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