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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.

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Woburn Public Library / Winn Memorial Library, Woburn, Massachusetts
























Woburn Public Lbrary
Also known as Winn Memorial Library
Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts


This library is one of the largest I've been in, but the most crowded. There are plans to raise funds to eventually enlarge this Library.

Copy of a painting of Thomas Carter's Ordination Ceremony. He was my 9th great-grandfather.
Genealogy books behind locked cabinet.
Microfilm cabinets, below.

I love the reading room. So many books and no space for more. Nobody was allowed to climb the stairs.

Extremely small computer area (above) and tiny Children's room (below).

Woburn books (above) and genealogy 
information below.
What I saw as I entered the Library.

Gleason Public Library, Carlisle, Massachusetts (Genealogy Section)

This is another library that had a huge addition. Carlisle, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts is a very small town, but their Library, the Gleason Public Library, was one of my favorites. Librarian spent quite a bit of time with me, and took me to the old section of the Library.

Books about Carlisle. (Above and two photos below.)




The old section of the Library is upstairs, under lock and key. Doesn't appear to be used for anything other than light storage.

 
Lovely woods behind the Library.

J. V. Fletcher Library, Westford, Massachusetts (Genealogy Section)

J. V. Fletcher Library
Westford, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts
1895


Stained glass above the front door.
Genealogy Section.
The above photo and 3 below were taken in the old section of the Library, and is under lock and key. I loved the wooden blinds.



Looking down on the Reading Room.