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.