At 11:02 AM -0700 7/27/99, Jo Hartman wrote: >Hi List, >This might be a real dumb question... > >Okay, talking with my mother-in-law the other day. I'm doing her geneology. >She grew up in lower Manhattan, 9th and Greenwich streets. I tried looking >to see what county this area is in...for the obvious, most info online and >off is by county. I couldn't quite figure it out looking at the one map I >have from the AAA, the county lines change colors too much. My mother in law >says its not in a county, its just "Manhattan, New York". It has to be in a >county, right? Some of the records I have from her just say Manhattan >District court etc. > >I live in Southern Calif. I know nothing about New York. Can someone explain >the heiarchy for me. I mean what is the Bronx, Long Island, Queens etc.? Is >New York City a small area or does it include all of this? Sorry, >geographically challenged here. > for us in brooklyn&queens the city was manhattan. you got on th el or subway and went into the city to the movies or a show. there is a book out "Cabbages and Brooklyn" that gives an expression/idea of this. Brooklyn & Queens were farm country for longer then we realize and the"idea" [ideal] of this was steeped into us. those of us that in our 50's still refer to manhattan as the city. regards m ============================================================ Jazz is freedom. -- T. Monk http://www.panix.com/~cassidy