This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: LAURIDSEN,MIKOTA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/mbexec/msg/5538/7aB.2ACEAE/2363.1 Message Board Post: Hi Karen, Searching the Online White Pages Directory MyTelus.com http://www.mytelus.com/phonebook/index.do for the MIKOTA surname finds l listing A. MIKOTA in Maple Ridge Columbia. Also 1 listing M.MIKOTA in Edmonton Alberta . These are the only 2 listings Nationwide Canada - so perhaps family connected. There ae 63 LAURIDSEN surnames Nationwide Canada. Including: 28 In British Columbia. ** 5 in Maple Ridge - perhaps family connected to the MIKOTA surname. Searching the Provincial Archive of B.C. Vital Events Index : Deaths: 1872- 1985. Does not find Mary Jane/ Jane LAURIDSEN Searching Obituary Daily Times: http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi finds a death of a Peter Herman Lauridsen age 80 Vancouver B.C. April 16 2002 - Obit appears in the Province Newspaper. Finds the death of: Albert Andrew MIKOTA age 89 Maple Ridge B.C. Obit appears May 14 - 17 2000 paper P.M.N.? Perhaps contacting the paper. They may be kind enough to check their obituaries - for you. http://mapleridge-pittmeadows.com/newspaper.htm Cheers, Stella