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Subject: [NYNAS ] St. Mary's in Roslyn/Westbury/North Hempstead??
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 07:56:32 EDT

On 4/22/03 (12:26:02 AM MDT), Judy () asked,

"I have conflicting information. One of my relatives is supposed to be buried
at St. Mary's, but the location is not clear. Sometimes it is in Roslyn, or
Westbury or the Town of North Hempstead? WHERE is it and what is the address
to write for information? Is it part of the Diocese of Rockville Centre?
THANK YOU in advance for any direction you can give!!"


This may be of some help:

Contact information for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockville Centre (the
only RC Diocese in the U.S.A. not named after a city):

Ms. Jean Wassong
Diocesan Archivist
R.C. DIOCESE OF ROCKVILLE CENTRE
50 North Park Avenue
Rockville Centre, NY 11570

e-Mail:

tel: 516/678-5800, X594
fax: 516/764-3316

Ms. Wassong is responsible for records on and after 1957, when the Diocese of
Rockville Centre separated from the Diocese of Brooklyn. Likewise, the
Diocese of Brooklyn is responsible for records on and after 1853, when the
Diocese of Brooklyn separated from the Diocese of New York.

The Diocese of Rockville Centre currently covers all of Nassau County and
almost all of Suffolk County, except for Fishers Island. (Fishers Island, in
the Town of Southold, Suffolk County, is in the Diocese of Hartford,
Connecticut.)


Some additional geographic information:

1. Both the Village of Roslyn (incorporated in 1932) and the Village of
Westbury (incorporated in 1932) are in the Town of North Hempstead, Nassau
County.

2. Both the Roslyn, NY postal zone and the Westbury, NY postal zones are much
larger than the communities whose name they "borrow": about 9 out of every
10 places with a "Roslyn, NY" mailing address are NOT in the Village of
Roslyn and about 2 out of every 3 places with a "Westbury, NY 11590" mailing
address are NOT in the Village of Westbury.

3. Both the Roslyn, NY postal zone and the Westbury, NY postal zone extend
beyond the Town of North Hempstead: one out of 15 places with a Roslyn, NY
mailing address are NOT in the Town of North Hempstead, they are in the Town
of Oyster Bay and 3 out of every 8 places with a Westbury, NY mailing address
re NOT in the Town of North Hempstead, they are in either the Town of Oyster
Bay or the Town of Hempstead.


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

Wishing all a ziessen Pesach (sweet Passover),

Walter Greenspan

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