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Subject: obit lookup for ester carlson
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 21:48:59 EST


On 11/1/05 (7:10:41 PM MST), in a posting to the Suffolk County Ancestry
Board that was 'gatewayed' to , Tom B. ()
asked,

"SSDI lists Ester Carlson born 11 Dec 1903 died 29 Mar 2004 , last place Lake
Grove, Suffolk, NY. Where would I look for an obit for this person, would it
be available online."


For questions such as yours, you may want to contact the Middle Country
Public Library:

Middle Country Public Library
101 Eastwood Boulevard
Centereach, NY 11720

Tel: 631/585-9393
Fax: 631/585-5035

eMail:
http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/snl/

http://www.mcpl.lib.ny.us/


The pertinent geography:

Lake Grove is a village (incorporated in 1968) in the northwest part of the
Town of Brookhaven, in the central part of Suffolk County, along the
Brookhaven/Smithtown town line. There are 8 villages (municipal corporations) and 36
hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or partly in the Town of Brookhaven. 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 Village of
Lake Grove in the Town of Brookhaven is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of
Stony Brook; on the east by the Hamlet of Centereach and the Hamlet of Lake
Ronkonkoma; on the south by the Hamlet of Lake Ronkonkoma; and, on the west by
the Hamlet of Lake Ronkonkoma, the Hamlet of Nesconset and the Hamlet of St.
James, all in the Town of Smithtown (the Brookhaven/Smithtown town line).

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 31
villages and 126 hamlets), the Village of Lake Grove has a different border
than does the "Lake Grove" postal zone. There are places in the Village of
Lake Grove with other than a "Lake Grove, NY 11755" mailing address and there are
places that have "Lake Grove, NY 11755" mailing address that are not in the
Village of Lake Grove. Those places in the Village of Lake Grove that have
other than a "Lake Grove, NY 11755" mailing address have a "Nesconset, NY 11767"
mailing address and those places that have a "Lake Grove, NY 11755" mailing
address and are not in the Village of Lake Grove are in the Hamlet of Lake
Ronkonkoma and the Hamlet of Centereach.

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 Lake Grove (incorporated
in 1968) in the Town of Brookhaven, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 22 (map) and
23 (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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