Considering that all of my ancestors lived in NYC, it just dawned on me that I am not exactly sure how you write where they lived, into your program, if you know the borough. For example, would you write Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York? I am asking this as I saw a death on ancestry that said the person died in Bronx, Bronx, New York. And since NYC is called different things at different times, do I use Manhattan, New York City or what? And I guess if a record says NYC it could mean any borough. But now that germangenealogygroup is providing me with places of marriage so I am beyond the census "New York" as a place. Sue

New York is Manhattan, New York County. Bronx is the county of Bronx. Staten Island is Richmond County. Brooklyn is Kings County, Queens is Queens County. Brooklyn before 1900 was part of NYC (Manhattan) confusing? yes ----- Original Message ----- From: Sue Maxwell To: nynewyor@rootsweb.com Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 1:58 PM Subject: [NYNEWYOR] duh! question Considering that all of my ancestors lived in NYC, it just dawned on me that I am not exactly sure how you write where they lived, into your program, if you know the borough. For example, would you write Brooklyn, New York City, New York, New York? I am asking this as I saw a death on ancestry that said the person died in Bronx, Bronx, New York. And since NYC is called different things at different times, do I use Manhattan, New York City or what? And I guess if a record says NYC it could mean any borough. But now that germangenealogygroup is providing me with places of marriage so I am beyond the census "New York" as a place. Sue ************************************* 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