Berne stories

Family stories and individual remembrance are treasured jewels given to our descendants.

Family Stories

• Anderson, Amy (Osterhout) - My memories of growing up on Warner's Lake
• Ball, Charles diary excerpts
• Bassler, Charles memoirs
• Bates, Betsy (Ellis) - Lake Memories
• Becker, Maver - The way it was
• Bellinger, Lillian (Warner) memoirs
• Brate, James - memoir of Reidsville
• Bunzey, Bernice (Shultes) and Keith Shultes - Family Stories 2006
• Callahan, Josephine (Mattice) - Remembers
• Carlson, Amy - Life on The Lane
• Cyclone - This story was reported in 1887 in The Greenville Local newspaper.
• Dollar, Allison - The man in the Red Boat
• Dollar, Gail (Young) - Memories
• Doty, Rev. Elihu of Berne who was a missionary in the Dutch East Indies in the 1830's.
• Duell, Martin - Life on West Mountain in the 1950's.
• Ensminger Twins
• Gangi, Jane - Stories
• Goetz, Robert - recollections
• Hart, Milton - Stories
• Hunter, Jean (Rowland) - recollections of Warner's Lake from 1928 to the present
• Johnson, Terri (Young) - Reflections of Warner's Lake
• Jones, Lillian (Hemstead) - Memories
• Kirby, Irene (Geier) - Irene remembers Jones Lane and Warner's Lake.
• McCullen, Jack and Edna (Murtagh) - This couple remembers their good times at Warner's Lake
• Miller, Frances (Becker) - Memories - Frances' Memories of her ancestors and growing up.
• Miller, Hubert - My memories - Hubert's memories through the years.
• Miller Ice House - Written by Harold Miller at the request of a teacher for her class.
• Northrup, Orlo J. - Do you remember? - First published in the Altamont Enterprise.
• Northrup, Orlo J. - Remembering Peddler's of The Helderbergs First published in the Altamont Enterprise.
• Northrup Orlo J. - remembering mail routes First published in the Altamont Enterprise
• O'Connor, Ruth (Wallace) - Remembrances - A Mini History of Warner's Lake South End, 2004
• O'Hanlon, Betty - Stories - Betty Remembers moving to the Hilltowns and running a business.
• Osterhout, Willard - Stories of Warner's Lake by Will and Jerri Osterhout
• Osterhout, William L. - a 15 page reminiscence written in 1953 when he was 90 years old. It is based on the oral history of his family.
• Pitcher, Edward - Stories - Edward remembers businesses and stories from long ago.
• Pulliam, Kyle - Recollecting My Recollections, a Warner's Lake Memoir
• Pulliam Vall "Zeb" - Lake Memories
• Roberts, Isabel - memories of Warner's Lake.
• Roemer, William Sr. - Recalls - Memories of Warner's Lake.
• Schultz, Curtis - The story of "Smiley The Bass"
• Shanks, Morris - Horse racing and Upper Hotel in Berne.
• Sholtes, Stanton and Ida 50th Wedding Anniversary - 1927
• Skinner, Gladys (Zimmer) - Memories of Warner's Lake.
• Smith, Norman - My memories
• Snyder, Christina (Messer) - Stories - A great-granddaughter's tribute.
• Thomson, F.E. - A letter to the service men during WWII
• Turner, George L. - letter written from Berne 2/18/1833 to his family in England telling of the boat trip and settling on West Mountain.
• Vunck, Carol Ann - Memories of Warner's Lake
• Walleye Stocking - Putting Walleyes in Warner's Lake
• Warner, Homer - Memories of growing up on the farm at Warner's Lake.
• Warner, Robert - Stories
• Willard, Thomas Emmett - Memoirs
• Willsey, Mike and Wilma - Stories
• Willsey, Morris] - The Past is not Forgotten
• Wright, Alberta (Ball) - Memories