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Subject: [NY-LONGISLAND] LINDSTEDT, SHORT, etc.
Date: Sun, 1 Feb 2004 21:56:38 EST

On 2/1/04 (7:19:21 PM MST), in a posting to , Dave
() asked,

"My roots start in Brooklyn pre civil war then move to what is now North
Bellmore in about 1904. The LINDSTEDT family were in the house painting business
for 3 generations. The family intermarried with many of the other early
locals of the day. The SHORT, JOHNSON, WOOD, SCHWEGLER, JEREMIAH, HILL were
related families.

Sam SHORT, son of Thomas SHORT, was my great grandparents nephew. Sam
served on the school board for almost 50 years and lived well into his
90s. One of the SHORT family owned a paint store in Bellmore.

I have copies of several articles from the BELLMORE ADVOCATE. Is it still in
operation?

Question is: Are there other NYC, Brooklyn and Long Island newspapers or data
bases (public records) that can be searched via the Internet without a
"membership fee"?"


First, for an existing local newspaper, you might try the Bellmore Herald:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.asp?brd=1601


Second, you may want to contact the North Bellmore Public Library and ask
them your question:

North Bellmore Public Library
1551 Newbridge Road
North Bellmore, NY 11710

Tel: 516/785-6260
Fax: 516/???-????

eMail: ??????

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/nbellmr/


It might also be helpful to you to know that North Bellmore is one of those
many communities on Long Island where none of the places in North Bellmore have
a "North Bellmore, NY" mailing address.

The pertinent geography:

Previously known as Smithville South, North Bellmore is a hamlet
(unincorporated area) in the east-center section of the Town of Hempstead. There are 22
villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets all or partly within the Town
of Hempstead. There are 2 cities and 3 towns in Nassau County. (I'm including
after my name a NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county,
city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone.)

Beginning on its northern border and proceeding clockwise: The Hamlet of
North Bellmore in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
East Meadow; on the east by the Hamlets of North Wantagh and Wantagh; on the
south by the Hamlet of Bellmore; and, on the west by the Hamlet of North
Merrick.

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of North Bellmore has a different
border than does the postal zone that services its area. In this case, there is no
"North Bellmore, NY" postal zone.

.................................................acres
.....Hamlet of North Bellmore.........1,700
.....North Bellmore, NY ?????........none

Depending where a place is located within the Hamlet of North Bellmore, that
place would have either a "Bellmore, NY 11710", a "Wantagh, NY 11793" or a
"Merrick, NY 11566" mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2002 LI Population Survey or have
already downloaded the report from the Long Island Power Authority web site (eMail
me directly if you need instructions on how to access and download the report),
you'll find the Hamlet of North Bellmore in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau
County on pages 5 & 8 (map) and 9 (population estimate).


I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.

Regards,

Walter Greenspan

. Cities, Towns, Villages, Hamlets and Postal Zones in New York State

New York State is divided into counties.

County
A county is a municipal corporation, a subdivision of the state, created to
perform state functions; a "regional" government. All counties are divided
into cities, towns and Indian reservations.

City
A city is a unique governmental entity with its own special charter. Cities
are not sub-divided, except into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Town
A town is a municipal corporation and encompasses all territory within the
state except that within cities or Indian reservations. Towns can be
sub-divided into villages and hamlets.

Village
A village is a general purpose municipal corporation formed voluntarily by
the residents of an area in one or more towns to provide themselves with
municipal services. The pattern of village organization is similar to those of a
city. A village is divided into neighborhoods, which are informal geographic
areas.

Hamlet
A hamlet is an unincorporated area in one or more towns that is governed
at-large by the town(s) it is in. A hamlet is divided into neighborhoods, which
are informal geographic areas.

Postal Zone "City" and "Town"
A postal zone "City" and "Town" is an administrative district established by
the U.S. Postal Service to deliver the mail. Postal zone "City" and "Town"
may not (but are encouraged to) conform to municipal or community borders.
Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet
location.


Please be aware: In many areas of New York State, the problem of
non-conforming postal zones leads to a situation where the majority of places have a
different community name in their mailing address than the community where that
place is actually located.

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