Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society
Community Resource Guide coming in February
by Kayla Fletcher For the seventh year, the Stockbridge Community News is planning a Community Resource Guide for groups and resources in the Stockbridge area. It will appear in the February 2024 print edition and sometime in late December on SCN’s webpage at stockbridgecommunitynews.com. This message is your chance to edit or alter the information […]
Groups and resources that enrich our community
The local area is home to a wide array of nonprofit and charitable organizations, all for the benefit of local residents. The information below represents Stockbridge Community News’ best efforts to compile descriptions and contact information. Not listed or notice an error? Please accept our apologies and email corrected information to Stockbridgecommunitynews@gmail.com or snail mail […]
Groups and resources that enrich our community
The local area is home to a wide array of nonprofit and charitable organizations, all for the benefit of local residents. The information below represents Stockbridge Community News’ best efforts to compile descriptions and contact information. Not listed or notice an error? Please accept our apologies and email corrected information to Stockbridgecommunitynews@gmail.com or snail mail […]
A glance in the rearview mirror: Decembers in years gone by and a special thanks to Genealogical Society
by Mary Jo David Author’s Note: The “Rearview Mirror” columns depend on access to the historical newspaper archives that were previously kept on aging microfilm at the Stockbridge Community Library. To the delight of this author and, it’s safe to say, anyone who requires access to old newspaper articles at the Library, the Ingham County […]
SAGHS Update from President Laura Walsh
Members and friends of Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society, I hope you are all doing well! It has been quite a while since you have heard from the Society and I wanted to give a brief update on things. Due to Covid we have put our monthly board meetings on hold; the annual cemetery tour (usually […]
The Founders of the Waterloo Area Historical Society (Part 1)
by Arlene Kaiser This is the first of a three-part series. The Waterloo Area Historical Society was the driving force behind the restoration of the Realy farmstead to become the Waterloo Farm Museum. As we look to the future with great concern, I’m taken back to our past. How our ancestors survived through illness, drought, […]
GROUPS AND RESOURCES THAT ENRICH OUR COMMUNITY 2020
The Stockbridge area is home to a wide array of nonprofit and charitable organizations, all for the benefit of local residents. The information below represents the Community News third effort to compile current descriptions and contact information. Not listed or notice an error? Please accept our apologies and email corrected information to Stockbridgecommunitynews@gmail.com or snail […]
Characters Come to Life in Cemetery Tour
By Dutch Ramsdill The eleventh annual tour of Oaklawn Cemetery took place September 22, 2019 on a warm Sunday afternoon. The Stockbridge Area Genealogical/Historical Society presented the program free of charge. The Society “brought to life” individuals from Stockbridge’s past using actors to tell their stories. The cast of characters, with actors in parentheses, […]
Stockbridge Area Garden Club works to make community beautiful
Monday, May 20, and Saturday, May 26, volunteers from the Stockbridge Area Garden Club gathered to plant flowers in the Stockbridge Township Square and Library grounds, and also in downtown Gregory.
Civil War Program, ‘Michigan at Antietam’ at Waterloo Farm Museum May 19
Free to public Michigan at Antietam-Speaker: Brian Egen Sunday, May 19, 2019, 2:30pm Waterloo Farm Museum, 13493 Waterloo-Munith Rd. Grass Lake, MI 49240 BRIAN JAMES EGEN is an award-winning film director and producer, Civil War historian and lifelong student of history. He has been employed at the Henry Ford, in Dearborn, Michigan for the […]