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.

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

Gazetteers

 * Oswego County Gazetteer - NY Home Town Locator

History

 * Oswego County New York History  --  Select by town   (AHGP History Section)

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

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

The 110th Infantry Regiment was created during the Civil War from Oswego County. The men in companies for this regiment were recruited from various towns in Oswego County. See the regiment page for details. You can also see the Regiment Roster, for listing of individuals, their company and their involvement.

Also see: 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

Societies, Libraries and Museums

 * Northern New York Library Network - Oswego County

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 - D'ADDEZIO.com
 * Oswego County Links - D'ADDEZIO.com