I would like to alert you to the fact that an important volume of your poorhouse records are currently up for bid on eBay -- where they may be lost forever to the public record unless someone cares enough to rescue them! We sincerely hope that someone knows who to contact to see if some archive will bid to obtain that book. The auction is at http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3615324147&category=4104 I have no involvement with that sale. Instead, I host a website which is called The POORHOUSE STORY (a clearinghouse for information about 19th century American poorhouses) at http://www.poorhousestory.com To see the information which we currently have about your county, you may go to http://www.poorhousestory.com/OSWEGO.htm Best Wishes, Linda Crannell (aka=The Poorhouse Lady)