This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Browning, England, Williams, Turney, Van Hooser Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HNG.2ACEB/1680.1 Message Board Post: You didn't say where he died. That's the first thing to find out, then see if there is an obit for him in local papers or obtain his death record. That might give you clues as to where he was born and who his parents were. 1986 is recent enough that there might be some good info available. I did a google on his full name and got nothing, but when I dropped the first name came up with lots of hits. It's possible the Hosie was a nickname or that he used his middle name on legal documents.