This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McKee, Taggert/Taggart, Catherwood, Johnston, Singleton, Reynolds, Trout/Troutt/Traut/Trautt, Ferguson, Earl/Earle/Earles/Earls, Boyd, Perdue, Reed, Read, Wood or Woods, and too many more left to discover yet! Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/WUB.2ACI/1307.1.1.1 Message Board Post: What a very thorough explanation of Boroughs and Counties of NYC. Even after living there twice while growing up I still get so confused about that. Where I grew up, we never heard of boroughs! Even with that explanation, I'm sure I'll continue to be confused about things to do with NYC, but it's nice someone could finally explain it! :) Thanks