Oswego County Bulletin
 

October 2005  

As editor of The Genealogical Journal of Oswego County, New York since 2003 (as well as a newsletter for Jefferson County and for Oneida County), editor Patricia R. James (Pat) compiles this online Bulletin containing items found along her route of discovery that don't fit into any of her newsletters.  It is free to all.  Our regular features include:
1. Lost and Found
2. Website WeView
3. Eye-spy
4. Check it out
5. FYI (For Your Information)
6. Special of the Month

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                                              ~ Now to our features ~

1. Lost & Found – Utica Female Academy; State of New York in Assembly; Marriage record
Source: Catalogue of the Officers and Members of the Utica Female Academy  (rare booklet)
      The Academy was essentially a high school.  Students came from all over but for the most part was composed of those who resided in Oneida and the surrounding counties.  Total enrollment in 1837 was 243; in 1840, it was 242.  In the catalogue for the school year, 1837-1838, these two young ladies were from Oswego County: 
     Sarah GAYLORD of the Town of Cleveland
     Cornelia EAGLE of the Town of Oswego

Source: State of New York, No. 81, IN ASSEMBLY  February 14, 1870.  p. 7
June 1^st – Patrick McARDLE, convicted March 24, 1868, of assault with a deadly weapon; Oswego county; term, two years and one mont.
     Recommended by judge, district attorney, city and county officers, Senator and members of Assembly, of Oswego county, and by Honorables Cheney AMES, J. C. CHURCHILL, H.C. BENEDICT and many others, who unite in stating that McARDLE’s conduct had always, previous to this offense, been good, and that this crime was rather the result of carelessness than of any criminal intent.

Source: Parish registers of the Christian Church in Gananoque, Leeds Co., Ontario, Canada
Married May 17, 1875: Charles Otis METCALF, batchelor, Town of Belleville (Canada) and Ellen SCOTT, widow, of the City of Oswego, New York. (p. 122)

2. Website WeView –  Cornell University’s digital online library
       New York State Historical Literature   at   http//:historical.library.cornell.edu/nys

     This is an example of one of the many websites that could have valuable information on your family but you'd never know it.  When you do a google search for your ancestor, the results only show the names that have been picked up on pages that exist on the websites themselves. Google, etc. does not pick up names that are stored in a website's offline database.  Only when you are at that website and do a search does your ancestor's name called up and appear as a result.         
     By typing into your browser the website address shown above, you will come to a page that gives you the options of: About, Browse, Home, Search and Help.  When you select Browse, table of alphabetic letters appears.  You can search this page by author or title.  When you select SEARCH, three fields appear giving you the choice of searching by author, title or full text.  By choosing full text, you have the ability to enter keywords such as your ancestral surname or even his full name. For most family historian, the full text option is the one you will want. You can further define your search by date.
     this website is worth a look!                                                            

3.  Eye Spy - books found at www.ABE.com featuring rare (out-or-print or otherwise valuable) books that have a genealogical or historical interest re: Oswego County.  A more detailed description of the following titles is found at the end of this Bulletin.

4.  Check it out – a brief summary of additions to NewYorkAncestry.com.  
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The Genealogical Journal of Oswego County, New York for October 2005    
              (An index of surnames for this issue is at the end of this email.) 
     Articles are:
            “Distinguished Oswegans: Dr. Mary E. Walker”
            “Newspaper Records: Universalist Marriages, Part 3” 
            “Library Holdings: Collection of the City of Oswego Library”
            “Net Research:  Cornell University Historical Library – online”
            “Town Records: Grips’ Historical Souvenir, Part 3”
            “Vital Records: Naturalization, early to 1850”

The Genealogical Journal of Jefferson County, New York for August 2005
           “Famous Jeffersonians: Clark Bell”
           “Newspaper Records: Universalist Marriages, Part 2” 
           “Vital Records: Jefferson Co. people in early Onondaga records”
           “Net Research:  Cornell University Historical Library – online”         

5.  FYI –  For those on the road…  www.mail2web.com
This summer, Rex and I traveled across the country with our final destination as northern New York (where else??).  Along the way, we’d stop to pick up our email at available spots.  In one library, they employed a program to retrieve email that safe-guarded their systems, etc.  It was Mail2web.com.  It’s easy to use: just type in your user name and password in addition to a security feature.   The presentation is pleasing and it is much faster than, say, going through AOL’s own website.  It also has the added feature of still listing emails today that you may have already discarded yesterday.  (Added tip:  You can keep your AOL email address even when you decide to change servers.  AOL charges $5 a month for this option.  This may be true of other ISPs.) 

6.  Special of the Month – relative specifically to Oswego researchers
 NewYorkAncestry.com offers a package deal for the 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 newsletter, The Genealogical Journal of Oswego County, New York.  Normally, each year costs $11.50.  Four years would cost $46.00 (including postage).  You may order the “Oswego Package Deal” through our website for only $25.00 plus $5.00 postage. 

BONUS OFFER:  Additionally, for Oswego County genealogical Bulletin subscribers, we offer our Research Services for one name (first and last) in one publication.  (Do a Name Search at our website, www.NewYorkAncestry.com.) Normally, it costs $4.00 to copy (up to four) pages found containing your ancestor’s name.  This time it’s free to all subscribers who also buy the “Oswego Package Deal”

Sincerely,
     Pat and Rex James
     www.NewYorkAncestry.com

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Surnames to the October 2005 issue of
“The Genealogical Journal of Oswego County, New York.” 

