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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.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Eunice Wilder of Lancaster, MA -- How Many Angles to Get a Good Photo? -- Tombstone Tuesday

HERE LIES BURIED
Ye BODY OF MRs
EUNICE WILDER
Ye WIFE OF Mr
DAVID WILDER
WHO DECd
FEBRy Ye 17th
A D 17501
IN Ye 30th YEAR
OF HER AGE.

Eunice Jennison / Jenison Wilder was my 6th great-grandmother
Why so many photos of this cemetery stone? Blame it on the sun. We walked by the stone several times and couldn't read it until we looked at it sideways and upside down! The only way to take a picture was for my husband and I to stand side-by-side and cast a shadow. And, that is how I got my half-decent photo!




Old Common Cemetery
Lancaster, Massachusetts


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