This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JRB.2ACE/1645.1 Message Board Post: On 5/13/05 (8:24:31 AM MDT), in a posting to the Bronx County Ancestry Board that was 'gatewayed' to [email protected], Christopher Clavin ([email protected]) asked, "Edna Mae BATCHIS was born on Jan 16, 1918 in Brooklyn, New York. She died on July 13, 2004 in Westbury, New York. Her father’s name was Edmund BATCHIS, born January 12, 1878. It is known that he was born in NY somewhere on Long Island however, I do not know where. Her mother’s name was Mary Ann BOWLER, born September 27, 1888. I would like information about their marriage, birth place, or deaths, as well as any information regarding their parents." First, the Bronx is not part of Long Island. The Bronx County (coterminous with the NYC borough of the same name) is the only part of NYC that is on the U.S. mainland (immediate south of Westchester County, of which the Bronx has once been part of). For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Westbury Memorial Public (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have obit information and other possible sources of information): Westbury Memorial Public Library 445 Jefferson Street Westbury, NY 11590 Tel: 516/333-0176 Fax: 516/333-1752 eMail: [email protected] http://www.nassaulibrary.org/westbury/index.html Westbury one of those many communities on Long Island where the majority of places with a "Westbury, NY" mailing address are not in Westbury. The pertinent geography ... Westbury is a village (incorporated in 1932) in the southeast 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 (unincorporated areas) 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 .....Hamlet of East Meadow, Town of Hempstead For those who have their copy of the 2004 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.