For locating Census Rolls from NARA..SCLS..FHC :
CENSUS
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"The Enumeration Districts in the 1900 Soundex Census only go up to
E.D.'s in the 500's. A number of cards from this index are in the 800's.
These 800 E.D.'s are filed out of order. Ex.(E.D.809 follows E.D 280).
The only way I was able to find it was by using the volume number
which you can find on the roll of microfilm itself.
Each roll usually has one or two volumes.
My advice would be to use these volume numbers if you have other
E.D.s in Brooklyn that are that high.
It seems like the enumerators had to go back to a previously
missed area, and that is why the E.D.s are so high.
Hopefully this will help you and the researchers.
If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us.
Katherine Vollen
Archives I Research Room Services Branch (NWCCR1)
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Washington, DC 20408-0001
www.nara.gov"
THE BRONX
The Bronx stood alone as a borough beginning in 1898; but as a county, the
Bronx had to wait some 16 years until 1914.
From 1683 until 1873, the Bronx was part of Westchester County.
In 1873, the western Bronx -- that area west of the Bronx River and south of
the City of Yonkers -- was annexed by the city and county of New York. In
1895, the remaining part of the Bronx was annexed by the city and county of
New York. The Bronx was then known as the northern annex.
In 1898, after the consolidation with the City of Brooklyn (Kings County),
Richmond County and the western-third of Queens County (Long Island City, the
Towns of Newtown, Flushing and Jamaica, and the Rockaway peninsula of the
Town of Hempstead), New York City was administratively divided into 5
boroughs (Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island) but
consisted of only 4 counties (New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond). The
Bronx while a separate borough remained part of New York County.
In 1914, the Bronx County -- the 62nd and last county in New York State --
seceded from New York County. New York City then had 5 boroughs and 5
counties.
(In 1899, the eastern two-thirds of Queens County -- the portion not in New
York City -- seceded and formed Nassau County.)
With many thanks to Walter Greenspan and his ever knowing
knowledge of boundaries and towns
OTHER BROOKLYN MAPS
There is a FHC film #1377700 (AKA: US5-413 Roll 19501)
called Ward maps of some US cities 1800's.
Return to ENUMERATION / WARDS Main
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