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From: "Jeanne Muse" <>
Subject: [WHITNEY-L] Long Island
Date: Sat, 10 Feb 2001 18:33:21 -0500


This is one for our New York residents because this southern gal can't
get it straight. Long Island is a city and the name of the 'arm' that
stretches out from the 'mainland' New York. Am I right so far?

How should I enter a place that Phoenix calls, for instance, Flushing,
L. I. ? (There are many more towns he lists this way; Flushing is just
one example.) Flushing is in Queens County, New York -- correct? So --
where should one enter Long Island? Or, was Long Island a county in the
late 1800s?

I could put it in the 'memo' section - but it would print out -
Flushing, Queens Co., New York, Long Island. If I put it in the
'detail' section, it will print - Long Island, Flushing, Queens Co., New
York. Long Island is not a separate state, but I guess I could enter
the state name as Long Island, New York. It would then print out -
Flushing, Queens Co., Long Island, New York. None of them seem right.

Any suggestions?

Jeanne

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