On 4/28/05 (5:49:11 AM MDT), in a posting to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, Annie Nolan (annie.nolan1@btopenworld.com) asked, "Street Directory for Glen Head area Nassau County. Agnes Clark. Francis A. Clark. Marguerite D. Clark. Stella I. Clark. These members of the same family were living together 1930 census. Agnes was listed as head of house, but address could be in any of the names. Please check Street Directory for 1930 Please check for Marguerite D. Clark, (possibly same address) in 1968 Street directory. They may have lived Glen Head Road but I am not sure." As the majority of places with a "Glen Head": mailing address are not in the Hamlet of Glen Head and because, as of yet, there is no Glen Head area "library", you may want to find out in which of the several villages (municipal corporations) that are in the service area of the "Glen Head, NY" postal zone the addresses you are researching were located. Regarding the "library": Until recently Glen Head was unserviced by a library, and the Gold Coast Library does not yet even have a building. Currently, the Gold Coast Library is limited to issuing a library card that members can use at one of the other 54 libraries in Nassau County. Gold Coast Public Library P.O. Box 390 Glenwood Landing, NY 11547 Tel: 516/759-8300 Fax: 516/???-???? eMail: ????? http://www.goldcoastlibrary.org/ The pertinent geography: Glen Head is one of those communities on Long Island where the majority of the places with a Glen Head mailing address are not in Glen Head. The pertinent geography: Glen Head is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the northwest part of the Town of Oyster Bay, in the north-central part of Nassau County. There are 18 hamlets and 18 villages (municipal corporations) all or partly within the Town of Oyster Bay. 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 Glen Head in the Town of Oyster Bay is bordered on the north by the City of Glen Cove; on the east by the Village of Matinecock; on the south by the Village of Old Brookville and the Hamlet of Glenwood Landing; and, on the west by the Hamlet of Glenwood Landing and the Village of Sea Cliff. And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Glen Head has a different border than does the "Glen Head, NY 11545" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Glen Head mailing address and not be in Glen Head). .............................................acres .....Hamlet of Glen Head..........1,068 .....Glen Head, NY 11545........8,366 Thus, more than 7 out of every 8 places with a "Glen Head, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Hamlet of Glen Head. Quickly eyeballing the map overlay of the "11545" postal ZIP codes versus village and hamlet borders, the following 7 communities (5 villages and 2 hamlets) seem to be at least partially within the borders of the "Glen Head, NY" postal zone and hence places in these communities can have a "Glen Head, NY" mailing address: Village of Matinecock, Village of Old Brookville, Village of Brookville, Village of Upper Brookville, the Hamlet of East Norwich, the Village of Muttontown and the Hamlet of Glenwood Landing. For those who have their copy of the 2004 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 Glen Head in the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau County on pages 5 & 11 (map) and 12 (population estimate). I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Wishing all a ziessen Pesach (sweet Passover)*, Walter Greenspan * The 8-day Biblical Festival of Passover begins on the 15th day of the month of Nissan (that's the Babylonian 'Nissan', not the Japanese 'Nissan'), which this year occurs at sunset on Saturday, April 23 on the civil calendar. 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.