Hello Sue, I have a new book: Apprentices, Poor Children, and Bastards Loudoun County, Virginia 1757-1850, by Hutchinson. I hope folks are not offended with the word bastard. I am more offended that there is that word in any language. The Indigenous peoples of the world generally do not know the meaning of orphan, with the recognition that every child if a precious gift from God. There are 2 Beach listed in the book: Joel Beach-page 40, found under Records found in Court order Book: 1:190 11 Oct. 1785, Sally Grimsley 7 years old. 1 Oct 1785, to Joel Beach. Loose Papers: base born, Jemimiah Grimsley consents. John W.B. Beach-page 138, Records found in Court order Book: 11:270, 15 Aug. 1849, David C. Adams, orphan, 15 year old 17 Jun 1849, to John W.B. Beach, to be a shoemaker. Any other name you would like a look up for? Helen

Helen, You are terrific to do a lookup and I really appreciate your time. My message probably confused you, though. I am not really trying to research Beach ancestry. My grandmother's family was REINTZEL and her father's sister married a man named BEACH. When the aunt's husband died, she moved in with my grandmother's family and her husband's Beach Family Bible somehow remained in my grandmother's family throughout the generations and now I have it. I've been trying to find descendants of this Beach family. The aunt only had two children -- one named Annie and one named George. My grandmother was never able to remember who Annie married and I have never been able to find out. As for George, the story always went that he was an electrician and was electrocuted while working at Tech High School in DC. However, this morning I found George in the 1920 census with a wife and a 6 year old son named George Jr. I never knew he'd had a family! Then I found the George in the SSDI that could have been the same George as the one who was the 6 year old son in 1920. This means that he could have had a family, and there could be living descendants that connect to this Family Bible. My goal is to find them, and I was hoping by posting my query someone might have a connection, know someone who knew him, or have information about him. Thank you again for your time and trouble. If you still feel like doing any lookups, I am always looking for Reintzels :-) Sue Dotson Buzzybee@prodigy.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Helen West" <jhwest@ptialaska.net> To: <WashingtonDC-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 6:28 PM Subject: [WashingtonDC'' ] Re: Beach > Hello Sue, > I have a new book: Apprentices, Poor Children, and Bastards Loudoun County, > Virginia 1757-1850, by Hutchinson. I hope folks are not offended with the word > bastard. I am more > offended that there is that word in any language. The Indigenous peoples of the > world generally do not know the meaning of orphan, with the recognition that every > child if a precious gift from God. > There are 2 Beach listed in the book: > > Joel Beach-page 40, found under Records found in Court order Book: 1:190 11 Oct. > 1785, Sally Grimsley 7 years old. 1 Oct 1785, to Joel Beach. Loose Papers: base > born, Jemimiah Grimsley consents. > > John W.B. Beach-page 138, Records found in Court order Book: 11:270, 15 Aug. 1849, > David C. Adams, orphan, 15 year old 17 Jun 1849, to John W.B. Beach, to be a > shoemaker. > > Any other name you would like a look up for? > Helen > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >