The following was posted in December to the Beatty GENMATCH Project. Some of you who are not members of that group may be interested in the following which includes a couple of updates to the December posting......if not, just exercise your delete finger..... ************************************************* IN SEARCH OF "BUSTER" (Buster is the unknown Beatty who was the common ancestor of Beatty men from lineages 6, 2, 2C, 330, and 3 who have participated in the Beatty GENMATCH Project. Although not his parent, Earl Beaty named Buster.) Below are some genealogical notes on the probable descendants of Buster.  I am very familiar with all the lineages mentioned except 330.  The descendancies from the earliest ancestors to the individuals participating in our DNA project have been well-researched and documented.  The DNA results, however, have provided us with some very exciting possibilities for further research which I discuss below.  I encourage you to post any ideas you may have on this matter. The DNA results of the following Beatty males indicates that they have a common Beatty ancestor: 1.  Lineage 6 - Dale      Earliest proven ancestor - an Alexander Beatty      (1772-1832).  Secondary sources have him born in New      York or Ireland.  Alexander and descendants lived in      what are now the WV counties, Monongalia, Marion,      and Harrison.   2.  Lineage 2 - Gary      Earliest ancestor - a John Beaty (ca. 1725-1784)      Cumberland Co PA.  Some of his proven sons including Gary's      ancestor, Alexander, were born in PA and migrated to      the Cumberland Co KY/Clinton Co KY/Fentress Co TN areas.      With them was Lineage 10 Martin Beaty, a supposed cousin.       Martin was the proven son of an Edward Beaty (1726-1796) who      died in Huntingdon Co PA.  A county history has a Patrick Beaty      as the earliest Beaty in the Huntingdon area.  It states he      had seven sons and specifically names one, a John Beaty.      Although purely speculative at this point, Patrick's son John      could be John of L2. 3.  Lineage 2C - John T.      Earliest ancestor - A William Beaty (ca.1764-1845) owned      land near proven sons of L2 John Beaty in Cumberland Co      KY.  William and descendants migrated to MO. A daughter      listed her father, William, as being born in PA. 4.  Lineage 330 - William      Proven ancestors living in Co Tyrone,Ireland in late 1800s. 5.  Lineage 3 - Ray      Lineage 3 proven George Beatty (ca. 1732-1810) died in      Hampshire Co VA (now WV). Proven sons migrated to      Monongalia/Preston Cos (now WV) and Ohio. George is      the probable son of Robert Beatty born 1692-3 in Ulster      Co NY.  Robert is the proven son of Lineage 1 John Beaty      b. ca. 1660 - d. 1720/21.  John died in Ulster Co NY.  He      was probably from Ireland as his names a blind brother      Thomas living in Ireland. One immigration source (secondary) states that John was from Ayrshire, Scotland. All of John's sons and grandsons are proven.  We believe his grandson, George Beatty, born      1732 in Ulster Co NY, is the same as L3 George Beatty.      The records for L1 George end about 1759 in Frederick      Co MD and the records for L3 George begin in 1782      in Hampshire Co VA.  L3 George two oldest daughters      had the same names as those of L1 George.  L3 George      also lived in Hampshire Co VA in 1782 near the sister      of L1 George.    Research priorities: A.  Additional DNA participants:      1.  The various L2 branches to establish or            validate the sons of John and Margaret.      2.  The various L3 branches to further validate           the sons and grandsons of George.      3.  The various L6 branches to further validate           the sons of Alexander. Getting participants           from L5 and L19 might help to further           identify Alexander's ancestry.      4.  Currently we have no participants from L1           and L10.  Results could help to validate           L3's connection to L1 and L2's connection           to L10.  B. Additional genealogical research:      1.  L330 - establish earlier generations.                2.  Further research on early PA land           records.      3.  Further research on early L5 and           L19 in NY.  The research on early L19           (Washington Co NY) thus far has           been limited. There were eleven           Beatty households there in 1800.  Am sure there are many additional potentially productive endeavors.....and from these early results in our Beatty GENMATCH DNA Project we are now convinced that the results can provide us valuable research leads. We should all work to recruit more Beatty male participants for the Project. Ray ******************************** Raymond C. Beaty, Ph.D. Founder - The Beatty Project 2000 rcbdjr@aol.com NYC L-003 - direct descendant L-001 - circumstantial evidence that the progenitor of L-003 was the grandson of the progenitor of L-001 L-001 - via marriage also L-034 - via marriage Also researching, Updike, Belless, Shields, Chilton, Conner, Meredith, Shull, Griffith, Gum, Claypool, Wingfield, Williams, LeFevre, Johnson, Brokaw, Jans, LeMent, Hoke, Cullens. ******************************