REFERENCES AND GENEALOGY RESOURCES

The public is welcome to visit us and personally research any of the following records.  IT is suggested that researchers contribute $10.00 per day to help underwrite the cost of providing this service.  There is no charge for members (memberships cost $10.00 per year).   If a personal visit is not possible, we will be glad to do the research for you at a cost of $10.00 per hour.  The charge for copies is $.50 each.
 

Censuses

            West Monroe

Federal: 1820,1830,1840,1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910

          State: 1855, 1865, 1875, 1892, 1905, 1915, 1925

            Constantia

            Federal: 1820,1830,1850,1860,1870

State: 1855

Births, Deaths and Marriages 1882-1913

Cemeteries

West Monroe: Nutting, Union Settlement, W. Monroe, Toad Harbor, McCloud

Constantia: Bernhard’s Bay, Cleveland, Constantia Rural, Trinity Church

Central Square, Mallory, Hastings, Caughdenoy, Jewel, Coit,

Allen District, Little France, Carley’s Mills

            Redfield: Greenboro, Village

Lacona/Boylston: Daysville, Sandy Creek, Boylston, Williamstown,

Fairview, Amboy

         Several Family Cemeteries

Maps

          Oswego County 1867 – Name Index

          West Monroe 1867, 1884, 1977         

Toad Harbor 1854, 1867, 1889

          Oneida Lake 1968

Schools

West Monroe, District 1, Carley’s Mills, Mud Settlement, Nutting, Ostrum, Union Settlement, Whig Hill, Toad Harbor minutes 1851-1918

          Constantia #2 minutes 1841-1894, Tax Roll 1874

          Oneida County, Vienna Township, Whiskey Island #16, Elpi’s School #17

Books

          History of Oswego County 1877 – Name Index

Gazetteer Oswego County 1866-67

          Oswego County Farm Directory 1917-1918 – Index 1991-1934

West Monroe, NY History & a Name Index

          History of Whiskey Island (Oneida Co.)

Scrapbooks and Diaries

          Family Histories, Local People, Old Documents,

          West Monroe Historical Society Events from 1989

Photos & Postcards of the North Shore

Churches

        Circuit Rider Records

        Little France Catholic

        Whig Hill Presbyterian

        W. Monroe United Methodist

Military

        Civil War, West Monroe

Newspapers

Lakeside Press 1873-1900

          North Shore News Items

Businesses, Fire Department, Grange, Post Office, O&W Railroad, Bands

Genealogical Resources

        Names being searched, people searching

        Writing and Spelling aids (Reading Script)

        “Legacies”, an audio course on the History of Women and the Family in America 1607-1870

        "What am I Supposed to do?” for NYS Local Government Historians

        Northern NY Document Collections