I have found the Rural Registers very helpful when using the 1936 aerial photos held by the Farm Service Agency for Onondaga County.  I have been working on scanning the farmsteads and now I have the names of the families that were living at the location.

Similar photos maybe available in other county offices,



Bill Casey
PO Box 36
Apulia Station, NY 13020
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