Hi Gang, I feel terrible, but I have to share this. I was doing the annual clean out of all the mail. Lord and Behold, I found a Group 9 cousin, I didn't even know we had. He is Gene Delaplane [email protected] We have been exchanging mail and I called him to apologize for the drastic delay. He is descended from Adam Pennington, the son of Elijah and Elizabeth Schreid Pennington. Adam was born in 1798 in Hampshire Co. VA and dies in 1849 in Wyandot Co. ,OH. We are still working on the logistics but I believe he is going to be my first cousin, 6 times removed or something like that ;>). I will keep you updated on the progress and share with you on my favorit-ist mailing list. I want to thank Gene for his diligence in hanging in there with the PRA (almost 6 months) until I made contact. I also want to remind everyone not to make the same mistake I did in not checking your mail. Even if the query is old - it just goes to show you - that even after time passes, follow-up does pay off. I had no family for Adam in the Group file and Gene did not have his parents leading to the progenitor of Group 9. Now, both of us can start a new branch to our tree. Horray !!! If this Adam 'rings a bell' with anyone out there - post to the list and let us - maybe we can have a family reunion on-line. Rene'e Davis, CFO ARD, Family Groups PRA - Group 9 Pennington Research Association, Inc. www.penningtonresearch.org