What a sad story! I hope you are able to find these albums again. I'd be interested in knowing more about your Beasley family. My great-grandmother was Zena Beasley (1893-1969), and she was born at Exeter in Barry County to John Otho Franklin Beasley and his second wife Debbie Doyel. They had 12 or 13 children. I put what I know about the family at: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/~jofbeasley/ Let me know if you see a connection -- I realize there were some other Beasley families in the area. - Heather On Wed, 10 Jul 2002 NorfokShoeMom@aol.com wrote: > My Grandfather, when senile, married a woman who had a brain tumor. She was > very paranoic about any of Grampa's family and sold ALL of the famil > photos/albums to strangers, refusing us access. She also sold the trunks of > labeled family clothing - my Great Grandmother's wedding dress, etc. They > lived in Clayton Missouri, and this happened around 1959 or so. The names are > SHABEL, STOEHR, STOHR, BEASLEY and O'BRIEN. If only first names were used > they would be Ed, George, May, Emma, Mary, Harry etc. If anyone has any of > these I will pay to get them back. They are worth more than any amount of > money to me - though I have only Social Security. >