Newspaper Research      
        "Sketches"    
               
         The good news is that if you have come to this Monthly Tip by way of a Name Search result, you are in luck.  Read on!
               
         On one of my visits to the northern New York, I stopped at the public library in Sandy Creek (Oswego County).  The librarians were most helpful in accommodating my research.  They even went out of their way to suggest certain materials.  (A first!)   One of the notebooks they brought to my attention contained copies of a series called Sketches.  These articles were published in the Sandy Creek News in 1932. 
   
   
   
         Sketches, I soon found out, covered a lot of family history ground!  Many types of articles appeared - some of them continued for weeks.   Among the many types were at least two reprinted diaries (1860 vintage); articles honoring 19th century ministers who served in Oswego County; a marriage register kept by Rev. Jacob HADLEY and an index to the 1845 New York State Census: Town of Sandy Creek. 
   
   
   
   
   
           New York Ancestry has entered the names of Sketches' 1845 Sandy Creek census index.  The notebook's original material included page numbers/books for the individual's census entry.  Also, the Sketches notebook listed pages of copied articles which featured particular individuals found in the 1845 Census.  As an example, Zebulon BALDWIN appeared in the 1845 Sandy Creek census.  His entry is on page 2 of Census Book 14.  He appears in a Sandy Creek News article found on page 304 of the Sketches notebook.
   
   
   
   
         On page 304 it reads, in part: "Continuing with the entries in the Marriage Register kept by the Rev. Jacob Hadley of Sandy Creek...  (A) wedding occurred January 5, 1843 when Solomon WHEELER, 25, a farmer by occupation, was married to Della M. BALDWIN, aged 20 years, both of Sandy Creek.  Present were John CLARK, John P. CLARK, Jabez BALDWIN, Zebulon BALDWIN, Joseph A. CLARK and Sidney BALDWIN...  Zebulon BALDWIN married Betsey CLARK, coming here from Vermont and settling on a farm in the western part of the town..."  (The article goes on to provide detail on the Baldwin lineage and family members.)
   
   
   
   
        So, that's the good news.  What you need to do now is write to the Sandy Creek Library and ask for a copy of the articles in Sketches which contain your ancestor's name.  (It would be wise to send them a copy of this Monthly Tip article to help explain your request.)   Lastly, don't forget to ask for the Sketches' 1845 Index page naming your  ancestor.  Good luck!
   
   
   
   
   
