The following site is a MUST on any Chase Researchers List. http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/asp/choosea.asp It is what the site calls The Eastern States Land Rgistry. It covers what I would have termed the the more Western of the "East" States. covering the band of the States due south of the Great Lakes MN to FLA It is a registry of LAND GRANTS for those states. I found 21 for CHASE in Ohio " over 200 " " " Wisconsin " 195 " " Missouri " 48 " " Florida I did not look further. Apart from all the details of Who,Where,When but you can also download an image of the ORIGINAL document. Of course other names can be searched. I should add that the way I found I was a CHASE descendant was by writing to New Brunswick Archives for HUME Land Grant details. Where did I find this info? On the Resource Center Page of Surnameweb who update daily. Please let me know if you find anything there of your family. I have already sent an email to see if there is a similar facility for the rest of the USA. ***************************************************************************** * THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF ARCHIVES I AM LOOKING FOR FOR THE ARCHIVE *SECTION ***************************************************************************** Keith Hume