by Old Mentz | Aug 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
As we go about the process of sorting out the archives, the committee has been selecting some items they feel might be of interest for the blog. Here is an 1995 article from our own Anita Messina who was a contributor to the Citizen. The bridge in question was on...
by Old Mentz | Aug 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
A friend of the Society sent in a scan of an envelope which was addressed to Mary J White, Pres[sident] Corps #207, Port Byron, NY. The sender was Mrs. Ada Mohr of Brooklyn, who was the President of the Woman’s Relief Corps. The question was if I had ever heard of...
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...
