Most of the genealogy research on the family to this point has been done the old fashioned way with stationary, pens, envelopes and stamps. Then along came the power of computers and the Internet. That helped greatly. However, many questions have risen that can't be answered because a lack of corroborating paper trails. Seems like a brick wall has me stopped. Some of the variant spellings include but are not limited to: Boushelle, Boushell, Bouchelle, Bouchell, Boshell, Boushall and Bushell.