by Old Mentz | Jul 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
I am so pleased to announce that the Lock 52 Historical Society has completed the first phase of the digitization of the Port Byron newspapers. Last December I wrote in my monthly column that I thought that the available digital copies of the Port Byron papers began...
by Old Mentz | Jul 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Hello to all you family researchers. I wanted to begin a column which will give you updates as to current genealogical happenings and discoveries at the Society. About a year ago in 2019 the Society received a couple large photo albums from the Robert’s family,...
by Old Mentz | Jul 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Higby family is just visiting our site so that a possible family member can see them, and maybe they might wish to take them in for a longer visit. Whenever we find family photos, we try to reach out to researchers so they might see them.
by Old Mentz | Jun 14, 2020 | Uncategorized
There are times when you look at history and never see it. For years I have seen the photograph shown above at the Pine Street house. It is a large photo about the size of a old style wall calendar. However it is very faded and I have only given it a quick glance or...
by Old Mentz | May 17, 2020 | Uncategorized
It would be safe to say that June 1, 1853, would have been a momentous day in Port Byron. It was on that date that the New York Central Railroad began service along their direct route which connected Rochester and Syracuse. This new route between the two cities...
by Old Mentz | Apr 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The idea that schooling was for everyone, and not just the wealthy, dates back to the beginning of the country. In 1787, Alexander Hamilton spoke about the need for the common school, and this was echoed by Governor George Clinton, that everyone should have access to...
by Old Mentz | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
On Monday June 28, Mr. and Mrs. Herrick C. Slack, celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their marriage, which occurred at Savannah, N.Y., June 28, 1849. They were married by Rev. David Ferris, then pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church in that village. Both Mr....
by Old Mentz | Mar 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
There is a photo in our Lock 52 Historical Society archives that shows the downtown area of Port Byron festooned with flags, bunting, and banners saying; “Welcome Brave Boys.” What we are seeing is the village in preparation for the August 1909 Northern Central New...
by Old Mentz | Mar 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
Sixty Four Years of Married Life Born in Mentz – Married in Mentz William Graham and Wife Celebrate the Anniversary of Their Marriage. Both in Good Health, Have Lived More Than Three Fourths of a Century and Witnessed the Wonderful Progress of Events The subjects of...
by Old Mentz | Feb 16, 2020 | Uncategorized
Being the husband of a good and true Episcopalian, I have always had a soft spot for St. Paul’s Episcopal Church of Port Byron. The church was long gone before I ever came to town, but the few photos of it show a very attractive, yet small Victorian Shingle style...
