Buffalo and Rochester are in Western New York. Let's not confuse NY City with New York State. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Carroll" <Bob@shipstore.com> To: <NYCLINTO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 08, 2004 9:10 PM Subject: Re: [NYCLINTO] BLANCHARD_COLLINS for Glenn [Upstate] > Going back some 40+ years when I worked for the NYS Health Dept, doing > research with vital records, we considered "Upstate NY" as anywhere other > than New York City. We would have labeled even Long Island as "Upstate" > because the vital records were filed in Albany instead of NYC. Public Health > Laws applied to all buy NYC. > Today, casual talk would probably exclude Long Island, but officially Albany > still keeps VR for Long Island. > In Clinton/Essex we commonly call it "North Country", which is very > imprecise. Burlington VT paper today used it to refer to northern Vermont. > I would not know what Northern New York referred to, but would certainly not > rule out Rochester and Buffalo. > > Bob > Bob & Dee Carroll Westport on Lake Champlain, NY. Bob@shipstore.com > www.westportmarina.com > Ancestors of Bob and Dee: > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=rcarroll > > > Westchester, Rockland, Orange, and perhaps Putnam and Dutchess counties. As > > Mac stated, Northern NY is not really a specific area of NY; I would consider > > anywhere north of where I lived in Warren County to be Northern NY > > > ==== NYCLINTO Mailing List ==== > NYCLINTO List Administrator: > sandyclan@pacific.net.au > >