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Subject: Cartwrights of Shelter Island
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 12:56:59 EDT
On 6/16/04 (10:42:11 AM MDT), in an eMail to ,
Charlie King () asked,
"anyone researching the Cartwritght family of Shelter Island or the Hamptons
in the late 1800s? I think most of them came from Rhode Island in the mid and
early 1800s. I am looking for the husband of Harriet Thompson from
Stonington CT who
married a Cartwright from Shelter Island about 1870. They were living on
Shelter Island in 1900 according to Harriet's fathers will but I can't find them
in any US census."
For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Shelter Island
Public Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this
information and other possible sources of information):
Shelter Island Public Library
37 North Ferry Road
P.O. Box 2016
Shelter Island, NY 11964
Tel: 631/749-0042
Fax: 631/749-1575
eMail: ?????
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/shel/
The pertinent geography:
Shelter Island is a hamlet (an unincorporated community) in the central and
southeastern part of the Town of Shelter Island, in the eastern part of Suffolk
County. There is 1 village (a municipal corporation) and 2 hamlets in the
Town of Shelter Island. There are no cities and 10 towns in Suffolk County.
There are 2 Indian reservations in Suffolk 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 the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of
Shelter Island in the Town of Shelter Island is bordered on the north and west by
the Hamlet of Shelter Island Heights; on the east by Gardiners Bay; and, on
the south by the Noyack Bay.
For those who have their copy of the 2003 or earlier edition of the 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 Shelter Island in the
Town of Shelter Island, Suffolk County on pages 15 & 34 (map) and 35 (population
estimate).
I hope this information is useful or, at least, interesting.
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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