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William Beasley Newsletter Fall 2010

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 August 2010 17:52 Written by David B Beasley Tuesday, 31 August 2010 17:43

 Fall 2010   Bringing the Family Together

Memorials:  J. L. Beasley, Sr.  – son of James Luther and Emma Scott Beasley; July 26, 2010; burial at Hawley Cemetery, Hawley, Texas.

Emma Jean Beasley Miller – daughter of Lander G. and Lillian Tucker Beasley; August 15, 2010.

The reunion for the descendants of William Beasley, John Beazley, and John Allen Beasley will be held October 2nd, 2010 at the Hill Memorial Park Community Center in Winfield, Alabama.  Our group is growing and all Beasleys are welcome and encouraged to attend.  We gather mid morning, eat a great pot luck lunch, and visit.  A play ground is available for the youngsters.  We hold an auction of donated items to pay expenses, so plan to do some Christmas shopping there and bring an item for the auction.  Usually a group tours the Beasley Cemetery where John Allen Beasley, Sr., John Allen, II, and Jonathan and others were buried.  We need a work party before the reunion to clear the road into the cemetery.  Contact David if you are interested in helping.  

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Where's the Forum????

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 10:11 Written by Doug Beezley Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:52

It was just pointed out to me that the Forum (fondly known as BeezBuzz) is missing. About a year ago, the old Forum module was no longer supported and I had to install a new system. At some point, the link was disabled, so no one could find it.

Well it is back. If you log in, you will see in the Feature Menu a link to BeezBuzz. It is actually much simpler than the old one. Clicking on the link, you will see three forums (or fora, if you want to be old-school). Each forum can have topics and one can respond to any entry under the topic, or make a new entry in the topic.

I had made three forums, for each of the major DNA groupings. I can make more. To the extent that people let me know they are interested, I will help with whatever development is necessary.

My humble apologies for missing it and thanks to Richard Parker for pointing it out!

Doug Beezley

ADDED NOTE: It looks like the present setup doesn't provision for adding new topics. I need to work on that. I'm at work now, but will check on it as soon as I get time.

 

 

William Beasley Descendants’ Newsletter

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Last Updated on Monday, 14 June 2010 10:24 Written by David B. Beasley Monday, 14 June 2010 10:00

Summer 2010 -- Bringing the Family Together

Memorials: Mary Ellen Beasley Smith, 1944-March 2, 2010; Carbon Hill, Al.; daughter of Benjamin Clovis and Bessie Irene Hyde Beasley.

Georgia M. Hopper Beasley, (Mrs. William Napoleon Beasley) Sep 9, 1914 – Feb 18, 2010, Malvern, Ark.; Georgia was a sister of Kathryn Irma Hopper Beasley, wife of Noah Beasley, brother of William Napoleon. Sisters married brothers.

Recovering: Dr. Ernest W. Beasley, Jr. of Atlanta; David B. Beasley of Florence, Al.

Farmers often control the direction their mules look by placing “blinders” or “winkers” beside the mules’ eyes.  These blinders are made of leather and are triangular with a slight concave form.  Newer models are made of plastic. They are connected over the mules head with the bridle to keep them in place.  Once in place the “blinders” prevent the mule from looking left and right or to the rear and becoming distracted.  Its’ view is straight ahead.  While grocery shopping, I find it easy to look left or right toward the rows of cookies, cakes, and ice cream. Maybe someone could spare me a set of “blinders” to avoid these calorie loaded temptations and focus only on the shopping list.

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Beasley Reunion

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Last Updated on Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:37 Written by David B Beasley Thursday, 13 August 2009 12:04

You are invited to the Beasley Family Reunion October 3, 2009 in Winfield, Alabama.  This group of Beasleys mostly descend from John Alllen Beasley, b. 1812 in Franklin County, GA., married Lucy Holcombe in 1833 in Carrollton, Ga. and moved to Marion County, Alabama during the 1840s.  Descendants from John Allen's siblings will also be there.

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Community Builder

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Written by Doug Beezley Tuesday, 28 July 2009 13:13

I am in the process of developing an add-on system to the Beasley Genealogy Project website that I believe can help our cause. Since our genealogy project is based not only on searching into the past, but also making real connections with the present, I believe we are best served by knowing one another and encouraging communication.

If you come to the website often, you have been seeing some gradual revisions in the right-hand column of the main page. The system is called "Community Builder" and has a lot of functions for sharing information about the participants in our project. I am just learning about the potential, so I am adding gradually.

For now, you will notice, if you aren't logged in, that "Who's Online" will tell you how many guests and how many members are on-line. Once you log in, you will be able to see the names of the others logged in. Each person will have a profile with relevant information about themselves, their family and genealogical relationships among other facts. It can be sort of like the concept of FaceBook, but a lot more focussed and specialized.

Once I get to the point that the process is more developed I will contact registered members to participants. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

   

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