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Research Tips
Here are some quick tips to help you get
started with your Pennington genealogical
research. If you have a website or a
favorite research tip you would like to see posted
here, please send it to
Gene Pennington
, Research Director.
Select from the list on the left of the page or select from the tips below
that are linked to more
information. Point and click on the tip you
want to use or learn more about.
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The Encyclopedia of Genealogy, a free-content encyclopedia
created by its readers, people like you. The Encyclopedia of Genealogy is
available to everyone, free of charge. Everyone can also contribute
information, again free of charge.
The Encyclopedia of Genealogy serves as a compendium of genealogical tools
and techniques. It provides reference information about everything in genealogy
except people. Look to the Encyclopedia of Genealogy to provide explanations of
how to look up your family tree, explanations of terms found in genealogy
research, including obsolete medical and legal terms. It will describe locations
where records may be found. It also will describe how to research Italian,
German, Polish, French-Canadian, Jewish, Black, Indian and other ancestors. In
short, the Encyclopedia of Genealogy will serve as your standard genealogy
reference manual.
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A newsletter for genealogy
consumers, packed with straight talk, hold the sugar coating - whether the
vendors like it or not! Available in a Standard Edition and a Plus Edition.
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An excellent site to help
you identify the year a picture was taken by comparing the clothes worn in the
picture to those found on this website.
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An outstanding research
website! The Library of Virginia has some wonderful resources as well as
thousands of scanned original documents.
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Many research resources to help you trace your ancestors to the
American Revolution.
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Many research resources to help you trace your ancestors to the
American Revolution.
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Helpful tips and "how to" guides by
Gene Pennington
, Research Director
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Use the powerful search capabilities of
RootsWeb to search millions of surnames.
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PRA Mail List
You can use the PRA Mail list to post your queries or to reply to any
query. Click here to learn how to do this.
The PRA Mail list also has an extensive archive of messages that are
searchable.
Click Here
for the PRA Mail List Archives Page
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Search and/or post messages on the Pennington
message boards hosted by
Ancestry.com. The message boards are divided into several categories.
The categories include wills, bible
records, queries, pension records, marriage and obituaries. The Pennington
message boards on
Ancestry.com also maintains an extensive archive of messages that are
searchable.
You can also asked to be
notified by e-mail when a new message is posted to any one, or all, of the message boards.
Click here to go to the message boards on Ancestry.com. You can read ALL of the posted messages for ALL categories by selecting "All" in the category box
or you can specify which category you want to read the posted messages and for
which time period.
You can also find your way to the
message board by going to
Ancestry.com and then
enter "Pennington" in the "Find a Message Board" box.
You can also get there by
going to Rootsweb then scroll down to "Message Boards" and
then click on "Message Boards Home Page" which will take you to
Ancestry.com again.
You have to login
to post a message and/or to reply to a posted message. However,
Ancestry.com
does have a very good privacy policy (sharing your personal information) and I
felt comfortable with providing my information. You should read their privacy
policy before deciding for yourself. By creating a login for yourself, you are
able to search and use more features within
Ancestry.com. If you are already a
member of Ancestry.com, you can use your current login name, etc.
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Search and/or post messages on the Pennington message boards hosted
by
Genealogy.com. The message board has no categories so all
messages are posted the one board.
You have to login
to post a message and/or to reply to a posted message. However,
Genealogy.com
does have a very good privacy policy (sharing your personal information) and I
felt comfortable with providing my information. You should read their privacy
policy before deciding for yourself. By creating a login for yourself, you are
able to search and use more features within
Ancestry.com. If you are already a
member of
Genealogy.com, you can use your current login name, etc. |
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Submit a genealogical report, articles, picture/s and/or
data to the Pennington Research
Association. Have your genealogy report,
article and/or data published in the Pennington
Pedigrees, on our websites.
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Donate a genealogical report, articles, picture/s and/or
data to the Pennington Research
Association's Archives/Library. You can donate it to the PRA
Archives/Library in Earlham College, Richmond, IN.
Click here to learn more.
