Elizabeth, The town used to be called Sing Sing the same as the prison. The town name was changed to Ossining later on in order to avoid the constant confusion. In 1877 and 1879 the town was still named Sing Sing so that's why the census lists it that way. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: <EMWROCKY@aol.com> To: <NYWESTCH@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:02 PM Subject: [NYWESTCH] Sing Sing Biths? > Hi, > > I have two relatives born 1877 and abt. 1879 who show up on the 1880 > census > in Manhattan as being born in Sing Sing! > > It's rare to see anything but the state a person was born in let alone the > town, so I was wondering why they would put down that they were born in > Sing > Sing. I'm assuming that they meant that they were born in Ossinging. > > Any information would be greatly appreciated - Thanks!! > > Elizabeth > > > > ************************************** See what's free at > http://www.aol.com. > *************************************** > Have you checked out the Westchester County GenWeb site yet? > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nywestch/ > *************************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NYWESTCH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message