Oswego County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Oswego

Parent County
1 March 1816: Oswego County was created from parts of Oneida and Onondaga counties.

Record Loss

 * Lost census: 1890

Cemeteries

 * NY Genealogy - Stories in Stone -  Search Oswego cemetery burials.  (Searches Jefferson, Lewis, and Oswego County cemeteries.)
 * NY Gen Web Cemetery List Oswego County
 * Another NY Gen Web Cemetery List Oswego County
 * Find a grave - map of cemeteries, Oswego County
 * Find a grave - list of cemeteries in Oswego County
 * NY Gen Web Archives - Oswego Cemeries  Listings for a few cemeteries.
 * Oswego County Records Center -  Will perform a search of records of 170 cemeteries in Oswego County for fee of $5 per name.
 * Alphabetical List of Cemeteries in Oswego County -  ePodunk

Census Records
For information and tips on using and accessing online census records, see New York Census.

Gazetteers

 * Oswego County Gazetteer - NY Home Town Locator

History

 * Oswego County New York History  --  Select by town   (AHGP History Section)
 * Town Historians and Historical Societies -- NY Gen Web

Maps

 * Oswego County 1867 Shows Towns of Oswego -  New York Public Library Online
 * Oswego County 1871 Shows Towns of Oswego -  Harvest of History
 * Outline of Oswego County Over Google Map -  NY Home Town Locator
 * Map of towns of Central New York -  Only shows sourthern towns of Oswego County  -  Cortland County NY Gen Web
 * Links to Oswego County Maps -  Linkpendium

Migration
Early migration routes to and from Oswego County for European settlers included:


 * Lake Ontario pre-historic
 * Mohawk or Iroquois Trail 1722

Military

 * Civil War

Civil War service men from Oswego County served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county.


 * - 110th Infantry Regiment recruited from various towns in Oswego County. See the Regiment Roster, for listing of individuals, their company and their involvement.


 * - 147th Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 149th Regiment, New York Infantry

Naturalization and Citizenship

 * Oswego County Records Center -  Will perform a search of naturalization records 1829 - 1957 for a $5 fee per name.

Newspapers

 * Northern New York Historical Newspapers -  Search the Fulton Patriot, years 1916-1954, the Oswegonian, years 1935-2002, the Pulaski Democrat, years 1834-1990, and the Sandy Creek News, years 1871-1985, or all of them at once.
 * Old Fulton Postcards -  Free searchable web site which holds newspapers from upstate New York, including Oswego county.
 * Oswego Palladium Times at ancestry.com -  $ requires ancestry.com subscription

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Northern New York Library Network - Oswego County

Courthouse
The Oswego County Clerk's office has marriage, land, court and military discharge records. The Records Center has the state census from 1850-1925, naturalization and some burial records. The Surrogate Court has probate records. For further information about where the records for Oswego County are held, see the Oswego County Courthouse page.

Societies

 * Town Historians and Historical Societies -  NY Gen Web

Vital Records

 * Oswego County Vital Records Links - Public Records Search

Websites

 * The Oswego County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * US Gen Web Archives Owego County
 * ancestry.com Oswego County Search - $ requires ancestry.com subscription
 * Oswego County Links - Linkpendium
 * Oswego County Links - Rootsweb
 * Oswego County Links - Cyndi's List - Scroll or search down to "Oswego" for Oswego County Links
 * Oswego County Links - Gen Net - American Local History Network (ALHN) and the American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP).
 * Oswego County Links - GenealogyLinks.net
 * Oswego County Links - My New York Genealogy
 * Oswego County Links - Kindred Trails
 * Oswego County Links - I Dream of Genealogy - Scroll to Oswego County
 * Oswego County Vital Records Links - Public Records Search
 * Oswego County Links - D'ADDEZIO.com
 * Oswego County Links - D'ADDEZIO.com