by Old Mentz | Feb 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
[Note- The goal of the PBFT project is to show the connections between the families, so I had to break my own rules when I added this branch. In fact, this is it’s own tree as it follows the African-American families that use to live in the area. I wanted to write...
by Old Mentz | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
I have been spending the last couple weekends with the Clow family of Centerport. My idea of spending time is chasing the various family members through time as they moved and married and moved again. The family came from Schaghticoke in Rensselaer County, NY and...
by Old Mentz | Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the November 24 1939, the editor of the Port Byron Chronicle introduced a new series called the Curb Service History. The series of history based articles was written by Vera Belle Fenn, and were based upon the new roadside historic markers that were being placed...
by Old Mentz | Jan 23, 2021 | Uncategorized
Note- This is a longer version of the January 31 2021 Citizen article. Over the last few months my life has become somewhat preoccupied in making connections and additions to the Port Byron Family Tree project. I have found it to be a great distraction from all the...
by Old Mentz | Jan 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
We at Lock 52 are always searching for ways to engage our younger citizens, so we are delighted when members of the local Girl and Boy Scouts ask if we might have some service projects. When Sabrina Westmiller came along, we suggested that she might take on a project...
by Old Mentz | Jan 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
In the past the society would send out a yearly newsletter that was both our yearly recap and membership renewal notice. However, as the board had some very vigorous discussions about how to get more people to join and support the historical society, the first think...
by Old Mentz | Jan 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Home About Us Contact Us / Memberships News Blog / News Videos Newsletter Cemetery Projects Digital Resources Montezuma Heritage Park Park Location Park Tours Park Plans Park Volunteers Park Contact Events ErieCanal2025 Tales Of Old Erie Kilmer Family History...
by Old Mentz | Jan 5, 2021 | Uncategorized
As I was going through the Peck family genealogy for my last project, I found that the wife of Ira Peck (who was the subject of my investigation) was Marsha Dixon. As I continued the search for Ira Peck’s family, I found that a Mary Ann Peck had married Eli Wilson...
by Old Mentz | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
There are many people who are happy to see the coming of the new year, and yet I must say that for the folks at the Lock 52 Historical Society, 2020 was a pretty good year. Sometimes you need to be forced to slow down to be able to get things done, and that is what is...
by Old Mentz | Dec 31, 2020 | Uncategorized
I stumbled across this delightful four-article-remembrance as I was looking for an obit in the old Port Byron Chronicle. It was written by Elizabeth E. Smith Case, who grew up in Port Byron in the 1880′ and 90s. Like all such memories, it recalls the happy...
