On 3/27/04 (7:37:33 AM MST), in a posting to NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com, Nora Brunner (n.brunner@worldnet.att.net) asked, "Anyone with knowledge of theatre-oriented, summer stock folks by the names of Kathrine Donovan, Clement Warren Donovan, or son Donald Donovan, please contact me. Clement bought and sold real estate around Suffolk, Southhampton, Long Island, other Queens locations during 1930s and 1940s. I don't have much exact information. Any resource suggestions helpful as well. They lived in and rented cottages to theatre types and at least one artists colony." For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Rogers Memorial Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information and other possible sources of information): Rogers Memorial Library 91 Coopers Farm Road Southampton, NY 11968 Tel: 631/283-0774 Fax: 631/287-6537 eMail: rogmlib@suffolk.lib.ny.us http://www.myrml.org/ The pertinent geography: Southampton is a village (incorporated in 1894) in the south-central section of the Town of Southampton, in the southeastern part of Suffolk County. There are currently 6 villages and 17 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Southampton. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County. There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk 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 Southampton in the Town of Southampton is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Tuckahoe, the Hamlet of North Sea and the Hamlet of Water Mill; on the east by the Hamlet of Water Mill; on the south by the Atlantic Ocean; and, on the west by Shinnecock Bay and the Shinnecock Indian Reservation. And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31 villages and 126 hamlets), the Village of Southampton has a different border than does the "Southampton, NY 11968" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Southampton mailing address and not be in Southampton and a place can be in Southampton and have other than a Southampton mailing address). Those places that have a "Southampton, NY" mailing address that are not in the Village of Southampton are in the Shinnecock Indian Reservation and in the Hamlet of Tuckahoe. At the same time, there are places in the Village of Southampton that have a "Watermill, NY 11976" mailing address. 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 Southampton (incorporated in 1894) in the Town of Southampton, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 28 (map) and 29 (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.