Greenpoint was part of Bushwich Town (established in 1660) until 1855, when it was annexed to Brooklyn. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Tobin" <tobinger@frontiernet.net> To: "Gerald Tobin" <tobinger@frontiernet.net>; <NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: <evc1369@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:53 PM Subject: Re: [QUEENS] Help with death certificate please >I believe that was the 18th Ward in 1868. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gerald Tobin" <tobinger@frontiernet.net> > To: <NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com> > Cc: <evc1369@comcast.net> > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2005 9:42 PM > Subject: Re: [QUEENS] Help with death certificate please > > >> Elizabeth, >> >> It looks like Greenpoint to me. That I think was in the City of >> Brooklyn at that time. >> >> Jerry >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Elizabeth V Cardinal" <evc1369@comcast.net> >> To: <NYQUEENS-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 10:46 PM >> Subject: [QUEENS] Help with death certificate please >> >> >>>I want to send for the death certificate of a family member who died in >>> Brooklyn in 1877 or 1878. >>> >>> The problem I am running into is the following found on the archives >>> website: >>> >>> <<There are separate marriage and death records for Kings County Towns: >>> >>> . Flatbush, 1847-1851; 1880-1894, >>> . Flatlands, 1880-1895, >>> . Gravesend, 1880-1894, >>> . New Lots, 1881-1886 and New Utrecht, 1880-1894.>> >>> >>> At the time of death this person was most likely living at: >>> >>> 377 Oakland Avenue or Street. >>> >>> Does anyone know what section of Brooklyn that was/is in? >>> >>> Thank You >>> >>> >>> >>> Elizabeth V. Cardinal >>> evc1369@comcast.net >>> http://www.cafepress.com/formernuns >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ============================== >>> Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the >>> areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. >>> Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >>> >>> >>