Hi: I have found an amazing amount of information on the Beard families in England [mine are in Kempston, Bedfordshire, Eng] on www.ancestry.com .... you will either need a subscription [approx $25/mo] or find someone who has it already...ship lists, census etc ... sometimes the library or museum will have the program and will charge a small fee...

I am looking for a Thomas Beard & Elizabeth Odell mid 1780's [one son is possibly a George Beard m. Mary Newbury [early 1800's] ....Sue