The November Citizen Column
Recently my wife and I were on a canal tour in Chemung, NY, and the local historian was explaining how […]
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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 […]
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 […]
Haydenville
This month I will finish out our tour of little settlements around the town by visiting Haydenville. This very small […]
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. […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]