Life From The Roots

My photo (above), ca 2000 taken at Grove St. Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. The new photo by Rob, with plaque I always ask permissio...

 Erastus Cross was murdered and his name is on two different cemetery stones. Is that unusual, perhaps not, but to be in two countries, the ...

A cold January day in Nahant, Massachusetts. Boston is in the distance. Nahant , Essex Co., Massachusetts Nahant Library (...

The death certificate of my great grandfather YATES A. ADAMS shows the kind of information I wish I didn't have to read or believe...

In the recent National Genealogical Society's (NGS) magazine there is an article which really caught my eye. It was the President's...

My 5th great-grandfather, Moses WESTOVER was both a Loyalist and a Revolutionary War Patriot.  WESTOVER is one of my favorite surnames becau...

Ever hear of The Simpson's TV show? Did you know there is a connection between my library, the Adams Library in Chelmsford, Massachuse...

Manasseh Cutler was probably the most accomplished of all my ancestors. Pastor at Hamilton Congregational Church for 52 years. This...

Manasseh Cutler Hamilton Cemetery, Hamilton, Essex Co., Massachusetts Born:  May 13, 1742, Killingly, Windham Co., Connecticut Di...

No words could explain my delight when I found out about a year ago that Georgia O'Keeffe and I are related.   Fourth cousin once remove...