Welcome To Our Links Page!This page is divided into three parts:
Links to sources of Beach-related books appear on our Books And Resources page. A brief description is provided for each link. Where Beach-related information appears on a specific page of a given site, both that page and the home page for the site are highlighted. Note that all links should open in a new window! Please email us if: (i) a site has moved, and/or (ii) a link otherwise appears broken, so we can make the necessary changes to this page. Also please email us if you maintain or know of others sites with information about one or more Beach or Beech families, so that we may add them to this list. NOTE: Beginning August 27, 2003, we have undertaken an effort to verify all of these links and change or delete those which no longer appear functional. This effort continues and we would appreciate any additions/corrections.
*** Beach-Related Links...***
*** Gone But Not Forgotten*** Over the years your editor has compiled three large Gedcom files which, at present, contain over 8000 descendants of Richard, John and Thomas Beach of New Haven. These have been uploaded to various sites, including America OnLine's Gedcom file library. Zipped versions of these files can likewise be downloaded from our "Files To Download" page. Through the courtesy of the Gone But Not Forgotten, searchable HTML versions of these three files are also available on the Web at the links below. The descendants of Richard Beach1 may be found at: http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/rbeach/home.htm The descendants of John Beach1 may be found at: http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/jbeach/home.htm The descendants of Thomas Beach1 may be found at: http://www.gbnf.com/genealogy/tbeach/home.htm *** GenForum *** GenForum is a "conglomeration of message boards" on individual surnames and other genealogical topics. The "Beach Family Genealogy Forum ", with queries and replies about the family, may be found at: http://www.genforum.com/beach/ There is also now a separate GenForum message board devoted to those families which spell the last name as "Beech". The URL is: http://genforum.familytreemaker.com/beech/ Given that both spellings have been used interchangably within some families we would recommend making a habit of checking both the "Beach" and "Beech" message boards from time to time. *** Rootsweb.Com *** This is another bulletin board devoted to queries and replies about Beach/Beech families. It includes la comprehensive "Search Page" which can locate queries, responses and other genealogical items posted to a number of different genealogy sites. The Beach queries and replies may be found at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.beach *** FamilyHistory.Com / Ancestry.Com*** This is yet another bulletin board devoted to queries and replies about Beach/Beech families, sponsored by FamilyHistory.Com; part of the commercial Ancestry.Com genealogy site. The Beach queries and replies may be found at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.beach *** The Beach Rootsweb Mailing List *** This mailing list is for the exchange of Beach-related information and questions. The mailing address for postings is BEACH-L@rootsweb.com. To subscribe send the word "subscribe" (without the quotes) as the only text in the body of a message to BEACH-L-request@rootsweb.com (mail mode) or BEACH-D-request@rootsweb.com (digest mode) *** Search the Beach (Or Other) Rootsweb List *** The following link will take you to a search engine which will let you conduct a text-based search of prior postings to the BEACH (or any other) Rootsweb mailing list. Just enter the name of the list in the first query box (e.g., "Beach"), hit the "Submit" button and follow the directions on subsequent pages. The URL for this search function is: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl *** Surname Web *** The "Surname Web Genealogy Project" provides links to various sites related to specific surnames. The Beach-related links may be found at: http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/b/e/a/beach.shtml *** CONSULS *** CONSULS is short for the CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY SYSTEM. It is an on-line "card catalogue" to the collections of both the University and the Connecticut State Library at Hartford. The following link will take you to the results of a search for books and periodicals relating to the Beach family. http://www.consuls.org/search/dbeach+family/dbeach+family/1,3,21,B/exact&FF=dbeach+family&1,18, Several of the references catalogued in the CONSULS database can be purchased from the vendors listed on our "Sources" page. *** Myron
Kelleher's Beach Genealogy Page *** Myron Lee Kelleher has recently created a site which includes information on the descendants of Sylvester Lafayette and Electra (Rand) Beach of northeast Iowa, as well as data on the Ahrens/Arns, Kellerher, Iserman and Mitchell families. *** Descendants of David ‘The Pioneer’ Beach of Canada *** Hugh Campbell of Ottawa, Ontario, hcampbell@home.com, has created this valuable site which traces the descendants of David Beach4, Abner3, Benjamin2, John1; founder of the largest single branch of the Beach family in Canada. It is based largely on Mahlon W. Beach's monumental work, Beach In Canada, and includes a partial index of names found in that volume. Also included are links to photographs of the graves of several members of this family at South Gower Cemetery, Grenville County, Ontario. The URL is: *** History Of Eliakim Beach's
Tavern, Trumbull, CT. *** John Lauria, of the Trumbull Historical Society, has authored a facinating account of the tavern once owned and operated by Eliakim Beach5, Samuel4, Josiah3, Nathaniel2, John1. In addition to presenting the history of the building and its owner, Lauria also makes some interesting observations on the role which taverns and spirits played in the life of colonial New England. He notes, for example, that: The Beach Tavern, similar to those of the latter 18th century, not only provided food and drink, but was a center of business and social life. Usually marked by a prominent sign, taverns were the main sources of community news, mail, gossip and confrontation. Here meeting notices and new ordinances would be posted as an early substitute for the daily newspaper. The URL for this valuable reference is: http://www.trumbullhistory.org/written/eliakim.shtml *** Biography Of Edward Merrill
