Barbara Thank you for posting this.  I was wondering why he hadn't been posting.  What a loss to the genealogy community.  He was such a wealth of knowledge and always was ready to help.  I just loved his messages at the end of his postings and was so sad when someone called him on it.  Our heritage is so important and he was just passing it on.  We will miss him. My condolences to his family and to all of us genealogists. Dee in Phoenix   When a person dies, a library closes. Researching: NJ: Snook, Bozarth, Dickerson, Dalton, Hicks, Asay NY: Semlear, Stoothoff, Foster, Murray, Dierks, Cairns PA: Hicks, Shaw, Roberts, Swartz/Black, Penrose Nova Scotia: Arthur, Hutt, Eisenhauer, Conrod, Morris     From: "MizScarlettNY@aol.com" <MizScarlettNY@aol.com> >To: NYQUEENS@rootsweb.com >Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:45 PM >Subject: [NYQUEENS] Tribute: Walter Greenspan > >Dear Queens Friends, > >With sadness I share the passing of a gentleman and dear friend to Metro >NYC genealogy, Walter Greenspan, aka Soyamaven@aol.com. > >Walter passed away on 13 July 2012 at 66 years of age, after a sudden >illness. Since there was no formal obituary, please add to this tribute to >Walter, for his beloved, adult twin daughters. > >Walter was born in Brooklyn, NYC, on 20 December 1945, as a >Hanukkah gift to Jack and Beatrice Greenspan. Our Brooklyn boy finally >returned home to his New York from Montana, and is interred with his parents at >Maimonides-Elmont* Cemetery, 90 Elmont Road, Elmont, NY, Nassau County, New >York. > >Walter worked as a commodities analyst for many years.  He loved his >daughters and Hebrew heritage...and his mom's recipes.** He was quick to inform us >of his upcoming holidays, with details including foods and traditions. > >Simply put, Walter was best known as our Cartology Guru. When you had a >question about a place, Walter could untangle its umbilici through its >locations, geography, zip codes, and history, then steer you to the right >repository. He was the magician of maps, especially with those complicated Long Island >hamlets, villages, towns, and neighborhoods. It seemed that he responded >with the accurate answer in minutes. > >Walter, you will be so missed in Metro NYC, Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY. >Thanks for your generosity, sense of humor, and astute advice. And, for the >record... > >* "Elmont is an unincorporated census-designated place located in the >northwest corner of the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, New York, along its >border with the borough of Queens in New York City. It is a suburban bedroom >community located on Long Island. The population was 33,198 at the 2010 >census." > >Walter, with your consistent signature, "I hope this information is useful >or, at least, interesting." You were always interesting! Thanks for the >memories, my friend. > >"Scarlett" aka Barb >Metro NYC Researcher >** GREENSPAN FAMILY RECIPES" > >Cheese Blintz, Montana Blintz >http://mtdiner.com/?p=136#more-136 >Written by Walter Greenspan on 26 May 2009 > >Walter’s Pesach matzoh brei    [matzoh omelet] >http://mtdiner.com/?p=131#more-131 >> Written by Walter Greenspan on 09 April 2008 >> >> >It’s hamantaschen baking time    [holiday cookies] >  http://mtdiner.com/?p=129> >> >>> Written by Walter Greenspan on 11 March 2008 >> >> Latkes & Sufganiyot      [jelly doughnuts] >>    http://mtdiner.com/?p=126#more-126 >> >> Written by Walter Greenspan on 26 November 2007 >> > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYQUEENS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > http://www.azwvgs.org/