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Note: New York was one of the 13 original States. Since relinquishing its claims to Vermont in 1791, it has had substantially its present boundaries. Census coverage excluded Vermont in 1790, and did not include the far western part of the State until 1800.. Total for 1890 includes population (5,321) of certain Indian reservations, not reported by county. [edit] Information on Current and Defunct Countieshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_counties_in_New_York [edit] Research TipsOne confusion experienced by researchers in New York state is town versus township. In New York, the concepts are equivalent. In my research, I found records giving the living place of an individual alternately as Hempstead and Wantagh. Both are true because Wantagh was a place (village) within the Town of Hempstead in Queens (later Nassau) County. A map showing the various villages within three Towns of current Nassau County helped me see the distinction: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mfox7/gnmap.gif Current convention at WeRelate is to match to villages and hamlets when that information is known and then to the county, leaving out the designation of Town. When the name of the village is the same as the name of the town, distinguish between the two by adding (village) or (town) to the title of the place page. This essentially is considering Towns the same as mid-western Townships. Link to the Towns only when the village or hamlet is unknown. During GEDCOM upload, the system will assume the city, village or hamlet unless Town is specified. The following is copied from an article by Walter Greenspan and used with his permission. Full article is at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nyqueen2/History.htm. NYS Geographic Glossary with the NYS definitions of county, city, town, village, hamlet and postal zone. 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. Thus, postal zone location does not always determine city, village or hamlet location. 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. [edit] Births, Marriages, and DeathsFamilySearch.org has a variety of collections available for free online:
In the time period 1780-1850 there were no New England style town vital records. A state law to keep them was passed in 1881, but consistent records were not kept until 1908. Further, there were no county marriage records. We are used to having records in certain places and in New York that is not always the case. There is no real consistency among counties. Counties differ in what information is recorded, what the record is called, how and where the record is preserved, and how the record is accessed. Substitutes for vital records are worth looking for. Some are newspapers, justice of the peace records, minister’s records, and church records. [edit] Research GuidesOutstanding guide to New York family history and genealogy (FamilySearch Research Wiki). Birth, marriage, and death records, wills, deeds, county and town records, archives, Bible records, cemeteries, churches, censuses, directories, immigration lists, naturalizations, maps, history, newspapers, and societies.
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