Actually, prior to 1974, it was the Borough of Richmond, and subsequent to that date it was renamed the Borough of Staten Island. As a county, it has always been Richmond; Richmond County was one of the original 12 counties created on November 1, 1683: Albany, Cornwall, Dukes, Dutchess, Kings, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY </HTML>

In regard to my esteemed,learned friend, I am thoroughly abashed...I was speaking of the here and now in general. Thank you dear Walter for dotting my I's and crossing my t's. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- -----Original Message----- From: nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nyc-roots-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Soyamaven@aol.com Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2011 7:44 PM To: NYBROOKLYN@rootsweb.com; NYNEWYOR@rootsweb.com; NYC-ROOTS@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYC-ROOTS] A POLITE REMINDER TO ALL LISTERS Actually, prior to 1974, it was the Borough of Richmond, and subsequent to that date it was renamed the Borough of Staten Island. As a county, it has always been Richmond; Richmond County was one of the original 12 counties created on November 1, 1683: Albany, Cornwall, Dukes, Dutchess, Kings, New York, Orange, Queens, Richmond, Suffolk, Ulster and Westchester. Regards, Walter Greenspan Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY </HTML> ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYC-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message