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Rooters & Rootsers, Twenty-five years later, NEWSDAY does a follow-up story on its massive series "Long Island at the Crossroads" that included 61 pages of analysis and predictions. The URL for the article (please copy and paste the entire URL, beginning with "http" and ending with "headlines"): http://www.newsday.com/features/printedition/longislandlife/ny-lilife0330,0,65 05687.story?coll=ny%2Dlilife%2Dheadlines For those unable to access the article, eMail me directly and I'll eMail you a copy of the article. I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Walter Greenspan

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/lRB.2ACE/533 Message Board Post: If a house were in Freeport, where would one go to find when it was built, who owned it over the years, (I guess that would be deeds, sales, etc.) WHo it be the county - Nassau in Mineola, or who the Village of Freeport keep those records? Thanks for any help or suggestions.

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/lRB.2ACE/532 Message Board Post: I am looking for death/burial information on this person born in Hempstead about 1840 and who possibly died there before 1902.He married ELIZABETH ANN CARMAN.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Bickell, Egan, Hill, Wilson, Robbins, Ferguson, Hutchings, Hults Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/531 Message Board Post: Looking for anyone who has access to the Manhasset High School Yearbooks for the years 1942, 1943 and or 1944. I am looking for the pictures of Elwood and Elmer Adams. They were twins so would have graduated at the same time (hopefully!) If anyone can get me a copy of the pictures or scan them and send them to me I would be very grateful. I would be willing to reimburse for copies and postage if they can not be scanned. Thanks for the help Kathleen

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/371.2 Message Board Post: I am looking for information on ROBERT CALCAGNINO, born in New York in 1860. He married Ellen Jepson and had a son, Lawrence, all in New York (probably Long Island). By 1910, they were in Butte Township, Siskiyou County, California, where Robert was a farmer. Ellen died in 1945. I'm interested in what became of Lawrence and whether he may have married and had children. Lee Cognetta

Has anyone found information related to the WW 1 Bonus payments to be of genealogical value? Just wondering Chuck SCHOBER----Melissa, Texas

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Mc Kenna, Mc Auliff, Holly Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/351.1 Message Board Post: Email address is chgd to [email protected]

I have found out the following information and would like to know if anyone can add to it. Stephen C. Smith was born in Merrick, LI in 1803 he was a boat builder and farmer he married Mary Mott Nov. 19, 1828 he died Jan 19, 1900 at age 98 Mary Mott was the d/o Samuel and Hannah Mott of Oceanside She died in 1880 They had 2 children. Edmund Smith of Freeport John D. Smith of Boston. A grandson of Stephen Smith is Howard Smith Stephen had eight children..3 girls and 5 boys. All but two died before 1897. Unsure is all or just some by another marriage. Stephen's parents lived in Merrick. This information was taken from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. I hope someone can enlighten me on other information. Thanks David- GA

Does anyone have information on a company by the name of General Bronz(e). It may have existed in the Garden City area during either WWI or WWII.

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/lRB.2ACE/530.1 Message Board Post: On 3/21/03 (11:37:35 PM MST), in a post to the Nassau County Board that was 'gatewayed' to [email protected], Carol ([email protected]) asked, "I'm looking for information on the Raynor family burial ground that was located in Roosevelt (Greenwich Point). I can't find the burial place for several people, who were lived and died in Roosevelt in the 1800s. Does anyone know the names of the people who were buried there and what happened the bodies of those people? According to an article published in the Brooklyn Eagle (June 7, 1896), a burial ground was located on property that was owned by Hewlett Raynor. This burial ground contained several generations of Raynors and was located west of the home that was built by Hewlett Raynor's father, Vandewater Raynor in 1796. In 1896, that 100 year old home was demolished by Royal Mollineaux, who owned the property in 1896. According to a 1783 map, the property of Hewlett Raynor was located opposite the triangle formed by the point where Babylon Turnpike meets Freeport's North Main Street." Maybe the Roosevelt Public Library might be of some help: Roosevelt Public Library 27 West Fulton Avenue Roosevelt, New York 11575 Tel: 516/378-0222 Fax: 516/378-1011 eMail: [email protected] http://www.nassaulibrary.org/roosevelt/ The pertinent geography: Roosevelt is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the central section of the Town of Hempstead. There are 22 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets all or partly within the Town of 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 its northern border and proceeding clockwise: The Hamlet of Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of Uniondale; on the east by the Hamlets of North Merrick and Merrick; on the south by the Village of Freeport; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Baldwin. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Roosevelt has a different border than does the "Roosevelt, NY 11575" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Roosevelt mailing address and not be in Roosevelt and a place can be in Roosevelt and have other than a Roosevelt mailing address). ........................................acres ....Hamlet of Roosevelt.......1,121 ....Roosevelt, NY 11575.....1,061 About 1 in 20 places that are actually in the Hamlet of Roosevelt have other than a "Roosevelt, NY" mailing address. Most of these places that are in the Hamlet of Roosevelt but do not have a "Roosevelt, NY" mailing address may have a "Freeport, NY 11520" 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 Hamlet of Roosevelt in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (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.

