by Old Mentz | Oct 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
The core of any historical society or museum is the collection of materials known as the archives. Over the years, the Lock 52 Historical Society has collected a large number of items that help to tell the story of the town and village, the people who once lived,...
by Old Mentz | Oct 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Updated- Although the village of Port Byron was once called Bucksville, I had not done a lot of genealogy on the Buck family as many in the family they had moved to Illinois around 1831. So I have not paid them too much attention, just because I have other families to...
by Old Mentz | Oct 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lock 52 Historical Society has added more papers to it’s digital resources. The Port Byron Herald was printed in the 1844 to 1846 period and like most papers of it’s time, the pages are filled with ads for magical potions touted to cure everything from the cough to...
