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Subject: REYNOLDS Research
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2006 18:00:20 EST


On 3/5/06 (2:32:52 PM MST), in a posting to , Don
Reynolds from Sydney () asked,

"Researching the descendants William Joseph REYNOLDS of Long Island who
migrated from Bradford, England about 1910. He married a Josephine DeLaceyof
Connecticut and they had at least two sons, William and Robert D.

It is believed that Robert settled in Central Islip, Long Island.and raised a
family of at least two sons Brian and Craig Reynolds."


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

Central Islip Public Library
33 Hawthorne Avenue
Central Islip, NY 11722

Tel: 631/234-9333
Fax: 631/???-????

eMail:

http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/cisp/

The pertinent geography:

Central Islip is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the north-central section
of the Town of Islip, in the southwest part of Suffolk County. There are 4
villages (municipal corporations) and 23 hamlets (unincorporated areas) all or
partly in the Town of Islip. 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
Central Islip in the Town of Islip is bordered on the north by Hamlet of
Hauppauge and the Village of Islandia; on the east by the Hamlet of Ronkonkoma and the
Hamlet of Bohemia; on the south by the Hamlet of North Great River, the
Hamlet of Islip Terrace and the Hamlet of Islip; and, on the west by the Hamlet of
Brentwood.

And, as occurs in every one of Suffolk County's 157 communities (0 cities, 32
villages and 125 hamlets), the Hamlet of Central Islip has a different border
than does the "Central Islip, NY 11722" postal zone (i.e., a place can have a
Central Islip mailing address and not be in Central Islip and a place can
have other than a Central Islip mailing address and be in Central Islip). Those
places that have a "Central Islip, NY" mailing address that are not in the
Hamlet of Central Islip are in the Village of Islandia and in the Hamlet of
Hauppauge; and, at the same time, there are places in the Hamlet of Central Islip
with a "Bohemia, NY 11716" mailing address.

For those who have their copy of the 2005 or earlier editions 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 Central Islip in the
Town of Islip, Suffolk County on pages 14 & 20 (map) and 21 (population estimate).

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

Walter Greenspan
Great Falls, MT & Jericho, NY


. 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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