Oswego County, New York Genealogy

United States New York  Oswego County

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

Neighboring Counties
Cayuga· Jefferson· Lake Ontario· Lewis· Madison· Oneida· Onondaga

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
 * USGenWb Archives
 * Oswego County Records Center - Will perform a search of records of 170 cemeteries in Oswego County for fee of $5 per name.

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

History

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

Maps

 * Oswego County 1867 Shows Towns of Oswego - New York Public Library Online
 * Oswego County 1871 Shows Towns of Oswego - Harvest of History
 * Map of towns of Central New York - Only shows sourthern towns of Oswego County - Cortland County NYGenWeb

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


 * 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 Regiment, New York Infantry
 * - 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 Ancestry ($)

Probate Records
SAMPUBCO Browsable Index of testators of wills.

Archives, Libraries and Museums

 * Northern New York Library Network - Oswego County

Courthouses
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.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies
Central New York Genealogical Society Box 104, Calvin Station Syracuse, New York 13205


 * Member queries, surname research list, online resources, publications, six meetings/year.


 * Counties served: Albany, Allegany, Broome, Cattaraugus, Cayuga, Chautauqua, Chemung, Chenango, Clinton, Columbia, Cortland, Delaware, Erie, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Genesee, Greene, Hamilton, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Livingston, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Niagara, Oneida, Onondaga, Ontario, Orange, Oreleans, Oswego, Otsego, Rensselaer, St. Lawrence, Saratoga, Schenectady, Schoharie, Schuyler, Seneca, Steuben, Tioga, Tompkins, Washington, Wayne, Warren, Wyoming, and Yates.


 * Town Historians and Historical Societies - Oswego County NYGenWeb

Vital Records
General Oswego County Vital Records Links - Public Records Search

Divorce
Additional Resources

Places
Click on the map to go to the town page.

Websites

 * The Oswego County NYGenWeb Project, a member of The NYGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * US Gen Web Archives Owego County
 * 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