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The Life From The Roots blog topics have changed several times since I began this blog in 2009. I initially wrote only about the family history I had been working on for 20 years. Years later, I was into visiting gardens, historical homes, churches, libraries that had genealogical collections, historical societies, war memorials, and travel/tourism places. I also enjoy posting autographs and photos of famous people I've met or have seen.

Along with my New England roots, other areas include New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and the Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada.

Please check out the labels on the right side for topics (please note, they need work). Below the labels and pageviews is a listing of my top nine posts, according to Google. Four of them pertain to Lowell, MA. These posts change often because they are based on what people are reading.

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Watertown Free Library, Watertown, Massachusetts. -- Remember When it was in the News?

123 Main Street
Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
This library is my 16th in my series of showing the genealogy collections at some New England libraries. I went to this one soon after the genealogy community, especially those on Facebook, got wind that this library was going to "remove certain historical titles from the library's history room".
The Watertown Free Library (original building, built in 1884 and the new addition) is one of the nicest libraries I've ever been in. The old and new merge beautifully.



Above and below are in the old section. The staircase was closed to patrons.


More of the old section, here I am facing the history and genealogy room behind the doors.
On a Saturday afternoon, we were the only ones there. The genealogy section was packed with books and had very little if any free space for additional items.



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