On 4/8/05 (7:58:02 PM MDT), in a posting to NYC-ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com, Jan Foster (jfos@fosterswebsite.com) asked, "I know this is a bit "off" for the NYC-ROOTS list but... I am researching my maternal line and know that the family lived in the Flushing, NY area in 1929-1931. The birth certificate of one relative shows the birth occurred in Feb. of 1931 at Park East Hospital on 83rd Street in Manhattan. I am trying to obtain the birth certificate of a sibling to that relative, born in Jan. 1929. We recently submitted forms and fees to NYC to obtain a copy of a birth certificate for this person but none could be found. They indicated a search was done for the years 1928, 1929, and 1930 in all five boroughs. So now my question: It seems to me there must have been hospitals in the Flushing NY area where an expectant mother could go to deliver a baby and perhaps we should be looking there. Can anyone suggest the names of hospitals in the area that might have had maternity facilities in that time period?" Since January 1, 1898, Flushing has been a neighborhood in Queens and Queens has been a borough of New York City. (Additionally, since January 1, 1899, the Borough of Queens has been coterminous with the County of Queens.) Now, for a list of possible maternity hospitals or hospitals with maternity facilities, you may want to contact the Queens Borough Public Library: Queens Borough Public Library 89-11 Merrick Boulevard New York (Jamaica P.O.), NY 11432 Tel: 718/990-0700 Fax: 718/???-???? Contact information: http://www.queenslibrary.org/about/gen_info.asp Home page: http://www.queenslibrary.org/ I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting. Walter Greenspan