There's still a U. S. District Court for the Southern District of N. Y. so perhaps that's what it was. It's the U. S. (federal) trial court for the NYC, L. I. & Westchester area, I believe. William Ringle -----Original Message----- From: Daniel H. Weiskotten <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 2:25 PM Subject: Southern District Court >Hello all: > I recently purchased a cute little pocket dictionary (published in >Cazenovia, of course!) that was > >"Entered according to an Act of Congress, in the year 1836, by S.H. Henry & >Co., in the Clerk's office of the District Court of the Southern District >of New York." > >What was the function of this court? >Was this a NY City or Central/Upstate NY court (F.F. Ripley, NY, made the >stereotype) >Where would the records of this court be found? > >I'd like to be able to find similar entries for other titles. > > Thanks! > Dan W. > >http://users.erols.com/weiskotten/CazPublishers.html >http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/ >http://users.erols.com/weiskotten/weiskotten.html >