Well, on census records it records it differently in different years- I may need to look at a lot of them again- I am not a detail person; also if you look on familysearch, it says NYC, NY County, NY; I guess I used to think of all of the boroughs as being a part of NYC- this might come from reading old city directories- the library across the street has them from the beginning up to about 1889 and then you go to SL for the rest of them. I did't realize I was confused about it, and it is a bit embarrassing having come from that area. And when you live in a Conn. suburb of NYC, even NY means NYC to you- I lived there until I was in high school. Thanks, Sue -----Original Message----- From: nynewyor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nynewyor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of gothamgal Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 6:11 PM To: nynewyor@rootsweb.com Subject: [NYNEWYOR] duh question Sue, One more thing to remember ... Although Manhattan is the name of the Borough, and how we refer to the island, it is NOT used in the postal address, nor in the address for genealogical records. If the certificate is for an event that actually happened in NYC in the Borough of Manhattan (which is on Manhattan Island) the correct entry would be: New York, New York county, NY -- Laura (who lives in Brooklyn and used to live in Manhattan) ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator jimgarrity@earthlink.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message