On 2/23/04 (8:34:32 AM MST), in a posting to the Nassau County Ancestry Baord that was 'gatewayed' to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, Cynthia Schaefer (TekBird@wi.rr.com) asked, "I'm searching for descendants of Robert N. Moore and his wife Rosella. They lived in Freeport/Hempstead area in the 1920 and 1930 census. Robert was born about 1886 in NY. His mother was Susanna "Annie" Walters Moore born about 1857 in Staffordshire, England. Robert and Rosella had one son, Robert Moore Jr. born about 1917. All of Susanna's siblings ended up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Online family tree is here: http://www.bonobo-monks.com/gen/walters/woutlin6.htm" For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Freeport Memorial Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information): Freeport Memorial Library 144 West Merrick Road Freeport, NY 11520 Tel: 516/379-3274 Fax: 516/868-9741 eMail: reffr@nassaulibrary.org http://www.nassaulibrary.org/freeport/ The pertinent geography: Freeport is a village (incorporated in 1892) in the south-center part of the Town of Hempstead, in the south-central part of Nassau County. There are 22 villages and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Hempstead. There are 2 cites and 3 towns in Nassau County. (I'm including after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.) Beginning on the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Village of Freeport is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Roosevelt; on the east by the Hamlet of Merrick; on the south by the off shore islands; and, on the west by the Hamlets of Baldwin Harbor and Baldwin. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Freeport has a different border than does the "Freeport, NY 11520" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Freeport, NY mailing address and not be in Freeport). ..............................................acres ......Village of Freeport..............3,174 ......Freeport, NY 11520............3,618 A little more than 1 out of every 10 places with an "Freeport, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Village of Freeport. These places with a "Freeport, NY" mailing address that are not in the Village of Freeport may be in either the Hamlet of Merrick, the Hamlet of Roosevelt or the Hamlet of Baldwin Harbor, also in the Town of Hempstead. For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier edition of the LI Population Survey or have already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power Authority web site (eMail me directly if you need instructions on how to access and download the report), you'll find the Village of Freeport (incorporated in 1892) in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Regards, Walter Greenspan . Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State New York State is divided into counties. County A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided into cities, towns and Indian reservations. City A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Town A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be sub-divided into villages and hamlets. Village A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Hamlet A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic areas. Postal Zone "City" and "Town" A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town" may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a different community name in their mailing address than the community where that place is actually located.