Hello everyone, I beleive this is my first posting at this sight. I am extremely frustrated and looking for help. My name is Kristina Chase. I am the daughter of Ira Edward Chase b. June 28 1923 d. June 20, 1990. The rest of what I know is family legend and speculation. I have no records to back me up. My grandfather never talked of family, in fact, I don't know where he was born, but the story says somewhere in Illinois. His parents were Bert (possible Albert) Franklin Chase and Ester Lucille (maybe Pearl) Blackmer. Ester is supposedly buried in Rockton, Illinois, near her parents, but I have not been able to confirm this. Bert's parents (again according to family stories) were Franklin Chase and Lillina Goakey Gilkey, with Franklins parents being Peter Chase and Mary Anne Cutchey Cutshaw. If anyone has any information I would be extremely pleased and relieved to find out more about my father's family. I have been searching the web for about three years now and, until only recently, have found almost nothing on the Chase family and absolutley nothing to link me to other Chases on the web. Thank you for whatever help you may be able to provide. Sincerely Kristina Chase disconnected in Illinois