Where is the website for this index? T. Cooper ----- Original Message ----- From: <NancyL916@aol.com> To: <NY-LONGISLAND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 5:34 PM Subject: [NY-LONGISLAND] Gravesend Birth index complete > The Gravesend Birth Index is now complete. > > A few important notes abt the index. > It is from the original ledger book of births. > These births do NOT always run in order of years!! > > If a woman gave birth in 1893 she sometimes added her previous children, even > those born in say 1887. > > The spelling of names varies, so be very open minded when u search for an > ancestor. > I have seen QUIN spelled QUINN > GUINAN aka GUNAN or QUINAN or GENIN > > It would be best to take a page at a time and scoll down the page. There are > 100 names to each page. A total of 1575 names. > > In this index, Gravesend includes the areas of: > Gravesend > Gravesend Beach > Gravesend Neck > Gravesend Village > Coney Island > Unionville > Sheeps Head Bay > Greenfield > South Greenfield > Bensonhurst > South Bensonhurst > Woodlawn > > Thanks to all those who helped transcibe the index so I could put it into > easy table form. > Enjoy and good luck!! > > nancy > > > ==== NY-LONGISLAND Mailing List ==== > Karima, List Administrator mailto:NY-LONGISLAND-admin@rootsweb.com > List Guidelines: http://userweb.springnet1.com/quest/LongIslandWelcome.html >