This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hYl.2ACIB/4161.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.2.1.1 Message Board Post: As frustrating as the surname JOHNSTON may be to search, really the only common variant is JOHNSON. Imagine how many different ways court officials, census takers, clerks, etc could mangle Melchior Van Duzelhump? Sharyn