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Here are a number of websites that have
general guides to genealogy research and
information about research in specific
areas.
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Websites to help you better understand copyright and how it applies to
genealogy research.
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Websites for researching Native
American genealogical information.
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Find a soldier in the Civil War,
Confederate or Union; visit websites for
prisons; learn about Confederate Regiments in
Arkansas; look up historical locations and
search for pension records for soldiers and
widows.
Please note the websites
listed are limited at this time to research in
Arkansas and Tennessee and primarily
Confederate soldiers and widows. This
list is not meant to be exclusive of other
States or armies. This has been my
primary area of research to date (with little
success I might add). If you have other
websites you would like added, please send
their information to
Gene Pennington
, Research Director.
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Here is a quick guide to
starting that all important research log.
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Genealogy
Research Sites
Notice: Links to Third Party Sites
The links in this area will let you leave the Pennington Research
Association's site. The linked sites are not under the control of Pennington
Research Association and Pennington Research Association is not responsible for
the contents of any linked site or any link contained in a linked site, or any
changes or updates to such sites. Pennington Research Association is not
responsible for webcasting or any other form of transmission received from any
linked site. Pennington Research Association is providing these links to you
only as a convenience, and the inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement
by Pennington Research Association of the site.
Each website and/or page linked below is
owned by the a third party who has the copyright to their site and/or page.
These links are provided to help
you with your research.
| RootsWeb |
Perhaps the best
single genealogical website to help
you. It has a number of general and
specific files, links and resources.
In addition, there are a number of mail
lists for surnames, locations, societies
and many other genealogical related
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| National Genealogical
Society |
An excellent
starting place for beginning and advanced
genealogy researchers. For beginning
researchers, look for the link on the left
side of the page titled "Getting
Started". |
| Cyndi's List |
Thousands of
links to genealogy websites and
resources. A must visit site. |
| Robert Bickham's 26 Tips |
26 Tips to get
you started with genealogy. |
| Serendipity |
Mystical
Discoveries in Genealogy accepts
interesting stories of serendipitous
discoveries. |
| LDS Family Search Site |
The
LDS Family Search Site. A great
site and getting better every day. Lots
of links as well. |
| USGS
Mapping Service |
This is a mapping
service. You enter the name of a place
(town, cemetery, etc.) and the state. Other
information is optional. Choose
the search or submit button. |
| United States Digital Map
Library |
The United
States Digital Map Library is a USGenWeb
Archives project, developed in April,
1999. Includes, State, County, United
States and Indian Land Concessions to the
United States Treaty maps. An
excellent research tool as well as
providing excellent graphics for your
genealogy web pages and books. |
| 1895 U.S. Atlas |
A
website with maps from the 1895 U.S.
Atlas. Great research site as well
as providing graphics for your genealogy
web pages and books. |
| BLM's Land Patent Records |
This link lets you look
up records of land patents that were
issued.
You can enter the name of a person,
for whom you are searching. It
will give the location by county where
this person owned land. |
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Beneath the Underground: The Flight to Freedom A website by
the Maryland State Archives |
This link takes you to one of many web pages
created and maintained by the Maryland State Archives. This
specific web page is for Cecil Co., Maryland and has material with
Pennington surnames on it. For example, you can go to Veazey Cove
and Point on the Chesapeake, and you can kook at Noble Pennington's
actual land holdings as well as the names of all the other land holders
on the map nearby. |
| DAR's Website |
Daughter's
of the American Revolution website.
There is a wealth of both general guides
to genealogy research and information
about research in specific areas.
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| National
Society of the Sons of the American
Revolution |
This website contains many links to useful
resources on the American Revolutionary
War. |
| Genealogical Library
Master Catalog (TM) |
Like a national
library catalog just for genealogists, the
Genealogical Library Master Catalog will
help you locate over 300,000 family
histories, local histories and
genealogical sources at libraries and
archives across the country. |
| New River Note |
A great website
to research historical resource pages for
the Upper New River Valley of North
Carolina and Virginia. (Ashe, Allegheny, Watagua and Wilkes County, North Carolina
and Grayson County, and Southwest
Virginia). |
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Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society |
The Lancashire Family History and Heraldry Society can help
you research your Lancashire ancestors.
