says > family trees. Click on All Family Tree's and you will see all of the > gedcoms that have been uploaded. To look at one of the gedcoms you would > click on the link and it would open up with a window on top of your browser. > This is a browser window - if you have a Pop - Up blocker and it is coming > up, try holding your Ctrl key when you click on the link. > > > > Most of the gedcoms will show up on your screen as a pedigree. This isn't > really the easiest method to see all of the good stuff. Play around a bit > and look at the toolbar items and menu items. You will probably see > something that will show you the gedcom in Family View, Pedigree, or Family > Story. I prefer Family Story myself - it is much easier to see a bigger > picture. > > > > Go and check out your line - is everything correct, up to date, etc. Do you > have data that you can provide? Please make sure you send it to your Family > Group Leader. You might want to share it on the PRA newslist as well. > Remember that this newslist is a wonderful resource. Everything that gets > posted to the newslist is part of the archives. As a member, you can search > the archives and sometimes find some wonderful information. Please keep > looking and exploring. If you find some interesting info, or you want to > share a point of view or idea - post it to the newslist. The DNA project is > a wonderful resource and we hope that it will give us a lot of information, > but it can't take the place of good old fashion research. It has been > pointed out that the DNA test does us females little good unless we can rope > some poor unsuspecting male relative in getting tested. We need to still do > the research and share our ideas. > > > > Carmen Johnson > > Assistant Research Director - JFMF > > www.penningtonresearch.org > > PRA Family Group 7 Leader > > http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > PRA publications are available at the PRA Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== To learn about the PRA Family Groups, visit the PRA Web Site at http://www.penningtonresearch.org

Hey Gang, When you log into myfamily.com, the front page will display. On the left above the copyright, there is headlines, top line (small print) Front Page; Addresses, Calendars, Chat, Family Trees, File Cabinet. All of the Family Trees for each of the PRA Family Groups are listed when you click 'Family Trees'. Further down the list you will find JFMF-2003. Any of these files, you as members can click and open each file, look or even download. If you suspect that you may belong a to a particular Family Group, open the Grp. number and do a "search" (toward the middle to the tool menu) for your ancestor. If you find a close match, click on the name (it will change colors) and then your can click on 'Story" and it is very easy reading. I hope this helps some of you. As all of us at the PRA have discussed on the mailing list, the JFMF is a huge reference file of over 50,000 Pennington and other surnames. It has taken us over two years to decide how we can best share the information with members ; find a reasonable and timely way to keep our Group Family Files updated by our Group Leaders. As we have mentioned the JFMF is only a reference tool and was started many years ago. Because of it's age, outdated or erroneous material submitted without sources, we chose to have our Group Leaders dissect (if that is the correct word) the JFMF. While the JFMF was a starting point for most of our Family Files, we have began the slow process of corrections, additions, source recording,etc. in our Group Files by the Group Leaders. Instead of one person (Carmen) taking sometimes a year to get the enormous amount of data for the family file (JFMF) updated, our Group Leaders are taking the responsibility to update the data for their respective groups. Think of it as, 32 (Family Groups) JFMFs instead of one (1) Master JFMF. In other words, we are trying to make the Family Group Files the most accurate and updated documentation of the Pennington Families possible for our members. I hope this has helped you. As mentioned, when we were approaching the opening of the new website - we still have some 'bugs' to work out and we have some "new varmints" showing up. But all of these areas will be 'exterminated' with a little patience. Have a fun, hunting weekend. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carmen M. Johnson" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 5:09 PM Subject: RE: JFMF & My Family Site > Georgia and everyone else, > > If you are having problems finding info - remember that the first page is > going have the copyright info, the PRA seal, and several other categories > running down the page. The main categories that you have to keep track of > will be News, Photos, and Online Family Trees. Most of the new information > and most interesting information will be in these areas. The JFMF files and > gedcoms are in the Online Family Trees. If you haven't used these sites > before - spend some time wandering around. Remember that it will take a > little bit to learn where things are and the fastest way to get where you > want. Everyone will have a bit of a learning curve - including myself! So > be patient and let me know when you have problems and I will try to help as > best I can! > > Carmen > Assistant Research Director - JFMF > www.penningtonresearch.org > PRA Family Group 7 Leader > http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm > > -----Original Message----- > From: Georgia Ellison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2004 3:10 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: JFMF & My Family Site > > I can't find anything that refers to family trees on the home page of > www.myfamily.com > Am I looking in the right place? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carmen M. Johnson" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 30, 2004 10:17 PM > Subject: JFMF & My Family Site > > > > Hello Everyone, > > > > Those of you who have contacted me and have been signed up for the My > Family > > site - I hope you are enjoying yourself! Those of you who haven't > contacted > > me - what are you waiting for??? I thought I would answer a few questions > > in general for everyone so you might understand better what is going on. > > > > > > > > Barbara Pennington and Gene Pennington sent me a spreadsheet of everyone > who > > has paid their dues. I filtered out those who had email addresses and > sent > > each of those who were up to date a message inviting them to the website > and > > asking them to agree to some Terms and Conditions before they were allowed > > to join up. So that is how I started. I have gone in and added each > person > > who has replied and gave them Guest Rights so they are allowed to browse > to > > their heart's content but can't change the data. I am keeping track of > > those who have contacted me on the same spread sheet! > > > > > > > > Back to the My Family site - some of you want to know where the JFMF > > database is. If you go down the page, you will find something that says > > family trees. Click on All Family Tree's and you will see all of the > > gedcoms that have been uploaded. To look at one of the gedcoms you would > > click on the link and it would open up with a window on top of your > browser. > > This is a browser window - if you have a Pop - Up blocker and it is coming > > up, try holding your Ctrl key when you click on the link. > > > > > > > > Most of the gedcoms will show up on your screen as a pedigree. This isn't > > really the easiest method to see all of the good stuff. Play around a bit > > and look at the toolbar items and menu items. You will probably see > > something that will show you the gedcom in Family View, Pedigree, or > Family > > Story. I prefer Family Story myself - it is much easier to see a bigger > > picture. > > > > > > > > Go and check out your line - is everything correct, up to date, etc. Do > you > > have data that you can provide? Please make sure you send it to your > Family > > Group Leader. You might want to share it on the PRA newslist as well. > > Remember that this newslist is a wonderful resource. Everything that gets > > posted to the newslist is part of the archives. As a member, you can > search > > the archives and sometimes find some wonderful information. Please keep > > looking and exploring. If you find some interesting info, or you want to > > share a point of view or idea - post it to the newslist. The DNA project > is > > a wonderful resource and we hope that it will give us a lot of > information, > > but it can't take the place of good old fashion research. It has been > > pointed out that the DNA test does us females little good unless we can > rope > > some poor unsuspecting male relative in getting tested. We need to still > do > > the research and share our ideas. > > > > > > > > Carmen Johnson > > > > Assistant Research Director - JFMF > > > > www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > PRA Family Group 7 Leader > > > > http://carmenj.my100megs.com/PenningtonPage/PRAGroup7.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > > PRA publications are available at the PRA Web Site at > > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > To learn about the PRA Family Groups, visit the PRA Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > > > ==== PRA Mailing List ==== > ==== PENNINGTON RESEARCH ASSOCIATION ==== > For more information about the PRA DNA Study, visit our Web Site at > http://www.penningtonresearch.org > >