Nancy, I have done some research on the Willard CHASE family that was associated with Joseph SMITH, Jr., and I believe I have his ancestry. However I do not have that research on this computer and it will be a few days before I get the other one back from service before I can check the data base. I don't remember if there was an Isaac that was related to Willard or not. Do you have any idea where they came from before being in Seneca County? I have info on hundreds of CHASEs, most of which an old GEDCOM of mine was posted on the internet by someone else and I believe that much of it is probably here in this CHASE data base, although I have not checked lately. If any of your people came out of the southeast corner of Washington county, NY., I would be extremely interested. Best regards. Dick Hillenbrand Syracuse, NY -----Original Message----- From: nancy <nchase@jps.net> To: CHASE-L@rootsweb.com <CHASE-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, December 06, 1998 1:38 PM Subject: [CHASE-L] Chase Family research >Hi, >I am a new subscriber so I hope I get this right! >I have reached a dead end on my family research and I am fairly new at this >so any help would be appreciated. >I am trying to get information on an Isaac Chase who was born Jan.22, 1797 >and died Nov.20, 1819. He was married to Phebe Holrow who was born Oct. >1799, died Dec.24, 1859. Phebe died in Seneca County, New York. They had >two children who lived to maturity, George and Martha. >Family stories relate that the Chase family farm was the site where Joseph >Smith ( founder of the Mormon Church) dug up his seer stone. I have read in >some Mormon history books that the stone was dug up in upstate New York on >the Willard Chase farm. I am assuming that Willard was related. This is >all the info. I have - any ideas? > >Thanks a lot for your time. >Nancy Chase >nchase@jps.net > > >