On 2/27/04 (3:17:13 PM MST), in a posting to NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com, Elizabeth V. Cardinal (evc1369@comcast.net) asked, "Found Anthony Adamo on the 1930 census as living and owning his own home on Fourth Avenue, North Hempstead....in the town of Westbury. I did not see a house number on the census. I know next to nothing about obtaining death records from Nassau County. Actually I do not know when the man died. I know he was 69 in 1930. Need to find out everything I can on this man. I have sent for his naturalizatin papers. Would like to know where he is buried in hopes of finding an illegitimate son buried with him." First, Westbury is a village in the Town of North Hempstead. Second, Death certificates are the responsibility of the town, or if the village desires to keep such records, the village. But, it also depends on the community in which the death occurred, and this is not necessarily the community in which the person was residing. For all the questions you have raised, you may want to contact the Westbury Memorial Public (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information) as well as the Village Clerk for the Village of Westbury: Westbury Memorial Public Library 445 Jefferson Street Westbury, NY 11590 Tel: 516/333-0176 Fax: 516/333-1752 eMail: contactus@westburylibrary.org http://www.nassaulibrary.org/westbury/index.html Village Clerk Village of Westbury Westbury Village Hall 235 Lincoln Place Westbury, NY 11590 Tel: 516/334-1700 Fax: 516/334-7563. eMail: clerksoffice@villageofwestbury.org http://www.villageofwestbury.org/ I do not know if you are aware that the majority of places with a "Westbury, NY" mailing address are NOT in Westbury! According to my calculation, more than two out of every three places with a "Westbury, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Village of Westbury and almost half the places with a "Westbury, NY" mailing address are NOT even in the Town of North Hempstead. The pertinent geography ... Westbury is a village (incorporated in 1932) in the southwestern part of the Town of North Hempstead, in the central part of Nassau County along the North Hempstead/Oyster Bay and the North Hempstead/Hempstead town line. There are 30 villages and 18 hamlets all or partly in the Town of North Hempstead. There are 2 cities 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 Westbury in the Town of North Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of Old Westbury; on the east by the Hamlet of Jericho in the Town Oyster Bay (the North Hempstead/Oyster Bay Town line) and the Hamlet of New Cassel; on the south by the Hamlets of East Meadow and East Garden City in the Town of Hempstead (the North Hempstead/Hempstead Town line); and on the west by the Hamlet of Carle Place and the Village of Mineola. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Westbury has a different border than does the postal zone that services its area: .........................................................area ...........Village of Westbury.................1,511 ...........Westbury, NY 11590..............4,302 ...............of which ...............part in North Hempstead....2,505 ...............part in Hempstead.............1,503 ...............part in Oyster Bay................294 Thus, about 2 out of every 3 places with a "Westbury, NY 11590" mailing address are NOT in the Village of Westbury and 3 out of every 8 are NOT even in the Town of North Hempstead. Quickly eyeballing the map overlay of the "11590" postal zip code versus village and hamlet borders, all or parts of the following 7 communities seem to be within the borders of the Westbury postal zone and hence all or some of the places in these communities have a "Westbury, NY" mailing address: ......Hamlet of Jericho, Town of Oyster Bay ......Hamlet of Hicksville, Town of Oyster Bay ......Hamlet of Carle Place, Town of North Hempstead ......Village of Westbury, Town of North Hempstead ......Hamlet of New Cassel, Town of North Hempstead ......Hamlet of Salisbury, Town of Hempstead ......Hamlet of East Garden City, Town of Hempstead For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier edition of the Long Island 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 Westbury (incorporated in 1932) in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 6 (map) and 7 (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.