Life From The Roots

Ipswich Public Library Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts Founded 1869 This was one of the first libraries I ever did research in....

Our northern trip yesterday to Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens in Boothbay, Maine took three hours, but it was worth it to see the las...

(Permission to use was granted by the FAG volunteer who posted it.) I don't always post obituaries to my blog, especially ...

Statue of Richard Saltonstall. The scene below depicts my ancestor, Roger Clap, soon after he landed, being greeted by the loc...

 Kittredge Park, Lowell, Massachusetts Many old timers of Lowell remember when Sen. Paul Tsongas planted, watered and tended to the ga...

Acton Memorial Library 1889 Built as a memorial to those who died in the Civil War. Addition at the entire back and side. The...

  Augustus Saint-Gaudens was cremated and is buried on his property. If you would like to see more of his house (above), studio a...