Hi Grace, It is so good to make your acquaintance! The BEEGLE family (relations of BURTON BEEGLE) were good friends with an older couple at my church. Eleanor and Del ALDRIDGE gave me a handwritten letter belonging to her parents (which I copied and gave back to her) that was written by the PA BEEGLE's (of western PA) to her family. They moved to Kansas together, and then out to ORE. I need to review all of this and dig out the folder and find the book. The name Gershom BEEGLE rings a bell, so probably it was some brothers who went to Western PA? So I am confused........ I need to dig out that letter and copy it for you. My friend is still alive, but up in years but I could give you her number so you could compare notes on your branch of the BEEGLE family. Burton's wife (can't remember which one) wrote a book about her husband's life and family called "Minimum Regrets", of which I have a copy. (I am sure you do too). I have not looked at it for a long time. I did not put any of that information in my data base, as it ended up that the PA/NJ BEEGLE's did not match up with our line from VA going back to THOMAS BEAGLE from ENG to Stafford Co., VA in 1655. but I do have it in a folder for PA BEEGLE's with various resources I have run across in my early days of BEEGLE/BEAGLE research. However........we get asked all of the time since we live in Seattle, WA if we are relatives of BURTON BEEGLE of SPU!!!! He was one beloved professor, that we know. His reputation is large. His picture is hanging on the wall of the BEEGLE Chapel on the Warm Beach Christian Camp and Conference Center. I am sure you have seen it? The strange thing is.........the picture is a dead ringer for my husband's grandfather, Claude Andrew Beagle born 1880's. So it really makes you wonder........?????? My husband, David, says it is like looking at the picture of his grandpa's twin. Who knows???? Thanks for clearing up some of your BEEGLE line. Good to hear from you. Karen Beagle PS We graduated from SPU in 1976. My husband, David Beagle, was on the Board of Trustees for a number of years. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour