How This Got Started
My research into the connections of various Beu family members started when I came across an envelope addressed to my great-grandfather's wife Elizabeth Beu (nee Thomas.) The sender was Bertha Ritter (nee Beu) a daughter of Henry Beu, (aka Grospop) and thought to be a cousin of Elizabeth's husband, Otto Beu. It appears that Otto's father, Oscar Hubert, was a brother or first cousin of Henry.

Getting to know more about my family tree has been a lot of fun. Along the way I've found people who, though they have the same last name respond on the phone as though I were an unwelcome salesman calling at dinner time and others have been very gracious and, although after talking a while we discover we're not related, have said they enjoyed the conversation and wished me well.

I've really appreciated those who have shared family photos and documents with me during my search. Several have welcomed me into their homes and others continue to share information with me over the phone.

On the Beu side those who have been particularly helpful are Eric Ritter, great grandson of Grospop, and George Herbert Beu, of Sturbridge, MA, grandson of Grospop. George M. Beu of Washington, DC and Joe Morris of Philadelphia contributed solutions to key parts of the puzzle and several others in that line have contributed, as well.

On my mom's side, those who have helped a great deal with the Callahan line are Ina and Gordon Pyle, of Boylston, Nova Scotia, where my mom's grandfather was born in 1876. I visited that area in August of 2004 and Ina and Gordon were very gracious hosts for the week I was there. In fact, we discovered that Ina and I are related through the Callahans. Also, they introduced me to a fellow by the name of John Hall who was a wealth of information and enabled me to go back to the original Callahan settlers in that area.

My mom's half-brother, Bob McCafferty of Fair Oaks, California has been very helpful, also.

If you have happened onto this site and, by chance, may have any kind of information, question, correction, or connection, I hope you'll contact me.

George Beu