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November 8, 2020Uncategorized

The November Citizen Column

Recently my wife and I were on a canal tour in Chemung, NY, and the local historian was explaining how […]

October 22, 2020November 7, 2020Uncategorized

The Port Byron Family Tree – 4; The Buck family

Updated- Although the village of Port Byron was once called Bucksville, I had not done a lot of genealogy on […]

October 4, 2020October 7, 2020Uncategorized

The Donation Party, December 1844

Lock 52 Historical Society has added more papers to it’s digital resources. The Port Byron Herald was printed in the […]

September 7, 2020October 7, 2020Uncategorized

Haydenville

This month I will finish out our tour of little settlements around the town by visiting Haydenville. This very small […]

September 7, 2020September 7, 2020Uncategorized

The Port Byron Family Tree – 3; The Hayden and Weston families.

I was working on an article about Haydenville, which was a small milling settlement two miles south of the village. […]

June 14, 2020June 14, 2020Uncategorized

The Howard House in 1880

There are times when you look at history and never see it. For years I have seen the photograph shown […]

April 19, 2020April 19, 2020Uncategorized

Mentz’s One-Room Schoolhouses

The idea that schooling was for everyone, and not just the wealthy, dates back to the beginning of the country. […]

March 21, 2020Uncategorized

1909 Northern Central New York Volunteer Fireman’s Convention

There is a photo in our Lock 52 Historical Society archives that shows the downtown area of Port Byron festooned […]

March 19, 2020Uncategorized

The Graham’s – 64 Years of Married Life – 1904

Sixty Four Years of Married Life Born in Mentz – Married in Mentz William Graham and Wife Celebrate the Anniversary […]

August 11, 2019Uncategorized

The Denman, Osburn and Erity Families

By Anita Messina The Denmans, Genevieve Mae, her husband Charles and their daughter Cheryl Mae were moving to their new […]

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