The main aims of the Society are:
Formed in 1973 as the Rossendale Society for Genealogy and
Heraldry (Lancashire), the Society now has twelve centers in Lancashire,
together with one in London where members meet regularly. There is also an
Irish Ancestry section . The society also has a worldwide community of
family historians with roots in Lancashire. |
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LibrarySpot |
LibrarySpot is a free virtual library resource
center for educators and students, librarians and their patrons, families,
businesses and just about anyone exploring the Web for valuable research
information. |
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WorldCat - Window
to the World's Libraries |
WorldCat is the world's largest bibliographic
database, the merged catalogs of thousands of OCLC member libraries. Built
and maintained collectively by librarians, WorldCat itself is not an OCLC
service that is purchased, but rather provides the foundation for many
OCLC services and the benefits they provide. |
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National Union
Catalog of Manuscript Collections - Library of Congress |
A free-of-charge cooperative cataloging
program operated by the Library of Congress, the National Union Catalog of
Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) creates online records in the RLG Union
Catalog on behalf of eligible archival repositories throughout the United
States.
On the basis of information decribing manuscript collections, NUCMC
catalogers create bibliographic records in MARC21 (Machine-readable
Cataloging) format describing the collection and establishing pertinent
name and subject authority headings. |
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Copyright and Genealogy Research
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Native
American Research
| The
Official Home Page for the Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma |
This link has some excellent
resources for those researchers looking
for help with their Native American Indian
ancestors.
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| Cherokee Trails Website |
Links to Cherokee
information - The Cherokee/TNGenWeb page. |
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The
Mysterious Melungeons* An article by Mary A. Kirby published in the
Pennington Pedigrees, Vol. 21, No. 2, pgs. 24 - 26.
*Note: You will need Adobe Reader to view this file. If you
don't have it, go to www.Abobe.com and
download the free Adobe Reader.
The Melungeon Heritage
Association
The Melungeon Revisited
The Melungeon Resource
Page
Melungeons and Other
Mestee Groups
Avoiding Pitfalls in
Melungeon Research
The
Melungeon Health Education and Support Network
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The People of the Mist
Who Are The Melungeons?
Like the mists that envelop the
mountains the Melungeons are a people
whose ancestry has been shrouded in
mystery. However, through the efforts of
Brent Kennedy and others, the veil of
secrecy surrounding these proud people is
being lifted and their unique heritage is
being revealed.
The Melungeons are most likely the
descendants of the late 16th century Turks
and Portuguese stranded on the Carolina
shores when the settlement of Santa Elena,
South Carolina was abandoned by the
Spanish. They later intermarried with the
Powhatan, Pamunkey, Chickahominy, and
Catawba Indians.
After being abandoned in the outlying
Spanish forts, they settled in the
Appalachians and further intermarried,
with the Cherokees and much later with the
northern European settlers; primarily the
Scotch-Irish, becoming part of the
American Melting Pot.
The word Melungeon is both Portuguese,
meaning "white person" and
Turkish, meaning "cursed soul".
Today, Melungeon descendants can be found
among all racial and ethnic groups.
Abraham Lincoln and Elvis Presley have
probably Melungeon heritage through their
maternal lines.
There are many names in the AR 1850
Census, especially in the NW AR area that
are common Melungeon surnames. The
Melungeons are a fascinating people; if
you’ve been told there is Black Dutch in
your ancestry, you should check it out.
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| Native American Resources |
A USGenWeb Project.
Perhaps the best single website for help
with your Native American research. |
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Native American Indian Records on Microfilm |
The best and most complete Native American Indian records
on microfilm. This is the NARA site located in Ft. Worth, Texas. |
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Civil
War Research
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National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) - Military Records for
all wars fought by United States including Civil War. |
This great website contains all kinds of records AND
digital images of many records and photographs. I suggest you spend
some time reading the instructions and help features before you start.