Roots XIX - The Quest For Your Past, the 19th annual seminar sponsored by the Genealogy Workshop of The Huntington Historical Society, Huntington, Long Island, NY, will be held on Saturday, May 3, 2003. Our new location is conveniently located, close to the LIRR station and to route 110. Our speakers will be: Larry O. Jensen, AG: German research Suzanne McVetty, CG: NYC research & wills Paul Milner, MDIV, MS: British Isles, Irish & Scottish research Donna Moughty: Internet, Video & General topics Geri Solomon, MA: Long Island research & Preservation For details, visit our new website at: www.rootsweb.com/~nygwhhs/ Bill Chamberlain Newsletter Editor Genealogy Workshop of The Huntington Historical Society 209 Main St., Huntington, NY 11743-4218

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Raynor, Smith, Rhodes, Mollineaux Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lRB.2ACE/530 Message Board Post: I'm looking for information on the Raynor family burial ground that was located in Roosevelt (Greenwich Point). I can't find the burial place for several people, who were lived and died in Roosevelt in the 1800s. Does anyone know the names of the people who were buried there and what happened the bodies of those people? According to an article published in the Brooklyn Eagle (June 7, 1896), a burial ground was located on property that was owned by Hewlett Raynor. This burial ground contained several generations of Raynors and was located west of the home that was built by Hewlett Raynor's father, Vandewater Raynor in 1796. In 1896, that 100 year old home was demolished by Royal Mollineaux, who owned the property in 1896. According to a 1783 map, the property of Hewlett Raynor was located opposite the triangle formed by the point where Babylon Turnpike meets Freeport's North Main Street.

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/lRB.2ACE/529.1 Message Board Post: On 3/21/03 (4:29:24 AM MST), in a post to the Nassau County Board that was 'gatewayed' to [email protected], bpon ([email protected]) asked, "Does anyone recall a bowling alley , I believe in Hempstead, called Heimie's (or Heini's)? My father would bowl there in a league with Grumann's in the early to mid fifties. I'm wondering where it was located, asssuming it no long exists. Thank you." You may want to inquire at the Hempstead Public Library: Hempstead Public Library 115 Nichols Court Hempstead, NY 11550 Tel: 516/481-6990 Fax: 516/481-6719 eMail: [email protected] http://www.nassaulibrary.org/hempstd/ It is important to know that there are 3 "Hempsteads" (from smallest to largest, in order of acreage): 1. There is the Village of Hempstead 2. There is the Hempstead, NY 11550 postal zone 3. There is the Town of Hempstead The pertinent geography: Hempstead is a village (incorporated in 1853) in the north-center section of the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County. There are 22 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly within the Town of 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 its northern border and proceeding clockwise: The Village of Hempstead in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Village of Garden City and the Hamlet of East Garden City; on the east by the Hamlets of East Garden City and Uniondale; on the south by the Hamlets of Baldwin and South Hempstead; and, on the west by the Hamlet of West Hempstead. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Hempstead has a different border than does the "Hempstead, NY 11550" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Hempstead mailing address and not be in the Village of Hempstead). .........................................acres ....Village of Hempstead.......2,327 ....Hempstead, NY 11550.....2,652 The Town of Hempstead is 22,621 acres. As you can see from the above, about 12.5% of the places that have a "Hempstead" mailing address are not in the Village of Hempstead. (Portions of the Hamlets of East Garden City and South Hempstead have Hempstead, NY mailing addresses.) For those who have their copy of the 2002 or earlier editions 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 Hempstead (incorporated in 1853) in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (population estimate). One final statistic: the Town of Hempstead is the most populous town (or township) in the U.S. The January 1, 2002 population is 758,942 (LIPA 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.

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/lRB.2ACE/529 Message Board Post: Does anyone recall a bowling alley , I believe in Hempstead, called Heimie's (or Heini's)? My father would bowl there in a league with Grumann's in the early to mid fifties. I'm wondering where it was located, asssuming it no long exists. Thank you.

Hello, does anyone have this gentleman on their family tree? I am looking for the names of his parents and if there were other children besides him. His name is Joseph Wilson, born between 1796-99 somewhere in NY. He married Sally Collar or Kohler around 1819 and they were living in Cayuga Co. Ny in the1820;s and kept moving after that. I am also looking for four of their children who I haven't located yet. They were all born in NY state. John born Feb.26,1825, David or Daniel born Jan.22,1826, Sally born Aug.15,1822 and Alzina born Oct.02,1838. If you have any info plz contact me at this email address, tx .. [email protected] Stephanie

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Hello: Can anyone tell me where to write to get a Will from Hempstead? Not sure of the date, but here is the index entry from SAMPUBCO. Maybe somebody has a transcription of it already? Richard SEAMAN Hempstead Queens NY-31-18-117 I am looking to see if he has a daughter named Susan b. about 1784-1794 who married Solomon Gibson and lived in Dutchess Co. Thanks Johnna St Clair

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/lRB.2ACE/528 Message Board Post: JOHN LOGAN, URBAN HISTORY BB - Members of this list may be interested in a new initiative by the Mumford Center. For several years we have been building a longitudinal database of people who lived in New York City and Chicago in 1920, trying to trace them back to the 1900 census manuscripts. The purpose is to study systematically people's residential and occupational mobility. We started with samples of several thousand, and made the job considerably harder by including both men and women. As we near the limit of our own ability to find people, we are soliciting help from amateur and professional genealogists whose methods we have adopted. This week we launched the Mumford Genealogy Challenge, through which people can log onto a web page, select a case, download all of the information we have about the case (including 1920 census data, and often data from marriage and birth certificates), and submit their findings. We have even commissioned Mumford Genealogy Challenge mugs for the "winners," and people with confirmed finds will have their names listed on the winners page along with links to their own web page, if they have one. See http://www.albany.edu/mumford/genealogy

Hi List: We have references to the deaths of ROSE EPP (d. Nov 1973) and ROSINA EPP (d. Jun 1969) at Uniondale and Island Park, Nassau County, NY. We are looking for any info re the families of these two women. Ideas? Bob, in VA