Found these tidbits BJ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blkyn/Birth/Flat.Birth.html FLATLANDS Birth Index Births 1880-1895 Cert.# Name of child..Sex..Date of Birth..Place of Birth Parents: Father..Age (if shown)..Nativity Mother..Age (if shown) Nativity..# of Children #1 (JOHNSON)..No first name given, Colored..M..9/4/1880..Canarsie JOHNSON, Edward..Canarsie, NY FOWLER, Henrietta..Brooklyn, NY #3 MATHEWS, Nettie May..F..9/14/1880..Canarsie MATHEWS, Charles..Canasrie, NY JOHNSON, Henrietta..Canarsie, NY #22 (MORRISON)..M..12/21/1880..Canarsie MORRISON, John J, Jr..30 JOHNSON, Armenia..26..Baldwins, NY..4 #78 JOHNSON, Arthur..M..9/8/1881..Canarsie JOHNSON, Richard..37..Canarsie G??ler, Mary..36..Germany..7 #97 HOYT, Agnes..F..12/2/1881..Canarsie HOYT, Janeway (?)..20.. Canarsie JOHNSON, Mary..19..East Hempstead, NY..2 #106 VAN HOUTEN, Susan Augusta..F..1/5/1882 VAN HOUTEN, William H..32..Flatbush, NY JOHNSON, Catherine..28..Canarsie..5 #116 McLOUGHLIN, William..M..2/9/1882 McLOUGHLIN, John J..32..Ireland JOHNSON, Josephine E..34..Canarsie..5 #144 JOHNSON, Lucy Ella Etta (colored)..F..5/20/1882..Canarsie JOHNSON, FRANCIS..33..US PATERSON, Alice..33..US..3 #159 RYDER, Arthur..M..8/1/1882..Canarsie RYDER, Benjamin..34..Canarsie JOHNSON, Grace..26..Canarsie..6 #189 JOHNSON, Isaac Henry..M..12/1/1882..Canarsie JOHNSON, Isaac Henry..41..Canarsie VARIAN, Sarah..40..Philadelphia, PA..8 #208 MATHEWS, William Frederic..M..2/23/1883..Canarsie MATHEWS, Charles I..28..Canarsie JOHNSON, Henrietta E..24..Canarsie..4 #210 VAN HOUTEN, Susan Augusta..F..2/25/1883..Canarsie VAN HOUTEN, William..32..Canarsie JOHNSON, Catharine..24..Canarsie..7 #549 MORRISON, Alice..F..20 Apr 1886..Canarsie MORRISON, John Jr...36..Baldwins JOHNSON, Armenia..31..Canarsie..5 #611 RYDER, Rebecca...f...14 Dec 1886...Carnarsie RYDER, Benjamin...37...Carnarsie JOHNSON, Grace Louise...31...Carnarsie...8 #628 HOLMES, Helen...f...9 Feb 1887...Carnarsie HOLMES, Emanuel...42...NY JOHNSON, Rosetta...39...NY...4 #661 JOHNSON, Henry James...m...1 June 1887...Carnarsie JOHNSON, John J...26...Carnarsie BERGEN, Addie...25...Schotland (Scotland?)...4 #734 JOHNSON, Benjamin W...m...5 Feb 1888...Carnarsie JOHNSON, Richard...47...Cararsie GUILER, Mary...43...Germany...10 #755 HOYT, Susan A...f...11 April 1888...Carnarsie HOYT, Janeway...26...NY JOHNSON, Mary...25...NY....6 #767 MORRISON, Sadie May...f...13 May 1888...Carnarsie MORRISON, Charles...27...NY JOHNSON, Mary...24...NY...3 #776 McLOUGHLIN, Nellie...f...17 June 1888...Carnarsie McLOUGHLIN, John....38...Ireland JOHNSON, Josephine...37...Carnarsie...7 #832 SEAMAN, Harry W...m...5 Jan 1889...Canarsie SEAMAN, Erastus...26...NY JOHNSON, Fannie W...23...NY...Canarsie #854 JOHNSTON, William...f (this may be a clerical error)...5 March 1889...Canarsie JOHNSTON, John J...28...Canarsie BERGEN, Addie...27...Scotland...5 #858 RYDER, Samuel...m...1 April...1889...Canarsie RYDER, Benjamin...40...NY JOHSON, Grace L...34...NY...9 #901 MATHEWS, George...m...22 Sept 1889...Canarsie MATHEWS, Charles...34...NY JOHNSON, Henrietta...28...NY...6 #954 NO NAME..M..7 FEB 1890..Canarsie Father..HOLMES, Emanuel..45..colored..Canarsie Mother..JOHNSON, Rosetta..42..colored..Flatlands..8 #979 NO NAME..M..29 Apr 1890..Canarsie Father..MORRISON, Charles..32..Canarsie Mother..JOHNSON, Mary..27..Canarsie..2 #982 JOHNSON, Edith May..F..4 May 1890..Canarsie Mother..JOHNSON, Margaret E..20..colored..Canarsie..1 #1058 MORRISON, Andrew..M..30 Dec1890..Canarsie Father..MORRISON, John Jr..41..U.S. Mother..JOHNSON, Armena..37..N.Y..7 #1074 JOHNSON, Estella..F..8 Feb. 1891..Canarsie Father..JOHNSON John James..30..Canarsie Mother..JOHNSON, Addie Bargin..29..Scotland..6 #1077 JOHNSON, Garrie..M..18 Feb 1891..colored..Canarsie Father..JOHNSON, Francis..colored..42..Brooklyn Mother..JOHNSON, Alice Paterson..colored..30..Brooklyn..5