Beasley update - Beasley Surname Study

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I am the admin of the Beasley Surname Study (Registered at the Guild of One-Name Studies since 2010) and Beasley YDNA Project at FTDNA (Revitalized in 2008). WikiTree is an important part of my work, but I have much more information than I am able to get onto WikiTree. I want to make the available information accessible, but that has been a challenge. Lately, I've been making some progress.

1. I've been developing a central information website at https://beasgen.net. There is a lot of work yet to be done, but you can get an idea of various links where information can be found. I'm also working on a Beasley communication network for people to find each other with common interests. (Links to resources mentioned in this message can be found at the website.)

2. All of my working Beasley trees are at Ancestry. I have about 140 of them. I'd have a lot more, but I was getting more than I could manage so I had to quit making so many new ones. The trees at Ancestry are Private but Searchable. They are private because I have some speculative work there and I don't want people namelessly copying possible errors. I am happy to share with people with caveats. It is my goal to sort through it all and make more trees public. That's a "work-in-progress". Finding people among all these trees can be difficult especially with the different spellings of the name and having hundreds of Johns and Williams. A solution is in the TNG website at https://beas-trees.beasgen.net. All of the Ancestry trees are archived there and I've recently been getting them updated and hope to keep it current. The advantage is that searches can be made across all trees. There is no editing done at Beas-Trees. It is archive only. But it IS POSSIBLE to figure out where to find people. This is only an outline of information and sources available.

Because I have so many trees, there is a naming convention for each tree. I welcome inquiries but if you are able to find someone at Beas-Trees of interest to you, give me the details including the name of the Tree in which they are located.

3. The entire project is organized according to YDNA lineages as established by a Y-STR testing. We have 10 confirmed YDNA haplotypes that are identified by color names. More information about that is available at the website noted and at the Project Pages at WikiTree. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Beasley_Name_Study. Of late, we have been making some great progress into Y-SNP testing, particularly with the Blue Group. (So far).

4. I hope to have a future announcement for a clearinghouse at WikiTree for connecting people interested in Beasley lineages. I watch for all Beasley activity on WikiTree and wherever possible, I try to connect families with the larger lineages. That is hit and miss. It is my watchword that "all Beasleys are connected" somehow and I'd be happy to make that real wherever possible.

5. Of the "Worldwide" Beasleys but 70% are in the US, though all came from England. My work outside of the US is unfortunately lacking. I hope to, eventually, find project partners in England, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada to expand the work. I don't presently have a good coordination mechanisem, but if there are any volunteers, I'll wing it. I'm also interested in partners specializing in Black heritage Beasleys and in application of Autosomal testing. Just sayin'.

6. Understanding that I'll never get ALL project Beasleys into WikiTree nor will I get ALL WikiTree Beasleys into the project, I do have certain objectives. Among these are to assure that all YDNA confirmed lineages are completely documented at WikiTree using MitoYDNA. Again... "work in progress". To that end, I have a categorization system within the project where I tag all identified lineage "Patriarchs" and all YDNA "Tested" men... at least, all I can get. To see the categorization system (work in progress), see https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Beasley_Name_Study.

6. I have had hundreds of contacts over the years, far outpacing my memory or ability to keep track. But I have kept every genealogy email for nearly two decades and I can look it up. Chances are, I have corresponded with many of you at WikiTree. Chances are, that if we corresponded last week I've forgotten and will need to rely on my email lookup. Your patience is appreciated.

Answer 1

Hi Doug,

I'm doing a smiliar thing with the Rowland surname, except I have all trees here on WikiTree.  I like WikiTree's one profile per ancestor policy as it helps to rectify and document the errors that are so prevelant on Ancestry (and are then copied and duplicated into a hundred more erroneous trees).

We currently have 18 Y-DNA groupings (labeled A through  N) and another dozen or so large descendant trees without any known Y-DNA testers.  More than 16,000 profiles on WikiTree now.

We refer to the cross-referencing of Y-DNA to trees as the Rowland Xref Project.  https://rowlandgenealogy.com/

 - Ron

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Thanks for your response, Ron. I LOVE your website.

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Thanks.  I'm happy/content with the basic infrastructure, but the actual cross-referencing data and information on the individual DNA group pages has a long way to go.

Answer 2

I wondered if you had any  idea about this possible connection.

1690 The Battle of Beachy Head between England and the Dutch against the French - the French won.

GEORGE POMEROY made Lieutenant 12 /1 /1688 made Captain  24 /6/1690   Captain of HMS RUPERT from 24 July to 30th July 1690 a 66 gun 3rd rate ship of the line.

 George died from his wounds after the Battle of Beachy head and seems to have connections in Rhyme Intrinsica in Dorset

In a church there is a memorial to him
(BHOL) Deptford Entry ....In the old church of St. Nicholas on the floor are the tombs of  Capt. George Pomeroy, 1724; and Capt. George Pomeroy, of the yacht Catherine, 1735;  his daughter, Sarah who  became  wife of Nicholas Roope, Gent. died 1741; (the other daughter , Mary,   married Alexander Lowe, Gent.)
George  who died 1690 was son of Capt William Pomeroy  of Plymouth Devonshire the late commander of the West ( in the English Civil Wars)  His wife seems to have been a Beesley..judging by an armorial to him which you can find on my Pomeroy Twigs website. https://sites.google.com/site/pomeroytwigs2/c17th-naval-pomeoys

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I'm not sure I understand the connection, Annie. Maybe you meant this as a general question rather than a response to my original topic?

Answer 3

Wow, I just got started on my 2 family one-name studies a couple of months ago and reading all that you've done makes me a little tired and worried about what I can accomplish.  Still, while the process is sometimes tedious, the work gets interesting very quickly.  It was good to read what's possible.

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When I do something, I tend to be "all in". I've been working on this for nearly two decades. It does take time. Best wishes on your studies. Let me know if you have questions or need a tip or two.