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From: Maria Celano <>
Subject: Re: [NY-LONGISLAND] obit lookup for ester carlson
Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2005 19:49:25 +1100
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Thank you very very much
Maria

On 11/2/05, <> wrote:
>
> 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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