Hi, Pat, LA has Parishes. Thanks for the reply. I've been recording the County as is shown in the CCF201 data base by the USGS. Somewhere, years ago, I read you should enter something else, but I can't remember what that was so thought I'd ask again. I guess every city/township/village is within the boundaries of some county, and there's no denying that, I even quoted that in the little bit on Fairfax. My original message was *wrong* when I said, "...not within a County." Should have said, "...not under the jurisdiction of a county." So, where are vitals stored/filed? Probably in the county seat of said county; and that's what we are interested in. Wish I knew what I was talking/asking about. ;-) Thanks for your 2c, Don Pat wrote: > > I see that many people have replied to you but I would like to add my two > cents. New York City is made up of 5 boroughs; Manhattan (New York County), > Staten Island (Richmond County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Queens (Queens > County) and the Bronx (Bronx County) > Baltimore City is within the county of Baltimore. When you get out to Long > Island there are townships within the counties. It gets very confusing but > you should record the county, borough, township, or whatever the locals call > their government divisions. I forget what they call the divisions in > Louisiana. > > An example of what I mean: my grandmother died in a hospital in East Meadow, > Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, L.I., NY and was buried just a few miles > away in Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County, L.I., NY. My other > grandmother died in a hospital in New York City, Manhattan borough, New York > County, NY. > > I am with those who say that Washington D.C. is the only exception to the > county rule. But having lived in a D.C suburb for 11 years, I can say that > they do things their own way in D.C.!!!!