Thank you very much. Regards, Gloria M. Bauer On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 Soyamaven@aol.com wrote: > > On 12/13/04 (12:55:39 AM MST), in a posting to NYNASSAU-L@rootsweb.com, > Gloria M. Bauer (bauerg@svpal.org) asked, > > "Hi Walter, I am trying to get the death certificates for: > 1. My Father, William Bauer who died in Mercy Hospital in Rockville Center > 8 Jan 1974 > 2. My Great Grandmother Mathilde Krebs who lived in Franklin Square and > probably died at home 28 April 1931 > > Where would I write to obtain these certificates?" > > > Gloria, 2 queries will get two answers. Here's the second: > > As Franklin Square is a hamlet in the Town of Hempstead, you should check > with the Town Clerk for the Town of Hempstead: > > Office of the Town Clerk > Town of Hempstead > Hempstead Town Hall > One Washington Street > Hempstead, NY 11550 > > Tel: 516/489-5000, X3046 > Fax: 516/???-???? > > eMail: ????? > > http://www.townofhempstead.org./content/tc/menu_tc.html > > The pertinent geography: > > Franklin Square is a hamlet (an unincorporated area) in the northwest section > of the Town of Hempstead, in the west part of Nassau County. There are 36 > hamlets and 22 villages (incorporated municipalities) 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 > Franklin Square in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Villages > of Stewart Manor and Garden City and the Hamlet of South Garden City; on the > east by the Hamlets of South Garden City and West Hempstead; on the south by > the Village of Malverne and the Hamlet of North Valley Stream; and, on the west > by the Hamlet of Elmont. > > And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities, > 64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Franklin Square has a different > border than does the "Franklin Square, NY 11010" postal zone (i.e., a place can > have a Franklin Square mailing address and not be in Franklin Square and a place > can be in Franklin Square and have other than a Franklin Square mailing > address). > > ..................................................acres > ......Hamlet of Franklin Square.......1,837 > ......Franklin Square, NY 11010.....1,555 > > As you can see, about 1 out of every 7 places in the Hamlet of Franklin > Square have other than a Franklin Square mailing address. (These places may have a > Garden City, NY 11530 or an Elmont, NY 11003 mailing address.) > > For those who have their copy of the 2003 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 Franklin Square 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. > > Happy Chanukah, > > Walter Greenspan > > The 8-day rabbinic Festival of Chanukah begins Tuesday night, December 7. > > . 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. > > > ==== NYNASSAU Mailing List ==== > For some online databases, search > www.usgenweb.org > www.nygenweb.org > www.rootsweb.com/~nynassau > www.familysearch.org > www.gencircles.com > www.rootsweb.com > www.ellisislandrecords.org > www.genealogy.com > http://stevemorse.org > www.newenglandancestors.org > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >