This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Johnston Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TZ.2ADE/214.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: David, Do you have a copy of your birth record? Is your father still alive? You can write to the Police Dept and tell them you are tring to find your father. Have you looked at the SSID for a Ralph Johnston? Also you can write to SS for application of your fathers ss number if he is dead. Look on the internet for your fathers phone& address. Type in Johnston and see what comes up. Does your mom still have her marriage record? Does she know where he was born at? You can write for his birth record. Vick