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Subject: Where to apply for a death certificate?
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005 19:51:53 EDT

On 6/10/05 (1:57:25 PM MDT), in a posting to the Nassau County Ancestry Board
that was 'gatewayed' to , Yvonne Reuter
() asked,

"Can anyone please advice me where to write to for a death certificate from
1972, Lynbrook NY? Is there a website? Address?

I'm looking for the death certificate of my Uncle Albert Forstrom who died in
Lynbrook Ny, March 1972."


Death certificates are handled by the city, town and some villages in which
the death occurred, and this is not necessarily the municipality in which the
person was residing immediately prior to death, especially if the death
occurred in a hospital.

If the death actually occurred in the Village of Lynbrook, then you'd want to
check first with the Village Clerk of the Village of Lynbrook:

Village Clerk
Village of Lynbrook
Lynbrook Village Hall
1 Columbus Drive
Lynbrook, NY 11563

Tel: 516/599-8300
Fax: 516/887-8148

eMail:

http://www.lynbrookvillage.com/index.shtml


The pertinent geography:

Alternatively know as Five Corners and Bloomfield, the area became known as
Pearsalls Corners (to honor general store owner Wright Pearsalls), Lynbrook --
or Brooklyn spelled inside-out -- is a village (incorporated in 1911) in the
central part of the Town of Hempstead, in the southwest part of Nassau County.
There are 22 villages (municipal corporations) and 36 hamlets (unincorporated
areas) 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 Village of
Lynbrook is bordered on the north by the Village of Malverne and the Hamlet of
North Lynbrook; on the east by the Hamlet of Lakeview and the Village of
Rockville Centre; on the south by the Village of East Rockaway and the Hamlet of
Hewlett; and, on the west by the Village of Valley Stream.

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Village of Lynbrook has a different border
than does the "Lynbrook, NY 11563" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Lynbrook
mailing address and not be in Lynbrook and a place can be in Lynbrook and
have other than a Lynbrook mailing address).

.....................................acres
...Village of Lynbrook.......1,290
...Lynbrook, NY 11563.....1,549

Thus, about one of every 7 places that have a Lynbrook mailing address are
not in the Village of Lynbrook. (Most of these places that have a Lynbrook
mailing address but are not in the Village of Lynbrook are in the Hamlet of North
Lynbrook and the Hamlet of Hewlett. Meanwhile there are places in the Village
of Lynbrook that have a Rockville Centre mailing address.)

For those who have their copy of the 2004 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 Village of Lynbrook (incorporated
in 1911) 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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