On 2/20/04 (8:36:35 AM MST), in a posting to NYSUFFOL-L@rootsweb.com, Ned Smith (ehlsmith@worldnet.att.net) in a reply to a posting, "Where was Tar-men's/Tarmans Neck or "Wawcoruck" in Brookhaven????, by Alison (aliwallner@comcast.net), wrote, "You can see where Beaver Dam Creek (River) and the Methodist (M.E.) Church are on an 1873 map at http://www.bklyn-genealogy-info.com/Map/Brkhaven3.1.html from the Brooklyn Genealogy website's LI Map collection. When the map is finished loading scroll down to the lower right corner and you can see them in the area between the block letters saying "Bellport P.O." and "Brookhaven P.O." You are correct, the area is definitely that between modern Bellport and the hamlet of Brookhaven (formerly Fireplace)." Ned, according to my maps, the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of Bellport as well as the Hamlet of North Bellport have a common border, with no other community between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of Bellport or between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Hamlet of North Bellport. The border between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Hamlet of North Bellport is much longer than is the border between the Hamlet of Brookhaven and the Village of Bellport. So, my question: in which of these 3 communities was the land that was previously known as "Tarman's Neck"? Could "Tarman's Neck" straddle any two or even all 3 community borders? Regards, Walter Greenspan