Further thoughts re the Banks manuscripts. There is a good chance that copies may also be in the Archives at Kew, UK, Keith Hume ----- Original Message ----- From: "k.hume" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 8:02 AM Subject: Re: [CHASE-L] Dr. Charles E. Banks Manuscripts > This seems to be a very promising lead as to confirming William's origins. > I hope that someone in the US contacts the Library of Congress about this > information. > Jeffery,as you know I cannot contact you by email but it would be ironic if > the information we have all been looking for was in the US all the time! > Let us hope that someone over there is as assiduous as you and goes and > find out, > Keith Hume > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jeffrey Chace" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2002 7:32 PM > Subject: [CHASE-L] Dr. Charles E. Banks Manuscripts > > > > Hello, > > > > I thought that I would pass on this information to anyone who is > interested > > and particularly someone who is in a better position than I to go > > investigate. In the book The Great Migration Begins, William Chace's > > origins in Wivenhoe are based upon the Topographical Dictionary of 2885 > > English Emigrants to New England, 1620-1650, Elijah Ellsworth Brownell, > ed. > > (Philadelphia 1937; rpt. Baltimore 1957), by Dr. Charles E. Banks. The > > Great Migration says, "Banks derives this William Chase from Wivenhoe, > > Essex, citing only 'Banks Mss.'" Earlier this year, I found a copy of the > > same Topographical Dictionary at Essex Records Office in Chelmsford, > > England, and indeed that is the only source given. 'Banks Mss.' means > Banks > > Manuscripts. > > > > Below is the a guide to the information held by the Library of Congress > and > > the Banks genealogical collection makes up 11 microfilm reels. Who, oh > Who > > has the time and is in close enough proximity to go determine if the > > mysterious 'Banks Mss.' with regard to William are included in these > reels? > > Given what notes he made on William and why he concluded William came from > > Wivenhoe would allow me to go straight to the source in England and > further > > our information. > > > > Banks genealogical collection. -- Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, > > Photoduplication Service, 1978. -- 11 microfilm reels ; 35 mm. > > > > LC Call Number: Microfilm 51304 > > > > A collection of primarily genealogical and historical records relating to > > American families, found in the library of Col. Charles E. Banks at the > time > > of his death in 1931. It includes some printed but mostly handwritten and > > typewritten manuscripts. The originals are in the Library of Congress Rare > > Book and Special Collections Division. The collection also includes some > > periodical articles and book pages, lists, subsidies, parish registers, > > photos, letters and postcards, some maps, some genealogies, and other > > genealogical data. A list of items filmed appears at the beginning of each > > reel. > > > > LCCN: 84-187195 > > > > GUIDE: 9, [Banks Genealogical Collection]. > > > > 1. New England--Genealogy. 2. England--Genealogy. 3. England--Registers. > > > > Jeffrey Chace > > [email protected] > > > > My Chace website: http://home.wanadoo.nl/j.b.chace > > Search these emails: > > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CHASE > > Browse these emails: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/CHASE-L/ > > >