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/526.2 Message Board Post: Wills, administrations, guardianships, etc. are filed with the Nassau County Surrogate's Court at the county seat in Mineola for the period 1899 to date. Pre-1899 files are located in the Queens County Surrogate's Court in Jamaica. Property records are located in the Nassau County Clerk's Office in Mineola. The Clerk has the Queens County real property records on microfilm for periods prior to 1899, with the originals kept by the Queens County Office of the City Register (located in Jamaica, Queens); Long Island Studies Institute at Hofstra University also has the pre-1899 microfilm. As Walter suggested, contact the village clerk of Freeport - vital records may be on file there or may be kept by the Clerk of the Town of Hempstead.