Enjoy your search! |
| Civil War Research
Database |
Find a soldier in the Civil
War, Confederate or Union. |
| Alton Prison in the Civil
War |
Search the records of
prisoners held at Alton, Ill. |
| Elmira Prison Camp and
Those Who Died There
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Search the records of
prisoners held and who died at Elmira, PA |
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Arkansas Confederate
Regimental Histories |
A detailed listing of Arkansas
Confederate Regimental Histories.
Includes at least one Pennington member -
Lt. Col. A. A. Pennington, Clark Co., AR |
| Sons
of Confederate Veterans |
A website for information
and research about Confederate Veterans. |
| Tennessee Confederate
Pension Applications |
Tennessee State Library website for searching records of Confederate
Pension Applications for soldiers and
widows. |
| The Civil War in Arkansas |
The Civil War in Arkansas
website includes a searchable database of
locations, Civil War stories about
ancestors of current Arkansans,
information about several groups in
Arkansas dedicated to recording,
reenacting and studying our Civil War
heritage, and an interactive message board
in which you can share all you know (or
would like to know) about the Civil War in
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Miscellaneous Sites:
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/links/hist.htm#Cemeteries
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mruddy/clayton2.htm
http://www.nara.gov/genealogy/civilwar.html
http://library5.library.cornell.edu/moa/moa_browse.html
http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html
http://www.cwc.lsu.edu/cwc/index.htm
http://www.couchgenweb.com/arkansas
http://www.rootsweb.com/~arcivwar
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mocivwar
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/arunion.htm
Specific Sties:
Sons of Confederate
Veterans Home Page
AMCW
American Civil War Map
Exhibits Timelines
American Civil War
Research and Genealogy Data
Beaver Chapter DAR
7-034-OR Pension Files
Civil War Histories,
Indexes
Civil War Index Page
Civil War Prisons
Civil War Records
Civil War Registration
Civil War Soldiers &
Sailors System
CW Soldiers & Sailors
buried in OK
Civil War Websites
Illinois in the Civil War
Page County Confederate
Units & Veterans Page
Resource Links for the
Civil War Historian
Robert’s Civil War
Homepage
US Genealogy
Resources~American Civil War
U.S. Civil War Center –
Index of Civil War Information available
on the Internet
United States, Civil War
Regimental Histories
United States, Civil War
Regimental Histories Index, All States
Welcome to the U.S. Civil
War Center
Vanished Index - US Civil
War Military Units by State
Tennessee Civil War Units
– By County
Texas Confederate Journal
Project
The Confederate Network
The American Civil War
Homepage
The American Civil War
Homepage 1
The Civil War in South
Carolina by Eastern Digital Resources
The Virginia Civil War
Home Page
8th Iowa Cavalry from
Appanoose County, Iowa
Welcome To The Institute
For Civil War Research
General Officers of the
Civil War
Confederate Pension
Records
Cyndi's List for Military Information
Civil War
Soldiers & Sailors
Historic
Carnton Plantation - A National Historic Landmark - Site of the historic
"Bloody Franklin Battle" of 1864.
American Civil War - Your History Site on the Web
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Civil War Sites to help with
information on cemeteries (including
confederate burials), as well as other
links to civil war research. |
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Start
a Research Log
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Start a research log for
all your research, including your Internet
searches. Many of the newer versions of the
popular genealogy software programs provide
research logs or similar tools to help you track
your research. Whether you use a computer, a
preprinted form or just a pad and pencil, the
sooner you start your research log, the better.
Create a simple system for
recording the information in your research
log. Make a legend for any abbreviations or
symbols you use so you don't forget what they
represent!
Include information such as
the name, address and contact telephone number of
any libraries, historical societies or public
record agency.
When searching the
Internet, record the address (URL) of websites
you have visited and the results of those visits
and the date you found the information.
Remember that you should
return often to your research sites to see if
anything new has been added. If you know the
last time you visited, it makes it easier to
determine if anything new has been added.
Don't fill your research
log with too much detail. It is not intended
to record everything you find. |
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