Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Oswego Beach (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Oswego Beach. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Oswego Beach ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Oswego Beach: Oswego Bch.
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Oswego Beach is located in Oswego County.
To see how the shape of New York's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Oswego County: Cayuga, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oneida & Onondaga.
Below are the counties that are near Oswego Beach. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Oswego Beach:
- Oswego County (The home county of Oswego Beach)
- The following are listed by their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Oswego
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Southwest Oswego
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
- Oswego Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Furniss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Minetto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Scriba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scriba is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
- Scriba has also been known as:
- Scriba Corners
- Fairdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- Hannibal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Granby Center
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Granby Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Granby Center
- Mount Pleasant
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
- Mount Pleasant is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Pleasant
- Drakes Corner
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Drakes Corner is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drakes Corner
- Fulton
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
- Cayuga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- North Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- Sterling Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- Fair Haven
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Victory
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- North Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Victory
- Ira
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Ira is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ira
- Victory
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Victory is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Victory
- Cato
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Meridian
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Weedsport
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Port Byron
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the south)
- Port Byron is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Port Byron
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,181 people
- Former name for Port Byron:
- Bucksville
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Port Byron <1>
- Jefferson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Ellisburg
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Park
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Park is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Park
- Woodville
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northeast)
- Woodville is located in Jefferson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodville
- Mannsville
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Onondaga County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Lysander
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
- Lysander is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lysander
- Jacksonville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Utica
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Little Utica is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Utica
- Wrights Corners
(18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
- Wrights Corners is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wrights Corners
- Plainville
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
- Baldwinsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southeast)
- Euclid is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Euclid
- Jacks Reef
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Jacks Reef is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jacks Reef
- Brewerton
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Village Green is located in Onondaga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Village Green
- Jordan
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Clay
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southeast)
- Wayne County
- The following are listed by their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Red Creek
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Furnace Village is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furnace Village
- North Huron
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- North Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Huron
- Wolcott
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Huron
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
- Huron is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Huron
- Sodus Point
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- South Butler is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Butler
- York
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- York is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for York
- Wayne Center
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wayne Center is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wayne Center
- Clyde
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Sodus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Sodus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- South Sodus is located in Wayne County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Sodus
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Oswego Beach, see our County-by-County Page for Oswego Beach.
Cemeteries Near Oswego Beach ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Oswego Beach.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Oswego Beach - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Oswego Beach covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Rice Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rice Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rice Cemetery is located 3 miles [4.8 km]<2> to the southwest of Oswego.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65787 <3>
- Union Village Rural Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Ft. Ontario Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northeast)
- St. Pauls Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the northeast)
- Stevens Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Irish Settlement Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Riverside Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Riverside Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located 2 miles [3.2 km]<2> to the southeast of Oswego.
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #65813 <3>
- St. Peters Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- South Road Rural Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Clark Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mattison Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Fairview Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Continue List (226 more) ...
- Kingdom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Hillside Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Blossom Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<4>
While we didn't find Oswego Beach in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Oswego Beach.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Oswego Beach, with the one closest to Oswego Beach listed first.
- Fruit Valley
(Less than 2 miles to the south)
- Fruit Valley is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fruit Valley
- Southwest Oswego
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Southwest Oswego is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Southwest Oswego
- Oswego Center
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Oswego Center is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oswego Center
- Oswego
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Furniss
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Furniss is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Furniss
- Minetto
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
- Seneca Hill is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Seneca Hill
- Lansing
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Lansing is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lansing
- North Sterling
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- North Sterling is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Sterling
- North Hannibal
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- North Hannibal is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Hannibal
- Scriba
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Scriba is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Scriba
- Scriba has also been known as:
- Scriba Corners
- Sterling Valley
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Sterling Valley is located in Cayuga County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sterling Valley
- Continue List (14 more) ...
- Hannibal
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdale
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
- Fairdale is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairdale
- South Scriba
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- South Scriba is located in Oswego County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for South Scriba
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Oswego Beach. See our List of 1890's Communities around Oswego Beach.
Newspapers Published in Oswego Beach ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 147 newspapers that have been published in the area around Oswego Beach.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Oswego Beach, there are papers which were published within 23 miles [37 km]<2>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Oswego Beach.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These helpful websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Oswego Beach:
- Websites specific to New York
- Pages specific to Oswego County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cayuga County
- Jefferson County
- Onondaga County
- Wayne County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for New York
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Oswego Beach) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <4> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Oswego Beach, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |