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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.

Monday, October 6, 2014

Rice Public Library, Kittery, Maine -- (History and Genealogy Section)

I was so anxious to get to this library recently because it was the first of the three I wanted to visit in Maine. My husband has roots in this town and we first visited it 15 years ago. On this day, we were too early to get in at 9:10, since they opened at 10, so, we headed north to the Ogunquit library. This is a lovely library, with limited parking and not as much genealogy/history material as I expected.

We later returned to this library and had to sign in to use their collection, then a librarian took us upstairs to the genealogy room. There were two researchers there, don't know if they were together, but they were deep into the books. I was limited in my effort to take good photos, so you can't get a clear view of the small room. It was extremely sunny in many of the rooms and that presented another problem, so that's why I changed my color shots to black and white.


Two photos of the genealogy room. There is a table with some chairs and another bookcase or two on the other side of these photos.
Other rooms in this library are among the most lovely I've ever seen.





Check-out area above.