WOW what a task! Good luck--it is an interesting migration pattern, isn't it? > I "think" I am looking for James Beasley born about 1760's who had at least > two sons Joseph and Gabriel. Joseph was born in the 1790's, married > Esther/Hester Whitney born about 1814 in KY, and  had five children before > Joseph died before 1840 in LA. Esther remarried to Mr. Pruett and had 2 > more children Martha and Elizabeth. Joseph had a brother Gabriel born 1785 > in NC and died after 1860 in LA. There may have been a third brother > Daniel. > Now the family history goes that Joseph and Gabriel left NC with their > father and went to TN and then to KY. They are not in the in 1805 Amite Co > Miss census but there is a Jessie in the 1810 census and a Joseph in the > 1816. Then in 1820--no Beasley's at all in Amite Co MS but they appear in > LA-- If you run across any info on the Beasley's or Whitney line, I would be very interested--again, good luck on your venture! *V Shaw