I just returned from my local LDS family history center, and I have some exciting news to share. I ordered microfilm (#1750659) which contains the LDS early church information file (sunames: Barnes to Beecher). In it are 3 x 5 index cards that have been typed (transcribed) from various sources. The following was included for the surname - Beckelshymer: Card 1102: Name: Beckelhimer, Lela, (PETTRY), Date: 25 Aug 1897, Event: Birth, Page: Box 314, Ward/Branch: Bluefield Branch W. Va., Mission: East Central States Mission, Book Number: 28257, May also provide baptism, ordination, death, emigration, blessing of children, marriages, etc., LDS Film Area: 002003 Item1 Card 1103: Beckelhymer, Jonathan, Born 31 Dec 1787, Page: 21, The above person appears in this source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department. Temple Records Index Bureau - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 - Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. - 422 leaves. This source may also show:: sex, priesthood, birth-place, endowment data, & comments, LDS Reg Table 977.343/N1 K29c Card 1104: Name: Jonathan Beckelhymer, When born: 31 Dec 1787, Where born: Montgomery Co., Va., Date of blessing: 28 Feb 1838, Place of blessing: Jackson Co., Mo., Patriarch: Isaac Morley, Recorded Historians Office, Patriarchal Blessings, Vol. 15, Page 256, No. 319 Card 1105 Susanna Beckelhymer (KINSEY), Born: 12 Jun 1790, Page: 21, The above person appears in this source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department. Temple Records Index Bureau - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 - Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. - 422 leaves. This source may also show:: sex, priesthood, birth-place, endowment data, & comments, LDS Reg Table 977.343/N1 K29c Card 1106: Name: Beckelhymer - Susannah, When born: 12 Jun 1790, Where born: Franklin Co., Va., Date of blessing: 28 Feb 1838, Place of blessing: Jackson Co., Mo., Patriarch: Isaac Morley, Recorded Historians Office, Patriarchal Blessings, Vol. 15, Page 256, No. 320 Card 1107: Jonathan Beckelshimer, Date: 1831-1841, Page: 93, LDS Book Area: 977.8 K2L, The above person appears in this source: Lewis, Wayn J., Mormon Land Ownership as a Factor in Evaluating the Extent of Mormon Settlements and Influence in Missouri 1831-1841, Thesis (M.A.) Brigham Young Univ., 1981, 173p. Card 1108: Beckelshymer - Anna, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: step son, When baptized: 20 Jul 1844, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records, Book D, Page 78 Card 1109: Beckelshymer - Elizabeth, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: Son, When baptized: 1841, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records, Book A, Page 11 Card 1110: Beckelshymer - Elizabeth, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: nephew, When baptized: 27 Aug 1843, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records, Book D, Page 7 Card 1111: Beckelshymer - Jacob, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: nephew, When baptized: 27 Aug 1843, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records, Book D, Page 7 Card 1112: Beckelshymer - Jacob, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: nephew, When baptized: 20 Jul 1844, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records, Book D, Page 78 Card 1113: Beckelshymer, Jonathan, Born: 31 Dec 1787, Page: 589, LDS Book Area 209.3 Ea85m v. 4, The above person appears in this source: Easton, Susan Ward, Membership of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1830-1848. Volume 4 Bar - Ben - Provo, UT: Religious Studies Center Brigham Young University, 1985., xii, 1000p. May show much more compiled genealogical data on several pages for each individual Card 1114: Beckelshymer - Jonathan, baptized for 20 Jul 1844, step m.: Sophia Beckelshymer D-78, nephew: John Lower, niece: Sarah Lower, Nauvoo Bapt Card 1115: Beckelshymer - Jonathan, baptized for 27 Aug 1843, neice: Peggy Hough D-7, uncle: Jacob Beckelshymer, Nauvoo Bapt Card 1116: Beckelshymer, Jonathan, Born: 31 Dec 1787, Page: 21, LDS Reg Table 977.343/N1 K29c, The above person appears in this source: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department. Temple Records Index Bureau - Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846 - Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1974. - 422 leaves. This source may also show:: sex, priesthood, birth-place, endowment data, & comments Card 1117: Name in full: Beckelshymer, Jonathan, When born: 30 Dec 1789 (or 31 Dec 1787), Where born: Franklin Co., Virginia, Franklin, When baptized: 9 Mar. 1833, Father: John Beckelshymer, Mother: Elizabeth Rinker, Record No.: High Priest B. Page: 3 12, Ordained at Nauvoo 6 Oct 1844 by G. Miller Card 1118: Name in full: Beckelshymer - Sophia, Instance of: Jonathan Beckelshymer, Rel: step son, When baptized: 20 Jul 1844, Bapt. Nauvoo Temple Records Card 1119: Beckelshymer - Susannah, baptized for 20 July 1844, gt. aunt: Margaret Spangle D-78, friend: Jane Scott, uncle: Jacob Lemons, aunt: Catharine Lemons, Nauvoo Bapt. The other interesting find was the following from LDS film (#0564894) Index to Deeds for Preble County, OH 1805 - 1837: Nov 21, 1826, Jacob Kinsey by heirs to Jonathan Beckleshimer, Range: 3, Township: 4, Section: 7, 20 acres, pt. S. W. qr, Vol 9, p 104 Aug 19, 1826, Jacob Kinsey by heirs to Daniel Kinsey, Range: 3, Township: 4, Section: 7, 65 acres, pt. S. W. qr, Vol 9, p 108 Aug 18, 1826, Jacob Kinsey by heirs to David Kinsey, Range: 3, Township: 4, Section: 7, 65 acres, pt. S. W. qr, Vol 9, p 108 There is a lot of new information here, that, as far as I know, has not been known heretofore. For example, the above shows that John Beckelhymer, Sr, Jonathan's father was married 3 times, once to Elizabeth Rinker, once to Anna ?, and once to Sophia (Slingluff per John Wayne and John Walter Pickelsimer). This contradicts JWP & JWP's assumption that the Anna and Elizabeth who show up in the early VA records as the wife of John, Sr are one and the same person; they are, in fact, two different individuals. This also shows that John, Sr had a sister, Elizabeth, that Jacob, Sr was John, Sr's brother, that one of John, Sr's sisters married a Lower (BTW: This is one of my direct lines through Elizabeth Beckelhymer, daugher of Joseph and Christina and wife of John J Lower) and that one of John Sr's sisters married a Hough. Isn't this an unbelievable find!!! BTW: I have already ordered the Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register (fiche # 6051326), the LDS Early Church Information Card Index (Kendrick to Knowles) (film # 1750691) for Susannah Kinsey, and the Preble County, OH Deeds, Vol 9-11 (1828 - 1831) (film # 0564909). >From the Preble County deeds, apparently Susannah Kinsey was the likely daughter of Jacob Kinsey, not Henry Kinsey, as I had previously surmised. I would guess that Henry was Susannah's brother. Regards... John Charles Tippet JohnDoeTippet@csi.com