Life From The Roots

Time flies, and it doesn't seem possible that I am close to posting my 100th different surname on my blog (see right-hand side for listi...

A book review is something I’ve never done, but when I won a book, Branching Out: Kids Genealogy for High School Students Lessons 1-15 ...

My mother and her sister in their back yard. Probably early 1930s.

Eleazer Ball Born:  About 1650 Died:  November 14, 1698 Eleazer was my 8th great-grandfather. "Here Lies Ye Body of Ele...

Goodnow Library 21 Concord Rd, Sudbury, MA 01776 Phone:   (978) 443-1035 One of my earliest ancestors, Thomas Goodenow (1608 - 1666) ...

Garden in the Woods 180 Hemenway Road Framingham, MA  Website:  http://www.newenglandwild.org/visit/Garden-in-the-Woods "New En...

The previous blog post was an introduction to the Brunswick and Topsham, Maine cemetery project done by my husband's uncle and cousin. S...

On a recent trip to Brunswick , Cumberland  Co., M aine to visit my husband's uncle, I inquired about his cemetery books, they covered c...

Ebenezer Wilder Born:   June 23, 1683, Lancaster, Worcester Co., Massachusetts Died:  December 25, 1745, Lancaster, Worcester Co., Mass...

Twenty-one of my direct ancestors were Founders of Windsor, Connecticut. A list of all the founders is below, with my directs in blue. The p...