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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, November 26, 2018

Londonderry's Leach Library, New Hampshire


Londonderry Leach Library
276 Mammoth Road
Londonderry, NH 03053 (603) 432-1132
Website: http://www.londonderrynh.org/Pages/LondonderryNH_LeachLibrary/index

I visited this library over two years ago, but forgot to take a photo of the Library's name, so I had to wait until I returned. Some of the photos were taken in the spring of 2016, and the others in early November 2018.
Main entrance, and check out book desk on the left.
Lovely reference desk.


A reference librarian brought me to the historical room, after I requested to see the room for a few minutes. I noticed a difference in the door, and new sign. Apparently, it was decided not to have clear glass on the door, and a room policy needed to be posted outside the room.




The room is rather small. All the holdings were in the cabinets below. At least the blinds were drawn, blocking out the sun. My photos before were quite washed out.

To find out what the library offers for genealogists and researchers, go to their website http://www.londonderrynh.org/Pages/LondonderryNH_LeachLibrary/index, and select Reference Services. At the bottom you will see this listing:
Subject


I noticed the above flyer, and the librarian made me a copy, shown below.




Main reading room.

Children's Room.





Nice place to read or think.

Below are two huge notebooks done by a boy scout troop, I think working on their eagle badge. If you have somebody buried in this cemetery, these volumes are what you want to look at. The draft of this helped me immensely in 2016 (as shown below).


In 2016, the Librarian showed me a binder with enough information, to help me to find the gravestone of Aaron Cutler. To show you what the scouts did, I posted photos below.


 I was lucky there was a photo.

A detailed information sheet and photo of this cemetery stone. This person is in Section R, Grave 18.
Map of the Cemetery. There is a stone wall on the bottom, near the street, and the entrance is in the middle between A and M. My Mr. Cutler is in section R (see red arrow). Diagram 3, my 3rd sheet, shows the layout for Section R, and grave 18 (red arrow) in the last row.

I found the grave stone without much trouble. Valley Cemetery is large and hilly, and if I didn't have the above work sheets, I wouldn't have found what I wanted to see. One of my favorite posts, My Perfect Research Project documented this, along with other discoveries.
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