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

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.