Hi Kevin: I should just send you the whole page. Read the last two. On Sep 23, 2010, at 12:00 AM, ny-irish-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > > > REMEMBER: > 1. When replying to a message posted in a digest, change the subject. > 2. When replying to a message posted in a digest, delete all of the > digest, except the message you are replying to. If it is a long > message, delete most of it, keeping the part that you are commenting > on. > > ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== > Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website. Also, > check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ > > Today's Topics: > > 1. WARD Boundaries 1855 & 1864 (MizScarlettNY@aol.com) > 2. INS detains IRISH, 60 year Boston resident > (MizScarlettNY@aol.com) > 3. Re: [NYC-ROOTS] INS detains IRISH, 60 year Boston resident > (MizScarlettNY@aol.com) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 22:41:44 EDT > From: MizScarlettNY@aol.com > Subject: [NY-IRISH] WARD Boundaries 1855 & 1864 > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com, NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com, > NYBrooklyn@rootsweb.com, NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <bba79.3ab0f5e8.39cc1868@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > WARD List for 1855, by street name> > http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Ward/1855.NYC.streets.html > > Manhattan Ward Boundaries for 1864, by Charles Sullivan> > http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Ward/1864.Man.html > > Charles Sullivan once recommended creating the ward boundaries on a > map of > Manhattan Island. > > Barb > NYC Researcher > > mjfour@comcast.net writes: > > >> Thank you very much for your suggestions. I tried checking the 1859 >> Directory for the alternate spellings under which I've found the >> name - with no >> success. >> >> I was hoping there might be a map or something that would give a >> description of the boundaries of the election districts in each ward. >> I have found maps of the wards. I do recall that there were such >> descriptions for Philadelphia when I was checking there years ago. >> Thank you anyway - guess I'll continue my perusal of the pages. >> >> Jane > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 23:39:12 EDT > From: MizScarlettNY@aol.com > Subject: [NY-IRISH] INS detains IRISH, 60 year Boston resident > To: NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com, NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com, > NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <bdd02.5de731cc.39cc25e0@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Since the Al-Quaida terrorist actions against the United States of > America > at the World Trade Center (NYC), the United States Pentagon > (Washington, > D.C.), and flight 93, that angel-passengers forced to land in a > field in PA, > I've become very interested in the selective actions and inactions > of the US > Immigration and Naturalization Service [changed to USCIS]. > > In this recent news story released by IrishCentral.com, an 80 year old > Irish woman, returning to Boston (where she's resided for 60 years) > from > Ireland, was *detained* by American officials. > > SEE:> > > http://www.irishcentral.com/news/80-year-old-Irish-woman-detained-by-US-immigration-103515094.html > > This is not to say that there wasn't a reason to question her visa. > What > is at issue is the cultural selectivity, perhaps even > discrimination, that is > exemplified here once again and continuing against the Irish. Then > again, > this isn't a case that required border guards hovering in bushes > with night > goggles on, protecting our southern borders. Those guys must be > playing Rip > Van Winkle, to miss the hoards of illegal aliens coming into the > southern > USA borders daily. Hmmmm sounds like work. > > Last night's NYC news reported about "in-security" at Newark > International > Airport. > Sure potential passengers remove shoes, belts, jewelry, pass through > metal > detector s and frisking machines, but have you heard about the trucks > entering Newark Airport that escape much less security scrutiny? The > NY Port of > Authority hires FJC for security to the tune of billions of dollars > for Newark > and other places in greater NYC. The so called guards, walk the > perimeter > of trucks, perhaps use a mirror to check the underside, but barely > open the > rear hatch to check inside! > SEE> > http://wap.myfoxny.com/w/main/story/14175247/?sp=1 > > This was ongoing videotaping. When approached by reporters, FJC > Senior > Vice President Mark Coffino refused to even view the films, nor > discuss it. > > These two separate incidents of today reflect our government's > immigration > and security issues that are happening now, and will impact genealogy. > > Barb > NYC Researcher > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:40:54 EDT > From: MizScarlettNY@aol.com > Subject: Re: [NY-IRISH] [NYC-ROOTS] INS detains IRISH, 60 year Boston > resident > To: nyc-roots@rootsweb.com, NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com, > NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com, NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <26bf8a.62bee76f.39cc3456@aol.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > My apologies for initiating potential politican debate. > Barb > NYC Researcher > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the NY-IRISH list administrator, send an email to > NY-IRISH-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the NY-IRISH mailing list, send an email to NY-IRISH@rootsweb.com > . > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-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 NY-IRISH Digest, Vol 5, Issue 143 > ****************************************