Hi Lana, I'm not familiar with your Chase line, but I wonder if there might be a close connection somewhere since my Chases are Kansans. I never heard of Wichita, Iowa. Since I live in Wichita, Kansas I'm sure I would have remember if I had. I just bought a new Rand McNally Road Atlas and there is no such place listed in Iowa. Maybe somebody just made a mistake. Perhaps with all those other things about your family happening in Kansas it should have read Wichita, Kansas. Good luck in your search, Melody Chase In a message dated 5/15/99 5:19:50 PM !!!First Boot!!!, hammer@hit.net writes: << My name is Lana Chase My father is Gardner Ellsworth Chase b. Aug. 27, 1916 in Kansas. d. Oct. 22, 1997 in Kansas. My grandfather is Ernest Ellsworth Chase b. Nov. 14, 1887 in Wichita, Iowa (according to obituary, but is there a Wichita, Iowa?) d. March 6, 1945 in Winfield, Kansas. Married to Helen May Parsons on Aug. 18, 1915, somewhere in Kansas. Helen was b. Aug. 30, 1894 in Canton, Kansas. d. Sept. 12, 1920. Ernest brothers and sisters are: Everett, Harry, Milo, Hazel, Lulu, and unknown sister. Recently recieved Bible with Charles Chase written in the front cover with Greencastle written under it. Don't know where he fits in. He may be the father of Ernest. If anyone has any info on this Chase line I would greatly apprietiate it. I am sending for Ernest death certificate in order to find out if it has info on where exactly he was born. Good luck to everyone with their own searches. Thank you Lana Chase >>