This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gh.2ADI/569.1.1 Message Board Post: Hi Dick, I bet somewhere along the way we are related. I Mom is the one with the knowledge of family names. My mom was born in Indiana. I emailed your response to my sister, who will give it to my mom. I have a living relative with your same name. Dick Beam. He spent many years in Professional Football with the Rams and Tampa Bay Bucs. He was an assistant coach with John McKay during the early 1970's at the University of Southern California during their glory years. I only meant him once many years ago, am sure my mom will forward your information to him. Perhaps we will find a connection