Re: [Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

2015-05-11 Thread Jim McAndrew
This is correct, the island is part of NY, but the water is part of NJ, when they made the island bigger, the new land was in NJ. Similar to how Delaware has the entire Delaware Bay in its boundaries. They added some fill to the NJ side, and now there's a piece of Delaware connected to New

Re: [Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

2015-05-11 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, On 05/10/2015 06:35 PM, Luis Villa wrote: Possibly useful context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey_v._New_York That's one of the things that makes me love this hobby/profession so much. Quirks! Bye Frederik -- Frederik Ramm ## eMail frede...@remote.org ## N49°00'09

Re: [Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

2015-05-11 Thread Richard Welty
On 5/11/15 11:55 AM, Serge Wroclawski wrote: I agree, the historical boundary should be removed, but we need to be sure to show what's in what state. It's quite a little mess. i think the only problem is that the word historical is there. deleting the tags on the way would be sufficient. the

Re: [Talk-us] New York, Ellis Island Boundary

2015-05-11 Thread Serge Wroclawski
I agree, the historical boundary should be removed, but we need to be sure to show what's in what state. It's quite a little mess. - Serge On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 11:31 AM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote: Hi, puzzled about