This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnson Classification: Lookup Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/XY.2ADE/843.1 Message Board Post: Virgil, A search for "JOHNSON JOSHUA" at http://www.co.boulder.co.us/clerk/recording/search/icris.htm will yield the following public records: an 1876 mining location certificate, an 1878 deed, an 1880 patent, and an 1899 will and decree. Christina's death may have been announced in the newspapers - I'll check Mary Robertston's book of abstracts when I'm next at the Carnegie Library