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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, November 30, 2010

Looking Back

A year ago I began posting my cemetery stone photos for the Tombstone Tuesday entries on my blog.  It became a huge project, since none of the 10+ year old photos were scanned and I had no organization whatsoever. In addition, I added them all into Find-A-Grave. That project is now complete and if I hadn't begun a blog, none of that would have been accomplished! Today, I posted my last Tombstone Tuesday posting. I've already begun a list of cemeteries to visit in spring. Did you know that Find-A-Grave now has 54 million grave records online?


Although, I haven't yet ordered a flip-pal (see 2-part blog review by Susan of Long Lost Relatives), I did subscribe to GenealogyBank thanks to Greta of Greta's Genealogy Bog and thanks to Elizabeth of Little Bytes of Life who mentioned the half price special at Footnote, I subscribed immediately before the deal expired. I've learned one thing from my blog friends, if somebody orders something, then we all seem to want it...I could go broke soon. But, it is so much fun.


A follow-up on my post about Historical Societies, this post now contains more photos of Historical Societies in New England. Recently, I took additional pictures, they are from Massachusetts: Sawyer House (The Bolton Historical Society), and from Keene New Hampshire is the Cheshire County Historical Society.

Sawyer House
Bolton Historical Society, Bolton, Massachusetts

Historical Society of Cheshire Co., Keene, New Hampshire





Tombstone Tuesday -- CLANCY -- (2 Generations) New York

Byron Cemetery.  Byron, Genesee Co., New York
Pierre L. Clancy, son of Milton and Phoebe Clancy
Born:  July 1859, New York
Died:  1932, Genesee Co., New York

Husband of  Helen Mann
Helen Mann, daughter of Dwight J.  Mann and Emily J. DeWolf
Born:  July 1864, New York
Died:  1924, Genesee Co., New York
Their daughter, Ina May Clancy
Born:  1894   Died:  1895

Descendants of Pierre L. Clancy

Generation No. 1

1.  PIERRE L. CLANCY  (MILTON) was born July 1859 in New York, and died 1932 in Genesee Co., New York.  He married HELEN MANN 1894, daughter of DWIGHT MANN and EMILY DEWOLF.  She was born July 1864 in New York, and died 1924 in Genesee Co., New York.
     
Child of PIERRE CLANCY and HELEN MANN is:
                   i.    IDA MAY CLANCY, b. 1894, Genesee Co., New York; d. 1895, Genesee Co., New York.