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From: Walter Greenspan <>
Subject: [NYSUFFOL] Hamlet of Wading River, Town of Riverhead
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:13:50 -0800


Posted on: Suffolk Co. NY Queries
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Wading River is a hamlet (unincorporated area) in the Town of Riverhead,
Suffolk County. I'll explain why this is important a bit later in this
eMail.

The collection of Vital Records in New York State begin in 1881, and are
required to be kept by the city or town, as the case may be, in which the
event (birth, death, marriage) occurred and by the state (Albany).

Some of the larger villages do maintain these records, but not all villages
do as they may voluntarily waive their right to do so and make it a responsibility
of the town(s) in which the village is (are) in. If the place where the
event occurred is in a village, the Town Clerk will tell you if the village
or the town maintains the record.

Currently, there are 10 towns in Suffolk County: Huntington, Babylon, Smithtown,
Islip, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, Southampton, Shelter Island and
East Hampton

There are 2 cities (Glen Cove and Long Beach) and 3 towns (Hempstead, North
Hempstead and Oyster Bay) in Nassau County.

In this regard, please remember that it is very important to know in which
city or town (or village) the event took place and the city or town (or
village) could be different from the city or town (or village) where the
individual may have resided.

As I wrote, Wading River is a hamlet in the Town of Riverhead, Suffolk
County. There are no villages (incorporated areas) and 7 hamlets (unincorporated
areas) all or partly within the Town of Riverhead. (Riverhead is the only
town in either Suffolk or Nassau Counties without any village within its
borders.)

Here's the contact information for the Town Clerk of the Town of Riverhead:

Office of the Town Clerk
Town of Riverhead
Town Hall
210 Howell Avenue
Riverhead, NY

Tel: 631/727-3200

eMail: ????? (If you do obtain the eMail, please forward same to me.)

http://www.riverheadli.com/

But, as the Hamlet of Wading River is right on the Riverhead/Brookhaven
Town line, there could be a small area in the Town of Brookhaven with "Wading
River" mailing addresses. So, to cover all bases, here's the contact information
for the Town Clerk of the Town of Brookhaven:

Town Clerk
Town of Brookhaven
Brookhaven Town Hall
205 South Ocean Avenue
Patchogue, NY

Tel: 631/654-7822

eMail: ????? (If you do obtain the eMail, please forward same to me.)

http://www.brookhaven.org/

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

Regards,

Walter Greenspan



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