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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, October 13, 2026

40 Sorry, but I found some more you might be interested in.

 

What I Learned About the House Led Me to Discover A President John Adams Connection





Tombstone Tuesday - ELDER JOHN STRONG (Princess Diana and I are related to him.)





39 Visiting the Monuments and Old North Bridge 67 Years Ago!

 

Visiting the Monuments and Old North Bridge 67 Years Ago! (more photos)







Monday, October 12, 2026

38 Three posts are about the House/Farm, the Historical Society on a Stamp an very old Family Cemetery in Dunham, Quebec, Canada

 

Ten Eyck Farm, Dunham, Quebec, Canada


My grandmother was born here. She came to the US to attend a nursing school and utimately married my grandfather. We visited this area often because there was family there. This area has my 22 direct ancestors buried here, surnames are Westover, Pell, Rosenberger, Jaquays, Bockus, Currie, Holmes and Knap. (All their cemetery photos are on this blog.)

My Favorite Historical Society is on a Stamp!

I wrote "The Ten Eyck Cemetery, is located on private property in an Apple Orchard in Dunham, Missisquoi Co., Quebec, Canada. Three generations of direct ancestors of mine were buried here. Because of their relationship to me, and their history, this cemetery discovery was one of my favorite thrills in all my discoveries. It sure helped that the family has been on this land for over 200 years."

The Ten Eyck Family & Farm in Dunham
  • History: The Ten Eyck family settled in the Township of Dunham in the Eastern Townships of Quebec in 1794, led by the Loyalist Andres Ten Eyck. [1, 2]
  • Location: The historic property features Chemin Ten Eyck, the Ten Eyck Family Cemetery, and long-standing generational family land (with historic structures such as a 12-sided barn and surrounding acreage).
  • Dunham Orchards: If you are looking for pick-your-own apples directly in Dunham, Quebec, the prominent local orchard is the ecological Domaine de Dunham, which features over 25,000 fruit trees (apples, pears, plums, and crab-apples).





37 All Related to my Photography also Jimmy Carter

 Four Requests in a Month to use my Photos

Veterans Day at Arlington National Cemetery with Max Cleland and a shot of President Jimmy Carter


DAR Calendar and Covers -- My Photos''






36 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]
Page 1
JOHN POOLE
Of Cambridge and Reading, and his descendans.

Manuscripts at the New England Historic Genealogical Society

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?





Sunday, October 11, 2026

34 How Do You Say Goodbye to your Genealogy Research? This is What I Did. And a post about when I visited the cemetery in NY.

The below is the one post I spent the most time on. But for some reason I must have deleted it from the internet. Fortunately, I made a copy and that is shown below. I enlarged the pages so anybody interested in what I wrote could read it. The pages cover information about the Schrambling / Scramlin family. The amount of time I spent on this family aged me! Truth be told, I also deleted another post from the internet, but I don't remember which one. Of all my 1,500 posts, I only printed about 10 of them.









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Tombstone Tuesday -- Before and After for Schramling or Scramlin

















33 CVS , Movies, Boott Mills, Jack Kerouac, Lovely Museum, and the 9-11 Memorial all in Lowell, Massachusetts.

 

CVS and Lowell, a Real History, UPDATE, Part of the History Has Come to an End


Seven Movies Made in Lowell, Massachusetts




There Is A Lot to Like About Lowell -- Jack Kerouac, Life and Times, Birth and Death




Saturday, October 10, 2026

32 Anne Dudley Bradstreet, America's First Poetress, A Dedication

Anne Dudley Bradstreet, America's First Poetress, A Dedication



31 Thank you to MyHeritage, Marian Pierre-Louis, Cari Taplin and All the ones who gave me Awards.

Thank you to MyHeritage.com for the Award ?

At the time and even today, I received each of the three messages below, these people don't know how much they helped me continue on writing. I was so new to the bloging world (one year) and many times had thoughts of dropping out.Whenever I almost did, I reread these messages and gained much confidence. I never knew I had something to say. Now, this week, I will hit 4 million hits to this old 17 year old blog! 

Thank you to MyHeritage.com for the Award

On May 12th I received a huge surprise, that of being listed in MyHeritage.coms Top 100 Genealogy Sites for 2010. The news came early in the day, and I spent the entire day in shock. Every blog I’ve written has come easily, but this one is difficult. I am not an award type person, not competitive and haven't accepted any of the 23 awards I've received in the past from fellow bloggers. That being said, I would be a poor sport for not accepting this one, so from the bottom of my heart, I thank you. Somebody was kind enough to suggest my Life From the Roots, and through their voting, I was selected to be among the 99 others, many of whom I already follow and feel as though I know personally.

Please visit MyHeritage.com, the home page for the company, and the quick link to the list to the blogs at MyHeritage.coms Top 100 Genealogy Sites. In their letter to me, they stated the following: “Our expert judging panel has set three criteria:

1) high quality content;
2) originality in topic choice, approach and design; and
3) frequently updated content.”




 
"Barbara - You have earned a worthy standing in the genealogy community many times over. I only wish I could have started many years earlier and accomplished what you have. And I think of you as a "civility exemplar," which we will always need. BTW, I don't tweet either. It is all I can do to research and blog."
Cari Taplin
(I have the original copy, but not the date nor her name typed on it.  Fortunately I wrote it down.)




(I was very fortunate to have good friends who enjoyed my blogs. Previous posts about this topic are at:
Looking Back -- May 2011
Looking Back -- April 2011
Looking Back -- January 2011
"Ancestor Approved Award" -- Thank You Ten Times
Looking Back -- November 2009
Looking Back for December 2010
Looking Back -- January 2010





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