Hello, I'm a newby to the JOHNSON list. Just yesterday I received a death certificate for my husband's gr.grandmother. On it was her mother's name. The mother was Laura JOHNSON. Guesstimating, she was born ca 1810, but I don't know where. She married Philip H. FINGER prior to 1831 when her first child, Egbert FINGERr, was born. She had a second and last child, Mary FINGER, in May 1834. She was dead before 1847 when Philip remarried. Mary's death certificate stated that her father, Philip, was born in Gallatinville, Columbia Co., NY. Mary herself spent her entire life in Gallatinville. I assume her parents were married there, but I've not had time to check this. If so, then perhaps Laura was also a native of Gallatinville. I checked the AIS and located several JOHNSONs who lived in Gallatinville and they may be related to Laura. But again, this is so new I haven't had time to check at the FHC. If there are Columbia Co., NY JOHNSONs on the list, I would like to correspond. I will surely gathered enormous amounts of non-Laura material before I find Laura and then will share with others. Shirley Maynard MaeMay510@aol.com