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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 12, 2026

37 Poole Manuscript Pages1-25

Poole Manuscript -- Pages 1-25   (and see below)

 


A brief description of the Poole manuscript and where it is located may be found on my post called, "Manuscripts at the New England Historic Genealogical Society." The below was typed by Barry Briggs. (He wrote me because his wife has the Poole line. I told him about this manuscript so had the knowledge and time to type it up, and connect the pages with links to the original page. Many years later, he had a computer problem, so you can't see the original pages.)  The first 25 pages out of 257 pages are shown here, other pages to follow in the future.
This was written by Charles H. Poole.  The manuscript resides at the New England Historic Genealogical Society at 99 Newbury Street, Boston.  The document is in fragile shape and only available through the efforts of Barbara Poole. It was transcribed by Barry Briggs.  My (Barry's) notes are in brackets: []. 

The front cover is simply POOLE printed by hand with the date Dec 27 1945 stamped in the upper right corner.  The Endpaper has a New England Historic Genealogical Society sticker crediting donation by William P. Greenlaw of Winthrop, Massachusetts, February 14, 1916, and “Property of Society Dec. 27, 1945 on the death of Mr. Greenlaw”.
[ This was originally written by Charles H. Poole about 1876 (see page 134).  Charles Henry Poole was born Dec. 12, 1835 died ???]
The flyleaf is as follows:
GENEALOGICAL RECORDS
of the
P O O L E   F A M I L Y
And particularly the descendants of
JOHN POOLE of READING
In the
STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS
By Charles H. Poole.
[there are handwritten notes on this page]
JOHN POOLE
Of Cambridge and Reading, and his descendans.

35 Lots of Stuff like Genealogy Hints, and Fun stuff to read

First Settlers of Newbury, Massachusetts
https://lifefromtheroots.blogspot.com/2013/08/first-settlers-of-newbury-ma.html
Two Death Certificates For Same Person -- Why?


Where Was The Lincoln Memorial Made?


Seeing Rockport, Massachusetts on New Year's Day, 2012


The Father and Two Sons, Their Loyalist Documentation, and my Loyal Cousin



How Do You Find Your Ancestors in the Boston Cemeteries?