“The family… is specifically characterized by love, which is the mind’s feeling of its own unity.”
G. W. F. Hegel
Welcome. This branch of the website is a setting for materials pertaining to my family history. It takes the name, and contains much of the same information, as my original Ancestry family-tree, Chase, Via, and Allied Families, which I first framed in February 2017. However, this format enables meditations on genealogy, heritage, culture, and history. It will also include profiles, organized by the Strauss–Howe scheme of generations, of ancestors on which I have anything valuable to contribute. To return to this page, click the image in the header; to return to the website home, click the footer.
Most of the information to follow has been included here because it is based on original research or consultation that has not yet been published elsewhere. To start navigating the list of persons, my great-grandparents, beginning with my father’s father’s father on the left and ending with my mother’s mother’s mother on the right, are as follows:
W. J. Via · Jewell Churchwell · Rafe Blankenship · Kitty Bell · Eugene Chase · Dorothy Earnest · Odie Forrester · Goldie Baldridge
For broader browsing, here are the pages by generation, going backwards in time:
G.I. (1901–1924) · Lost (1883–1900) · Missionary (1860–1882) · Progressive (1843–1859) · Gilded (1822–1842) · Transcendental (1792–1821) · Compromise (1767–1791) · Republican (1742–1766) · Liberty (1724–1741) · Awakening (1701–1723) · Enlightenment (1674–1700) · Glorious (1648–1673)
Recent essays:
- TBA