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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.

Friday, December 14, 2018

Salisbury Public Library, Salisbury, Massachusetts

Salisbury Public Library
17 Elm Street
Salisbury MA 01952
978-465-5071


http://www.salisburylibrary.org/
Main floor and reception desk (below).




Stairs to the 2nd floor.

Lots of space, with good lighting. Straight ahead is a small meeting room that houses the Massachusetts vital records books (tan books).
The above interior window is from the original library.

Book stacks and reference desk. The Reference librarian walked us up and was most helpful. I actually took her away from making a Christmas tree of books.
I asked about reference material for genealogists, and she showed me this binder with a listing of burials in Salisbury, Amesbury and Merrimack in Essex Co., Massachusetts.
Other information.
The best resource is their online site of holdings, as shown by their computer screen. At home, I pulled it up, and copied it (with live links), shown below.

Young adults room. Love the color.

From the back door, you can see the town common.

The Library is new, opened to the public in October 2015 is the newest  library I've visited. Just a few items were saved from the old library that was on this same site, which was was built in 1956. For professional photos, see their link. http://www.salisburylibrary.org/new-library.html


Some of the holdings in our special collections include:

​Vital Records of several Massachusetts cities and towns to the year 1850 including Salisbury.
Local family genealogies and local history books.
Salisbury Town Reports from selected years dating 1872-2001.
Pike Family Association Files and PFA Allan Pike Files. Finding aid kept at the reference desk.

​Visit our Special Collections Images page to see photographs that have been scanned to our digital collection.