Fine. NYC is as I remember it. I thought old age had crept up on me since the days when I roamed Brooklyn and Queens and Staten Island too. Grant ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Weaver" <joyweave@verizon.net> To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 2:06 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] William Douglas Howden > OK, I've been following this thread as it gets more convoluted. Maybe I > can clarify (or confuse you more). > > Richmond Hill is in Queens County. It was always in Queens County. > Queens County is ON Long Island, but Long Islanders do not consider it > to be IN Long Island, because it has been part of New York City since > 1898 (or is that 1900?). > > Queens County used to stretch out to what is now the border of Suffolk > County, but in 1898/ 1900, Nassau County was carved out of it. Long > Islanders consider Nassau County and Suffolk County to comprise Long > Island. Queens and Brooklyn (which is also ON Long Island) are left out > because they are boroughs of New York City. > > Staten Island is Richmond County and also a borough of NY City. That > has nothing to do with Richmond Hill, unless they were maybe named for > the same person-- the Duke of Richmond?? > > Hope that's clearer, but I won't put money on it! > > Joy Weaver > > Ann O'Hara wrote: > > >It was never on Staten Island. It was originally in a part of Long Island > >that later became part of Queens. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "E" <grel@ix.netcom.com> > >To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 1:00 PM > >Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] William Douglas Howden > > > > > > > > > >>This one has me. How can an area move from Staten Island to Queens? > >>Interesting? > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: "Ann O'Hara" <yannster@ptd.net> > >>To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:33 PM > >>Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] William Douglas Howden > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>>Oddly enough, it's in Queens now, although originally it was part of the > >>>Island (Long, that is). > >>> > >>>----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: "quillpen1" <quillpen1@optonline.net> > >>>To: <gen-nys@rootsweb.com> > >>>Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 12:04 PM > >>>Subject: Re: [GEN-NYS] William Douglas Howden > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>My Mom grew up in Brooklyn and had relatives on Staten Island for many > >>>>years. > >>>> > >>>>Was Richmond Hills ca 1940 part of Staten Island?? > >>>> > >>>>I remember too as a little girl that when my NYC relatives referred to > >>>> > >>>> > >>the > >> > >> > >>>>"Island" they meant Long Island. > >>>> > >>>>Maureen > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NYS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message