I have to admit, in the many years I've now been a subscriber to the list,
"Hamlets: What They Are" has to be the most widely debated topic for which
there has been ultimately no conclusive answer.

I'm laughing hysterically at every comment added to the discussion.  The
answer is getting cloudier and more convoluted by the hour !  It seems to me
that a hamlet can be whatever you want it to be.  I'm beginning to suspect
that someone has long since taken the definative answer to their grave.
Thank God we don't have hamlets in New Hampshire !!! <snicker>

Joe O'Brien, Genealogist
10th Great Grandson of Peter Hallock of Southold
12th Great Grandson of Sir Edwin Sandys, Archbishop of York (England)