               
        Moses ADAMS    
        Eli J. ALEXANDER    
        Thomas ALLARD    
        B.H. ALLEN    
        Ethan ALLEN    
        Marquis ALLEN    
        Martain A. ALLEN    
        Octavius ALLEN    
        Ogthevius ALLEN    
        Charles ALLTON    
        Elijah AMES    
        Chancey ANDRUS    
        Wm. ARMSTRONG    
        Oliver AYER    
        Andrew BAKER    
        Asahel BAKER    
        Elenor BAKER    
        Frederick BALDWIN    
        George BALDWIN    
        Julius BALDWIN    
        Sidney BALDWIN    
        Zebulon BALDWIN    
        David BALLOU    
        Fitch BARKER    
        Emery BARTLETT    
        Calvin BATES    
        Worthy W. BEEBE    
        Reuben BEEMAN    
        Uriel BEEMAN    
        David BENNETT    
        John BENNETT    
        Elias BENTLEY    
        Stephen BENTLEY    
        Jacob BETTINGER    
        Freeman BICKEROW    
        Moris W. BISHOP    
        Wm. BISHOP    
        Ephram BONNER    
        James B. BRIGGS    
        Norman C. BRIGGS    
        Marshall BURNARD    
        Elisha BURR    
        Abram BURRELL    
        John BURTON    
        Franklin CAMPBELL    
        Amasa CARPENTER    
        Asahel CARPENTER    
        George CARPENTER    
        Truman CASE    
        Loren CHAMPNEY    
        Erastus CHAPPELL    
        Perry H. CHAPPELL    
        George CHAWGO    
        John CLARK    
        John P. CLARK    
        Oratio CLARK    
        Ozias CLARK    
        Hymeneus COLE    
        Jeramiah COMINS    
        Orren S. COOK    
        James B. COON    
        Peter COON    
        Asa COPELAND    
        Edward COPLAND    
        Chandler CORNWELL    
        Orson CORNWELL    
        Seymour CORNWELL    
        Ezra CORSE    
        Wm. H. COTTERAL    
        Alexander COULTER    
        Benjamin COVEY    
        John CRANDALL    
        Aury CRONKHITE    
        Darwin CRONKHITE    
        William CUNNINGHAM    
        Wm. F. CUSHMAN    
        Henry DAILY    
        Stilwell DAVENPORT    
        Freeman DAVIS    
        Horace F. DAVIS    
        John DAVIS    
        Ruth DAVIS    
        O. DELAP    
        Wm. DELAP    
        Hugh DENEY    
        Cornelius DINGMAN    
        Davie D. DOUGALSS    
        Salmon DOUGLASS    
        Solomon DOUGLASS    
        Nathaniel A. DRYER    
        Anson M. DUNCAN    
        John A. DUNLAP    
        Carlton DURFEY    
        Oren R. EARL    
        James B. EDWARDS    
        John B. EHLE    
        Hosea ELDRED    
        Benj. ELLIS    
        Wm. ELLISON    
        Hiram FERGUSON    
        Erastus FIELDS    
        Seymour FIELDS    
        William FINCH    
        Alonzo FISH    
        Leander FISH    
        Perry H. FISH    
        Gilbert FITCH    
        Hiram FITCH    
        Stephen, Jr. FITCH    
        Nichols FORBES    
        John FRANKLIN    
        Peleg FULLER    
        Hiram GETTY    
        Seneca GITTY    
        Ephraim GOFF    
        Chauncey GOODRICH    
        Samuel GOODRICH    
        Samuel, Jr. GOODRICH    
        Oliver GOSS    
        Frederick GRAVES    
        Obed GRAVES    
        Henry GREENWOOD    
        Horace F. GREENWOOD    
        Cornelius HADLEY    
        Edmund HADLEY    
        Elias HADLEY    
        Jacob HADLEY    
        Jesse F. HADLEY    
        Samuel HADLEY    
        Stephen HADLEY    
        Wm. M. HALE    
        Ansel G. HARDEN    
        George T. HARDEN    
        Grove Willis HARDEN    
        Hariet HARDEN    
        Josiah E. HARDEN    
        Patty HARDEN    
        Truman C. HARDEN    
        Lyman HARMON    
        Plowden HARMON    
        Samuel HAVENS    
        Asa HEATH    
        Lydia HEGER    
        Philop HELMON    
        Philop HELMOR    
        Benj. HESS    
        Joel HIBBARD    
        John HILIKER    
        Russel HINMAN    
        Timothy HINMAN    
        Wm. HINMAN    
        Almira HOLLISTER    
        Russel HOLLISTER    
        Joseph M. HOOKER    
        Orrin HOUSE    
        Newell HOW    
        Julius A. HOWLET    
        Wm. E. HOWLET    
        Wm. HURBERT    
        Ansil INGER    
        Ebenezer INGERSOLL    
        Leroy INGERSOLL    
        Nathaniel A. JACOBS    
        Robert JAMIESON    
        Ira JOSLIN    
        Maria J. JOSLIN    
        Joseph B. KELLY    
        Orlando KENT    
        John KIBLIN    
        Robert KIBLING    
        Wm. KILBURN    
        Edward KILLBURN    
        Harris KINSLY    
        Robinson KINYAN    
        Daniel LAMB    
        Daniel LAUB    
        Philietus LEE    
        Wm. LESTER    
        Henry LEVALLY    
        Henry LILLAS    
        Phineas LILLY    
        Robert LINDSEY    
        Stephen LINDSEY    
        Daniel LITTS    
        Ephraim MALLERY    
        James B. MALLERY    
        Lyman MALLERY    
        Jeramiah MANDEGO    
        Peter MANDEGO    
        Stephen MANDEGO    
        Asa MAXHAM    
        #NAME? MAY    
        Joseph MAYER    
        Joseph MAYHEW ?    
        Joseph MAZER    
        Asa MEACHAM