Hi Everyone: For people with KELLEY, CHASE, BAKER, and HOWES (and more) ancestry, there is an interesting article published in the March 2006 issue of Nat'l Genealogical Society Quarterly. The article is written by Kathleen Flynn, who did extensive research on the mistaken racial identity of Emma Dunham (KELLEY) HAWKINS. Emma Dunham KELLEY was born in Dennis 11 Nov 1863 to Isaac Dunham KELLEY and Gabrelia CHASE. Her father died at sea before she was born. Issac was the son of Hiram KELLEY and Abagail HOWES of West Dennis (Isaac was brother to my gg grandfather David Howes KKLLEY). Gabrelia was the daughter of Warren CHASE and Emeline BAKER of South Dennis. Emma wrote two books of fiction in the 1800s and somehow was identified as African American and her books have been re-published in the Schomburg Library of 19th Century Black Women Writers. It seems that the conclusion on her race is from a photograph of her printed in one of her books. Dr. Flynn has worked for several years in compiling evidence on who Emma was and that she was in fact a white woman and it is a very interesting story. Although Emma's books were fiction ("Megda" and "Four Girls at Cottage City"), the latter includes some biographical information including the tragic death of her father and other family members on the same ship. Emma lived a life of significant hardship, as many of our Cape ancestors did. Her photograph graces the cover of NGSQ and a very small copy of the picture is on the NGSQ website: http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/index.cfm. Chris Chirokas