Dear Susan S., Susan W., Chris and other Listers! Thank you very very much for sending me the death index information and obituary for Harry Johnston! The obituary was particularly helpful as it lead me in particular to Harry's cousin at Oakland, CA: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mary E. BRU born 20 Feb 1877 Illinois died 22 Feb 1960 Alameda Co mother's maiden name ROWAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry Johnston's mother's maiden name was also ROWAN, so we see they were cousins thru their mothers! It would, however have been very interesting for me to see the FULL NAMES for both parents, both for Harry Johnston and for Mary Bru. Does anyone have a chance to help me, once at the Alameda Co., CA courthouse and once at the Contra Costa Co., CA courthouse, to do lookups of the actual death records, both for Mary Bru and for Harry Johnston? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harry JOHNSTON born 19 Jul 1874 Illinois died 17 Dec 1948 Contra Costa Co mother's maiden name ROWAN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thanks again for your great assistance in this matter and for making the NORCAL such a great one! Very sincerely yours, Lars E. Oyane Geilo, NORWAY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Apr 14, 2013, at 7:08 PM, susan warnock wrote: > Hello Lars, > > Saw your request for a copy of the obit for Harry Johnston and was able to locate it at newspaperarchive.com It's attached in a pdf file. If you're wary of opening attachments, let me know and I'll email a transcription to you. I don't subscribe to the NORCAL list but check it frequently and have been helped with searches many times. Hope this helps you. > > Susan Warnock > >