How it all started:
My interest in family history began many years ago. I wanted to find out who my grandfathers brothers and sisters were and
to locate as many of their descendants as possible. There were twelve children
in the family, all born between 1883 and 1907 but surprisingly little was
known. I have since been able to determine what happened to all but two of
them (very frustrating). Perhaps one day I will find out what happened to
them as well.
Working backwards and sideways I gathered a lot of information about Beebe / Beeby etc. and somehow the interest developed into a one name study of the Beebe(y) name. It now includes people from a number of countries around the world. Apart from the UK, there are many Beebe(y)'s in USA and I am in regular contact with others in Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Historically these were the main areas settled. New information is always welcome.
A word for our American cousins... Alan Henry and others in USA have already compiled a great deal of information about family members on that side of the Atlantic. At the moment, this web site tends to focus more on UK and the Commonwealth countries. I hope to include more material of interest to those of you who descend from the early settlers. There are some fascinating articles and links here already. Suggestions (support?) and articles please.
On the database are all individual Beebs from the 1881 census and many from the IGI. Also most of the Cambridgeshire parish records and many from Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire and Huntingdonshire. A lot of names have been entered from other areas and sources, something over 4000. This is a continually expanding resource and the information is freely available to anyone who asks. The intention is to produce a central reference point for U.K. Beebe(y) family members. The more that can be published to the internet the better as it is infinitely accessible and updateable.
Information contained in these genealogy pages has come from a wide range of sources. Much of it is my own work which I like to think of as "original research" although, as is often the case, others may well have trodden the same path. We are all grateful to those of you who have generously and quite freely made your precious and time consuming research available for inclusion in these pages. That spirit of freely helping fellow family members interested in their historical roots is to be encouraged.
Please note: Nothing is set in concrete, if any information in these pages appears to contain errors please tell me. Source information is fundamental to the validity of data. Without sources, information cannot easily be cross checked. Having said that, however, I am aiming both for quantity and quality. It is better to have unproven information than no information.