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Subject: Paul Vicik
Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 21:35:17 EDT

On 8/15/04 (6:22:23 PM MDT), in a posting to the Suffolk County Ancestry
Board that was 'gatewayed' to , Carol
() asked,

"Any info on Paul Vicik married to Anna Brosko, 1890's in Riverhead or
Jamesport , Suffolk County NY area. Had several children."


For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Riverhead Free
Library (the library can suggest which local newspaper might have this information
and other possible sources of information):

Riverhead Free Library
330 Court Street
Riverhead, NY 11901

Tel: 631/727-3228
Fax: 631/727-4762

eMail:

http://river.suffolk.lib.ny.us/

The pertinent geography for Riverhead:

Riverhead is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the central part of the Town
of Riverhead, in the northeast part of Suffolk County. There are no villages
(municipal corporations) and 7 hamlets all or partly in the Town of Riverhead
(Riverhead is the only town in either Suffolk or Nassau County without any
villages within its borders). 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
Riverhead in the Town of Riverhead is bordered on the north by Long Island Sound;
on the east by the Hamlets of Northville and Aquebogue; on the south by the
Hamlet of Riverside in the Town of Southampton (the Riverhead/Southampton Town
line); and, on the west by the Hamlets of Calverton and Baiting Hollow.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Riverhead has a different border
than does the "Riverhead, NY 11901" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Riverhead mailing address and not be in Riverhead). These places that have a
"Riverhead, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Riverhead are in the
Hamlets of Northampton, Riverside and Flanders in the Town of Southampton, as
well as in the Hamlets of Baiting Hollow and Northville in the Town of Riverhead.


The pertinent geography for Jamesport:

Jamesport is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the east part of the Town of
Riverhead, in the northeast part of Suffolk County, along the
Riverhead/Southold town line. There are no villages and 7 hamlets all or partly in the Town of
Riverhead (Riverhead is the only town in either Suffolk or Nassau County
without any villages within its borders). 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
Jamesport in the Town of Riverhead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet
Northville; on the east by the Hamlet of Laurel in the Town of Southold (the
Riverhead/Southold town line); on the south by the Great Peconic Bay; and, on the west
by the Hamlet of Aquebogue.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Hamlet of Jamesport has a different border
than does the "Jamesport, NY 11947" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Jamesport mailing address and not be in Jamesport and a place can have other than a
Jamesport mailing address and be in Jamesport). Those places that have a
"Jamesport, NY" mailing address that are not in the Hamlet of Jamesport are in the
Hamlet of Aquebogue; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of
Jamesport with a "Laurel, NY 11948" mailing address.


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 Riverhead and the Hamlet
of Jamesport in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 26 (map)
and 27 (population estimate).

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

L'Shannah Tovah* & Happy 5765,

Walter Greenspan

* L'Shannah Tovah (li-SHAH-nuh TOH-vuh; li-shah-NAH toh-VAH)
Hebrew. Lit. for a good year. A common greeting during Rosh ha Shannah and
Days of Awe. It is an abbreviation of L'shannah tovah tikatev v'taihatem (May
you be inscribed and sealed for a good year). This year, Rosh ha Shannah begins
at sunset on Wednesday, September 15 on the civil calendar.

. 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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