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.

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 Records
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

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 -  Oswego County NYGenWeb

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
 * 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