Yes, I had success with voter registration records - I got the 1890 records for my great grandfather. It included information on his naturalization and this allowed me to confirm that a naturalization record I already had was his. You have to order the records in advance - Leonora Gidlund" <lgidlund@records.nyc.gov>. I was told to state the name, year, and AD and ED. Keep the email that confirms they records are in. I ordered several but some are missing. When I went to the archives I was told at first that all the records I had requested were missing. I showed my email and the man went in the other room and talked to someone and she found the 3 records that were available. As far as the AD and ED that I found more difficult. The archives do not have this information. I was told to go to the public library but they didn't have the maps available the day I went. I believe they do change but I don't know how frequently. Mary> From: irish-new-york-city-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70> To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:18:33 -0600> > > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: NY TB sanitarium early 1900's (Wandle2@aol.com)> 2. Voter Registration Records (Melanie Egan)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > > >-type=original> > Has anyone used older (1870's - 1920) voter registration records for NYC > with success? I understand that the Municipal Archives has these records > and that a year (preferably presidential election year) and an Assembly > District/Election District must be provided. I have the AD/ED for several > of my ancestors from my research for the 1890 police census. Does anyone > know if these are likely to have changed much if I researched 1888 or 1892? > Any advice about this area of research would be appreciated.> > Melanie Egan> Orlando FL > > > > > ------------------------------> > To contact the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY list administrator, send an email to> IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-admin@rootsweb.com.> > To post a message to the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY mailing list, send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY@rootsweb.com.> > __________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the> email with no additional text.> > > End of IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70> ************************************************** _________________________________________________________________ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008

Because there is always an attempt in the USA to keep our various Congressional Districts, Assembly Districts, and other such Districts -- like your town council districts -- as equal in population as possible, so that each person's vote counts as much as any other person's vote, the boundaries of those Districts tend to change after every Census because people are moving around, leaving older areas, moving into newer areas, moving back to inner cities now, etc., etc. No one wants to be in a representative district with 30,000 voters if the next district has only 5,000 voters! Not fair, we would cry! In this house I have lived in two Congressional districts without moving. The boundaries of my first Congressional District are now all in the next county, which has gone from rural to suburban in the past 35 years! The boundary of my newer district now runs down the middle of my street -- so I figure after the 2010 Census, that will probably change some way, too! The Federal Census Enumeration Districts are redrawn before every federal Census, every 10 years. Sometimes they work around the old districts, just moving and changing the boundaries as needed. Sometimes they start from scratch and redo the entire map -- and that is why a house in ED #1328 the last time is in ED #2704 this time. With computers, I imagine they just totally redo it every time as it would be far less time-consuming and more accurate in the long run. MaureenResearching: Costello (Galway and Mayo), Cotter, Durcan/Durkin, Higgins, Lynch, Raftree/Raftery (Galway), Shannon, Sullivan, Amacher, Baur, Bove, Cremer, Ehlen, Fischer, Gansberg, Giefer, Hamacher, Hense/Henseler, Hofmann/Hoeffeler, Jackler/Jackelen, Jaegers, Koch, Kratz, Krebs, Marlo/Marlot/Morlo, Mueller/Meller, Mertes, Pick, Reetz, Rheinges,Reichardt/Reichert, Rick, Schmieden, Seitz/Zeidt, vonAlleman/Vollerman, vonMeer, Weiskopf, Zens, Albright, Compton, Corselius, Clemens/Clements, Daly (Galway), Early, Fallon (Galway), Greene (Waterford), Callaghan, Fitzgerald, McGrath (Waterford), Moss, Mullenix/Mullinax, Prichard, Reilly/O'Riley/Reiley, Shelly, Shook, Tye.> From: marycolbert07@msn.com> To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:38:55 -0400> Subject: [IRISH-NYC] voter registration records> > > Yes, I had success with voter registration records - I got the 1890 records for my great grandfather. It included information on his naturalization and this allowed me to confirm that a naturalization record I already had was his. You have to order the records in advance - Leonora Gidlund" <lgidlund@records.nyc.gov>. I was told to state the name, year, and AD and ED. Keep the email that confirms they records are in. I ordered several but some are missing. When I went to the archives I was told at first that all the records I had requested were missing. I showed my email and the man went in the other room and talked to someone and she found the 3 records that were available. As far as the AD and ED that I found more difficult. The archives do not have this information. I was told to go to the public library but they didn't have the maps available the day I went. I believe they do change but I don't know how frequently. Mary> From: irish-new-york-city-request@rootswe!> b.com> Subject: IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70> To: irish-new-york-city@rootsweb.com> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:18:33 -0600> > > > Today's Topics:> > 1. Re: NY TB sanitarium early 1900's (Wandle2@aol.com)> 2. Voter Registration Records (Melanie Egan)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> > > >-type=original> > Has anyone used older (1870's - 1920) voter registration records for NYC > with success? I understand that the Municipal Archives has these records > and that a year (preferably presidential election year) and an Assembly > District/Election District must be provided. I have the AD/ED for several > of my ancestors from my research for the 1890 police census. Does anyone > know if these are likely to have changed much if I researched 1888 or 1892? > Any advice about this area of research would be appreciated.> > Melanie Egan> Orlando FL > > > > > ------------------------------> > To contact the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY lis!> t administrator, send an email to> IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-admin@rootsweb.> com.> > To post a message to the IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY mailing list, send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY@rootsweb.com.> > __________________________________________________________> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com> with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the> email with no additional text.> > > End of IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY Digest, Vol 3, Issue 70> **************************************************> _________________________________________________________________> Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger.> http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_042008> > -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-NEW-YORK-CITY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message