Dear All, Amidst other more straightforward genealogical material I have inherited over the years, I have just "rediscovered" a letter from the Chase-Chace Family Association written to my Grandfather's brother, James Burton Chace, dated December 30, 1938. The first time I took a look at the letter years ago, I simply thought it interesting to know that such an association had existed. I tried to find out then if the association was still in existence. I could find nothing in the telephone book or directory assistance for Boston, Mass, so I just filed the letter away. Yesterday, I thought it might be interesting to review some of the material I hadn't looked at for awhile (this is a very good practice, by the way, and sometimes allows you to connect information you have since acquired). I got out the letter and now appreciate many things about it I had glanced over long ago. First, at the top, there is a nice letterhead with the Chace Crest, and under it the founding date and place of the Association. Second, The names of all of the officers of 1938 are listed (six with Chase in their names) along with the places they lived. And third, two addresses for the Association - the old address having been crossed through and the new address having been added with a stamp. And, that's just the letterhead itself. Further, in the text of the letter will be found, the address of my Great Uncle, which because my Grandfather lived with his brother, James Burton Chace, for awhile while he was growing up, allows me the possibility to track down some information about that part of my Grandfather's life (unfortunately he died in January of 1999 and I no longer can simply ask him about such matters). Also, the body of the letter itself is very interesting and it contains much information about the workings of the Chase-Chace Family Association and about applying for membership. The letter mentions the Chase Chronicle, annual meetings, winter luncheons, and the N.E.Historic Genealogical Society and its address. I bet you would like to read this letter and check out the names of the Officers of the Chase-Chace Family Association of 1938, wouldn't you? Well, you can. I have taken some painstaking measures to transcribe the letter and to format the html to allow the presentation to look as closely as possible to the original. If you go to my website at http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace and click on the Chace and Cornell Family Correspondence link, you will find a link to 1938 Letter from the Chase-Chace Family Association and by clicking it you will find the letter. You can also simply go to http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace/1938Letter.html if the letter does not fit nicely in the frame of your browser. I do not know how it will appear on all browsers. I have a 17" monitor set to 1024x768 resolution and I use Mozilla webbrowser under Red Hat Linux 7.2 with the Gnome XWindows environment. Under these conditions, it appears very much like the original. My aim is that you could simply choose to print it and would get a document close to the original - probably the best way to do this is through the direct link at http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace/1938Letter.html The crest I used I found on the internet. It is rather close to the one in the letterhead. I hope you enjoy the letter and maybe some of you will recognize relatives in the list of Officers. Cheers, Jeffrey Chace