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/

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/ >