 

ADAMS, AIKEN, AINSWORTH, ALDRICH, ALL, ALLEN, AMES, ANDERSON, ANDREWS, ANTHONY, ASKEW, ATKINSON, AUSTIN, BABCOCK, BACON, BAILEY, BAKER, BALDWIN, BALL, BANKS, BARBEAU, BARBER, BARBOUR, BARNES, BARRINGTON, BARROWS, BASTION, BATES, BAYLESS, BAZLEY, BEATTIE, BEAUPRES, BEEBE, BEMAN, BENNETT, BENTLEY, BERRY, BESANSON, BESMAINE, BIDWELL, BIGEOT, BIGHAM, BILQUE, BILQUES, BLACKWOO, BLACKWOOD, BLAIR, BLANKMAN, BLOOMER, BOARDMAN, BOIGEOL, BOOTS, BOSTWICK, BOUQUET, BOWEN, BOX, BOYLE, BRACKETT, BRADY, BRECHONS, BRIGHT, BROCKWAY, BRONSON, BROPARD, BROWN, BRUSIE, BULKLEY, BURDEN, BURKE, BURKS, BURNHAM, BURNS, BURNSIDES, BURROUGHS, BURROWS, BURT, BUSTIN, BYRNE, BYRNES, BYRON, CARPENTER, CARR, CARTER, CASE, CASEY, CHANDLER, CHASER, CHURCHILL, CLARK, CLAYTON, COE, COIT, COLE, CONE, COON, COSTELLO, CROUCH, CROWELL, CULLINAN, CURRAN, CURTIS, CURTISS, CUTTER, CUYLER, DAGGETT, DANFORTH, DANIELS, DAVID, DAVIS, DEAN, DEGEN, DEVENDORF, DOBSON, DONLIN, DOOLITTLE, DRAKE, DRIGGS, DU BOIS, DUDLEY, DUER, EARL, EASTMAN, EASTON, EDMUNDS, EGAN, EMERY, ESTES, EVERTS, FALLEY, FAUST, FELLOS, FELLOWS, FERRIS, FISHER, FITCH, FITZHUGH, FLYER, FLYNN, FOLSOM, FORT, FOX, FRAZIER, GETTA, GETTINGS, GIBSON, GILBERT, GITEAU, GOODARD, GOODWIN, GRADY, GRAF, GRANT, GREENE, GROAT, GROSH, HALL, HAMILTON, HART, HASKINS, HATCH, HAWLEY, HAYDEN, HAYES, HEATON, HELM, HESS, HINGLEY, HINMAN, HOGOBOOM, HOOSE, HOWARD, HOWE, HOYT, HUBBARD, HUBBEL, HUESTED, HULL, HUMPRHREYS, HUNTINGTON, HUTCHINSON, IGOE, INGERSOLL, JEANNY, JEFFERSON, JEFFORDS, JOHNSON, JONES, JOYCE, JUDSON, KELLER, KELLOGG, KELSEY, KENDALL, KENYON, KETCHAM, KIBBE, KILLAM, KING, KIRKLAND, KITLEY, KNOX, LASHER, LE MOINE, LEE, LELEY, LEVITT, LEWIS, LINDLEY, LITTLEJOHN, LOOMIS, LOTHROP, MARSH, MASON, MATOON, MATTHEWS, MC CARTY, MC INTOSH, MC KEE, Mc KINNEY, MC MANUS, McCARTY, McNEIL, MENOIZE, MERRIAM, MILLER, MONGIR, MORGAN, MUNDY, MUNSEY, NELSON, NEWVINE, NORTH, OLIVER, ORVIS, OSBORN, OSTRANDER, OWENS, PAGE, PAINE, PALMER, PARK, PARKER, PARMELEE, PECK, PEEBLES, PENFIELD, PENNEY, PERKINS, PHILLIPS, PLACE, POUCHER, PRATT, PRESTON, PULLMAN, QUICKET, RANEY, RATHBURN, RATIGAN, RAYMOND, RICE, RICHARDS, RICHARDSON, RILEY, ROBBINS, ROBINSON, ROLLINS, ROOT, ROSEAVO, RUNDALL, SAGE, SALISBURY, SALMON, SAMPSON, SAMSON, SANFORD, SAUNTER, SAYLES, SCHROEDER, SCOTT, SCRIBNER, SELDEN, SELEY, SELLECK, SEVERANCE, SHAW, SHERMAN, SHUE, SHUMWAY, SILL, SIMPSON, SKELTON, SKINNER, SLAYTON, SLOANE, SLOCUM, SMEDLEY, SMITH, SPENCER, STACY, STARK, STEELE, STEVENS, STODDARD, STONE, STORRS, STOWELL, STRANAHAN, STRONG, SUMNER, SWEET, SYKES, TART, TAYLOR, TERDRE, THAYER, THOMAS, THOMPSON, THRALL, THURBER, TILFORD, TOBIN, TORREY, TOWN , TRAVOR, TRUMAN, TULLER, TURRILL, TUTTLE, VAN RENSSELAER, VAVILLEL, VEDDER, VINCNET, VORELIA, VROMAN, WALKER, WARNER, WART, WARTS, WATNOUGH, WEBSTER, WHISTON, WHITCOMB, WHITNEY, WILCOX, WILLIAM, WILLIAMS, WILSON, WINANT, WINCHELL, WOLCOTT, WOOD, WOODBURY, WOODRUFFE, WORKS, WRIGHT, WYLES, WYMAN, YOUNG.

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