Pennington Research Association

The Pennington Research Association ...

Benefits

 * The Pennington Research Association offers value to its members by providing a forum to research the Pennington family, both printed and electronically. The Pennington Research Association is primarily an organization that publishes genealogical and family history material -- presenters and exchangers of information.
 * We utilize Internet technology as an informative and educational tool for our members and all other genealogy researchers.
 * We try to meet as often as possible to share research information on the Pennington family and to socialize with our Pennington cousins.
 * As a service to new members we will try with the available resources we have to place you with an established group.
 * For more information and details please visit www.penningtonresearch.org/Membership.

History of the Pennington Research Association, Inc. (PRA)

 * In Memory of Bee Wilson Holmes, Our Founder
 * Bee Holmes started the Pennington Research Association in 1965 by collecting and sharing information about the Pennington family. Slowly the circle of Pennington "cousins" expanded and the first "Pennington Lending Magazine" appeared. The first "magazine" Volume 1 2ith 3 issues started in October 1968. In 1970 Volume 2 with 3 issues was published. It didn't take long for us to grow and soon a decision was made to create a formal organization. We first agreed to identify ourselves as the Pennington Research Association in 1979 at our meeting in Wichita, Kansas. We incorporated in 2001. To read a Memorial of Bee Holmes and published in the Pennington Pedigrees, Volume 23, No. 2, 1991, visit www.penningtonresearch.org/About_Us and scroll to the paragraph at the end of the 1st section.

Society Officers

 * For a list of current Board of Directors and Officers and all our dedicated volunteers, please vist www.penningtonresearch.org/Connect_With_Us.

Society Projects

 * For a list of our projects, please visit www.penningtonresearch.org/Special_Projects.

Current Projects

 * Publishing the Pennington Pedigrees twice each year.
 * Publishing the Pennington Periodicals Volume II files.
 * DNA Study. To learn more, visit our web page at www.penningtonresearch.org/DNA.

Past Projects

 * Create and maintain our websites
 * Bobby Pennington Index Project (BPIP)
 * John French Master File (JFMF)
 * Pennington Periodicals Volume I CD
 * Research Project # 1 - Locate the family of Benajah Pennington, Sr., b. 1724/25
 * Archives &amp; Library at Earlham College.
 * Digital Library Phase I
 * Obituary Database
 * Family Groups web page listed by Country and Region
 * Table of Contents for the Pennington Pedigrees from 1968 to 2008

Publications

 * Pennington Pedigrees - Published twice each year. Issues published from 2010 to present are immediately available to current PRA Members for download.  Issues published prior to 2010 are available for sale.  Visit our publications page at www.penningtonresearch.org/Publications for more information and to place an order.
 * Penninton Periodicals Volume I CD. This CD contains all the Pennington Pedigrees and Cousin Courriers from the 1st issue to 1979 and other special reserach articles.  Visit our publication page at www.penningtonresearch.org/Publications for more informaiton and to place an order.
 * Pennington Periodicals Volume II. This is the Pennington Pedigrees and Cousin Courriers from 1980 to 1990 as well as special research articles, files and photographs.  These files are available to current PRA Members for immediate download.  Files are added a few at a time each month.

Collections

 * PRA Archive and Library
 * PRA Digital Library
 * To learn more visit www.penningtonresearch.org/Archive_and_Library.

Events

 * Please visit our Events page at www.penningtonresearch.org/Events for current meetings and other information.

Workshops

 * We use the Internet and "GoToMeeting" and "GoToWebinar" for our workshops. Visit our main website at http://www.penningtonresearch.org/Events to check on planned workshops.

Board Meetings

 * Board meetings are held several times each year. These meetings are held using the Internet and software called "GoToMeeting" and "GoToWebinar".  Board agenda items are collected a few weeks before each meeting and mintues of each meeting are available to our Members on our main website.

Training Meetings

 * We use the Internet and "GoToMeeting" and "GoToWebinar" for our training meetings. Visit our main website at http://www.penningtonresearch.org/Events to check on planned training meetings.

Frequently Asked Questions

 * For a current list of FAQ and answers, visit our web page at http://www.penningtonresearch.org/Frequently_Asked_Questions.