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 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...
