Many thanks to Kathi McCarthy for transcribing this1859 City of Oswego, NY Directory.  Kathi has contributed a number of items to this site and her hard work and effort is most appreciated.  Kathi would appreciate hearing from anyone that knows the names of any Catholic Cemeteries in Oswego Co. that were around in 1857 & where are their records? Also, are any of the Catholic church records on microfilm through 1909, and where would they be available? 

A special thank you to Richard Palmer for making this directory available for transcription. Dick has a website that is devoted entirely to the Great Lakes maritime history: http://www.hhpl.on.ca/greatlakes/ 
This site has a search engine for more than 1,000 entries from Oswego newspapers, related to maritime activities on Lake Ontario, dating back to the very early 1800s. These postings include shipwrecks, obituaries, shipbuilding, genealogy, etc.,  - much on old sea captains from Oswego. This is added to on an almost daily basis.  Dick needs volunteers to do some typing on maritime-related articles he's copied from the Oswego newspapers on microfilm.  Any volunteers would be appreciated, and he will mail you what needs to be typed and you can work at your leisure.  Thanks,  Dick Palmer."

****For further information on any of the names, as always, please contact the local Historical Societies and/or Town Historians.