Learn about the families who arrived here from Germany, Sweden and other countries — and the generations of them still living in the Jacksonport area. These quick reads and table books are fun for families, friends and visitors, and they make great gifts. Most books are also available on DVD.
Which families are in each book? Download the Family Name List (PDF)The series
Jacksonport Through the Generations
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume One
Volume One
A compilation of oral history presentations given at monthly Historical Society meetings by descendants of some of the original families who settled in the area.
US $25.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Two
Volume Two — Schools and Teachers
Schools and Teachers. Illustrated history of the four school districts of Jacksonport township, with stories and anecdotes from the teachers who taught there.
US $30.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Three
Volume Three
Released in the fall of 2000. Family stories given as oral presentations at Society meetings in 1997–1999, illustrated with treasured family photos.
US $25.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Four
Volume Four
Released just before Christmas 2001. Descendants of early settlers write of the trials and tribulations of their ancestors, including Thomas Reynolds, "the Father of Peninsula Park."
US $25.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Five
Volume Five
Published in 2004. Families who came from Sweden, Germany and France — and the children and grandchildren who have given us a glimpse of what life was like for their ancestors.
US $25.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Six
Volume Six
Rev. Jameson and his family, and the Wagners, Ehlers and Johnsons — hard-working families who cleared the land, built homesteads and educated their children.
US $25.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Seven
Volume Seven
Families who have given their time to trace their genealogy, write anecdotes from their memories, and share treasures from their photo collections.
US $30.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Eight
Volume Eight — Piecing Together the Butler Puzzle
Piecing Together the Butler Puzzle — revised large-print edition, with colour pictures, the 2008 and 2023 family reunions, and pictorial postcards from over 100 years ago. By Phyllis Zatlin and Joe Klapatch.
US $35.00 plus $10.00 postage
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Nine
Volume Nine — In the Woods: Stories from Lakeshore Road
In the Woods: Stories from Lakeshore Road — the families who have lived along this .85-mile stretch of shoreline since the first lots were sold in the 1920s. By Phyllis Zatlin.
US $30.00 includes shipping
Jacksonport Through the Generations · Volume Ten
Volume Ten
Descendants of immigrants from Bohemia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Norway and Sweden tell of hardships and heartbreaks, good times and joyous memories. Also available in large print.
US $30.00 includes shipping
Also from the Society
Photographs, the Great War & notecards
Coffee-table book
Fred Erskine — Jacksonport's Photographer
A hardcover coffee-table book of nearly 100 photographs by Fred Erskine, who photographed people and scenes in Jacksonport from 1910 through the 1980s, with memories from his daughter Marie (Erskine) Hein.
Special price US $50.00 plus $10.00 shipping and handling
Companion volume
Fred Erskine, World War I Veteran
Fred Erskine's photographs from Europe during the Great War, turned into a companion volume by his granddaughter Marilyn Hein.
US $30.00 plus $10.00 shipping and handling
World War I
The Yanks Are Coming
Capt. Charles Butler's autobiographical fiction of the American Expeditionary Forces in France and Germany, published for the centennial of the Armistice.
US $30.00 plus $3.50 shipping
World War I
Remembering the Great War: Letters From the Front
Letters home from brothers Charles and Frank Butler and Joe and Frank Zatlin, soldiers at the European front in 1918–1919, woven together by Phyllis Zatlin.
US $7.00 includes shipping
Notecards
Eureka House Notecards
Notecards of Robert C. Onan's 1949 oil painting of the historic Eureka House — a unique way to send a note with a Jacksonport connection.
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