First of all, Cohoes is a City. I don't know if they ever got around to appointing a new Historian. Write to Mayor John McDonald at City Hall. Death certificates sometimes give parents name, but not always. You might get the father's name, but the mother's maiden name is rarer for a death certificate. Obviously the people who would know are long dead. What religion were they? Where are they buried? Husband is most likely with wife. Records from the old Cohoes Calvary Cemetery (R.C.)are at the Diocescan Office? Did you look in the 1915 and 1925 Census (at ACHOR)? .JT **************Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)