At 08:41 8/5/97 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >I'm searching for information about a family named Beeson, or anyone doing >research on the Beeson family. Are you looking for the BEESONs or TURNERs <g>. My BEESON line changed the name to MENDENHALL in the 1730's, but they were settled near present-day Martinsburg. I don't have BEESON families by that name as late as 1796. Have you checked Henry BEESON's book on the family?? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Wally Garchow, Sacramento, CA wally@calweb.com listowner: OHMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Mercer Co., OH, Genealogy listowner: PITSENBARGER-L@rootsweb.com listowner: QUERIES-L@rootsweb.com IIGS queries Web pages indexed at: http://www.calweb.com/~wally/index.html Geographic Interests: Darke, OH; Huntingdon, PA; Baltimore, MD Surname Interests: COUPLAND, FRY, GARCHOW, GOSHORN, PEARSON, PITSENBARGER, MENDENHALL, SLADE, YORK