Where in Jefferson County did the 1860 census say he was? Alice -----Original Message----- From: TOMJOHN01@aol.com <TOMJOHN01@aol.com> To: NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com <NYJEFFER-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, August 25, 2000 2:34 PM Subject: RE: Small Needle - Large Haystack > >Hello Listers - > >My Gfather, Henry J. Johnson, who migrated from Denmark in 1866, and my >Gmother, Katie Otis, who was from New York and married in New York in 1978. >There first son, Chester A. was born in New York in 1883. They moved to >Groveton, Texas in about 1885. > >Knowing this, I still can not locate what part of NY they lived in during >that time. Texas Census and Death Certificates do not designate any cities. >If I knew, it should lead me to generations before them. Katies' parents were >also from New York. It all ways seems to be that when it comes to birth, >marriage and death records the county, and some times city, is a necessity. > >Ancestry.com's 1960 New York Census states that a person named HENRY OTIS, >the name of Katies father, lived in your county. If any of you can help me in >any way, look ups or pointing me in the right direction, I would greatly >appreciate your assistance. I have looked in greater haystacks then this. > >Exhausted, > >Tom W. Johnson >tomjohn01@aol.com > > >============================== >Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: >Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. >http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/ >