Beach *** Wayne Sakal has written this appreciation of Edward Merrill Beach of Trumbull, Connecticut. Among his other accomplishments, Beach authored an important book on the town's history and was instrumental in forming the Trumbull Historical Society. The site includes a link to the Society's own home page at http://www.trumbullhistory.org. *** John W. Beach's BEACH Page *** Mr. John W. Beach has a new web site devoted to the family of Homer George Beach of Footville, Root County, Wisconsin. The URL for this site is: or you can reach Mr. Beach via email at: beacha@clark.net *** Renee McGrew's BEACH Page *** Ms. McGrew has recently posted a very nice site which includes information on the family of Timothy Beach5, Joseph4, Ephriam3, Nathaniel2, John1; an early settler of New York whose descendants migrated to Pennsylvania and the mid-west. This Beach data can be found at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/9958/beach/beachmenu.htm *** Ross Andrews Home Page *** This site contains considerable data on the New England Beach family, including some submitted by your editor. *** Jerri's Family Home Page *** This site has information on several early New England families, together with the email addresses of persons researching them. The Beach link is at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7621/beach.html ** The Johanson-Clark-Metcalf-Beach Family Page ** Susan C. Johnson maintains this site which includes data on the Beach family of Colleton County, South Carolina. The link to the Beach data is at: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/j/o/h/ *** The Wurster Family Home Page *** Steve Wurster maintains this site which includes information on the descendants of John Balzer Beach (b. 1806) of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania. The Beach data may be found at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/8048/Beach/Index.htm *** Doretta's Diary *** D. Scott Beach and Hugh Campbell maintain this site which presents the diary of Doretta (Gray) Beach, documenting her family's trip by car around the United States in the early 1920's. The diary makes reference to several members of the family and is illustrated with photos taken during the trip. As this site shows, there is much more to genealogy than dry lists of names, dates and places. *** The Beach Family Index *** This is a commercial site which advertises the sale of family group sheets. It promises to add links to other Beach related sites. *** David W. Steel Home Page *** Dave Steel is a professor of music and Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. His home page includes a short but interesting Beach Family Tree, showing his dual descent from John Beach1 via Nathanial2, as well as data on the Steel, Demmond and Walker families. The Beach link is: http://www.mcsr.olemiss.edu/~mudws/family/tree4.html ***General Interest Links*** *** Cyndi's List Of Genealogy Sites *** This is one of the most comprehensive and well-organized listings of genealogy-related websites we have seen. *** The U. S. GenWeb Project *** This is the gateway to different GenWeb sites for the states, their counties and towns. It includes links to the U.S. GenWeb Archives, a collection of vital statistics, cemetery records, etc. *** LDS "FamilySearch" Website *** This site is maintained by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) and allows one to search records on over 400 million names. Most of the data comes from either IGI records or family group sheets submitted by LDS members. NOTE: We have found significant errors in a number of LDS and/or IGI records over the years. As with all secondary references the data on this site should be checked against original sources. *** GenConnect Surname Index *** The GenConnect at Rootsweb site includes message boards on various popular surnames, as well as a link to a "Global Surname Search" feature which finds queries and responses posted to a number of different genealogy sites. *** Bureau of Land Management - Eastern States Land Office *** The so-called "Eastern States Land Office" is the custodian of the "patents" issued by the U. S. Government for lands in states lying east of the Mississippi River, but which were not part of the original thirteen colonies. Many of these original land patents have now been scanned and are available for viewing and/or downloading in .TIFF graphic file format. NOTE: You must enable "cookies" on your browser and enter your zip code to access the land patent search page. Viewing the patents "on line" also requires that your browser support TIFF format files. If not, the site includes links to a "shareware" browser add-on which can be downloaded and installed. The patents are arranged by state and can be searched by the original patentee's name. Anyone whose ancestors settled in the Old Northwest [e.g., Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, etc.] or parts of the South should check out this site. *** Brother's Keeper Home Page *** We have tried several commercially published genealogy programs, but keep coming back to Brother's Keeper for Windows as being easy to use, yet extremely powerful. The zipped program files are available for download at this site. Make sure to register your copy should you decide to keep it.
* * * Dead Links? * * * The following links do not seem to work when most recently tried. Does anyone know what happened to any of these pages? *** The Revette Family Genealogy *** Ray Revette, listowner of the BEACH-L mailing list (See above), also has a site with considerable information about the Beach/Beech family in and around Washington County, Alabama. The link to these and other families beginning with "B" is at: http://digital.net/~rrevette/database/idxb.htm
*** The Devitt Family Home Page *** This is another site with information on the Canadian descendants of David Beach4, Abner3, Benjamin2, John1.
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