The Record Center is open 9-1 weekdays and closed on holidays and weekends.. Justin White is pretty good at helping people out there. Don't go during Harborfest though. Hotel rates are jacked up if you're staying there... Marilyn Rowsey Dirk ----- Original Message ----- From: <grlswthguitars@aol.com> To: <NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 07, 2006 11:01 AM Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] St. Mary's cemetery and school > Last I heard, at this time St. Mary's Church will not, under any > circumstances, let you look at their records. Your best bet is to write > to them and be sure to include a donation. As for the Catholic cemetery > (St. Peter's & St. Paul's), the story is that the records were "lost in a > fire" (don't know exactly when). Before I knew this, I had written to > them about some relatives I assumed were burried there and received a > nice, polite, "sorry, they aren't here" reply. I've since found funeral > records that indicate they are there, so either way, I don't think their > records are very well kept. My family wasn't exactly affluent, so I > suspect that they had no headstones put up. You may have better luck. > > On the other hand, the Oswego Records Center has census records, city > directories, funeral records and more. > But they have $$$ problems like everyone else, so you should call to > confirm their hours first. > > Here's a link to the rootsweb page with information on local resources. > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/resources.html > > > > Kathi > IBSSG > New York - Thompson/Crane/Bramm/Fleischer > Jew Jersey - Thompson/Early/Coyle/Hunter > Wisconsin - Meissner/Steng/Diem/Zeininger > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sue Hawes <slhawes@verizon.net> > To: NYOSWEGO-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 09:35:10 -0400 > Subject: [NYOSWEGO] St. Mary's cemetery and school > > > I hope to visit Oswego in September to see what I can find about my > DesRoches/Stone relatives who lived there from 1845-ca1900. Are any > records > from that period extant? Is it difficult to see church records? Does the > genealogical society have regular hours? > > I would appreciate an input as I will be a stranger the in the town of my > ancestors. > > Sue > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > ________________________________________________________________________ > Check out AOL.com today. Breaking news, video search, pictures, email and > IM. All on demand. Always Free. > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > sagemarie98@earthlink.net > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >