Though I don't think I have any CASS ancestors, I did find something that might be of interest. In a genealogy dictionary published in 1871 that deals with the early settlers of Québec (aka *The Tanguay), I found a CASSE (pronounced Cass) family, listed just before a whole slough of CASSÉ (pronounced cah-SAY) families. What caught my eye is that the husband and wife are both "Anglais" (English), so after looking for and finding them in the more indepth portion of the Tanguay I thought I would pass along their two listings, just in case one of you CASS reseachers have a missing Elizabeth CASS from the late 1600s/early1700s. The first shows Jacques [James] CASSE, "anglais de nation" (an englishman) and wife Elizabeth CATELIN, no date or place of marriage. Their daughter Elizabeth, baptized 1695, en "Angleterre" (England), married a man named Jean DUMONTET on November 6, 1712, in Lapraire, Canada. A Roman numeral I indicated that Jacques and Elizabeth were living in Canada. The second listing shows: Jaques [James] CASSE "Anglais" (English) and Elisabeth CATELIN 'Anglais" (English) and daughter Elizabeth, (yes, mom's name is spelled with an S and daughter's name is spelled with a Z). Daughter Elizabeth was baptized on July 14, 1705 in Montréal, Québec, and married twice. First on November 6, 1712, to Jean DUMONTET dit Lagrandeur (this means Jean was known as both Jean Dumontet AND Jean Lagrandeur; it's a Canadian-French thing) in Laprairie. Her second marriage was on January 16, 1730 to Pierre MONET. A footnote for Elizabeth says she was, "Née à Dearfield, Nouvelle-Angleterre, en 1696; prise en guerre en 1704." (born in Dearfield, New England, in 1696; captured in war in 1704) So, filling in between the lines: when the French and English were arguing over the same patch of dirt James and Elizabeth CASS and their young daughter Elizabeth were in the wrong place and the wrong time and were captured by the French. After a short bit, they were given their freedom on the condition they forswear their previous religion and/or allegence to England, so they had their daughter baptized in a Montréal, Québec church and said they'd stay in Canada. Though it doesn't say if *they* did, their daughter most certainly did. She and DUMONTET had 7 kids, 4 of whom reached maturity (and had kids). When DUMONTET died about 1730, she remarried and with MONET had 6 more kids -- the last baptized in 1737, of which at least one reach maturity. *The Tanguay is available at most family history centers on microfiche (and online AND most recently, online for sale). The full title of this 7 volume set of books is; "DICTIONNAIRE GÉNÉALOGIQUE des FAMILLES CANADIENNES depuis la fondation de la colonie jusqu'a nos jours" by "L'Abbé Cyprien Tanguay", published in the "Province de Quebec, Eusèbe Senécal, imprimeur - ëditeur -- 1871" It is written entirely in French but if you remember that B is for baptized, M is for married, and S is for buried, it's not that complicated and I'd be happy to offer help to any who want it. Lisa Peppan Edmonds, WA USA Family Genealogy http://lisapeppan.tripod.com/index.html Children of Fort Langley http://lisapeppan.tripod.com/FtLangleyChildren.html AIM: lpeppan ICQ#: 4894690 Yahoo: lisapeppan