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Subject: Obit look-up for Trudel Shearman
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 19:48:19 EST

On 11/2/05 (4:51:34 PM MST), in a posting to the Nassau County Ancestry Board
that was 'gatewayed' to , Judy Fisher
() asked,

"Trudel Pierce Shearman died November 3, 2004. SS death index lists last
residence as Wantagh, NY. Would love to have a copy of obit if possible. In
particular need mother's maiden name."


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

Wantagh Public Library
3285 Park Avenue
Wantagh, NY 11793

Tel: 516/221-1200
Fax: 516/826-9357

eMail:

http://www.nassaulibrary.org/wantagh/


The pertinent geography:

Wantagh is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the southeast section of the
Town of Hempstead, in the southeast part of Nassau County. 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 the north and moving in a clockwise direction, the Hamlet of
Wantagh in the Town of Hempstead is bordered on the north by the Hamlet of North
Wantagh; on the east by the Hamlet of Seaford; on the south by the Atlantic
Ocean; and, on the west by the Hamlets of Bellmore and North Bellmore.

And, as occurs in all but one of Nassau County's 136 communities (2 cities,
64 villages and 70 hamlets), the Hamlet of Wantagh has a different border than
does the "Wantagh, NY 11793" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a Wantagh
mailing address and not be in Wantagh).

......................................acres
......Hamlet of Wantagh......2,534
......Wantagh, NY 11793....3,782*

* Area does not include off-shore islands.

About 1 out of every 3 places with a "Wantagh, NY" mailing address are not in
the Hamlet of Wantagh. (These places that have a "Wantagh, NY" mailing
address that are not in the Hamlet of Wantagh are in the Hamlets of Seaford,
Bellmore, North Bellmore, North Wantagh and Levittown.)

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 Hamlet of Wantagh 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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