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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.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Pool or Poole, One of the Hardest Tombstone Tuesday posts to Photograph

I think it is beginner's luck to find your family cemetery stone in the first row, if that is where you begin looking first. Yes, I was very lucky. The photo below is for my 3rd cousin, 5 times removed, and not only is it up front, there is a stone wall around almost two sides of it. Getting a decent photo was made difficult because of the angle, and shade. However, as you can see below, I lightened the stone, as seen by the background and cropped as much as possible. Last step was to straighten the picture.
In memory of
Mr.
Jonathan Pool
who died 25-08
1807 aged 60.

Original photo below.

These two pictures (above and below) show the wall.

Above photo of Jonathan's daughter's tombstone.

In memory of Miss
Nancy Pool, dau.
of Mr. Jonathan and
Mrs. Ann Pool
who died 21 Feb.
1789 aged ___.

 Note: I really wish I had moved those leaves. My records show Nancy was 16, and I plan on retaking this photo.

Taken at Laural Hill Cemetery in Reading, Massachusetts, where I have other direct ancestors and family members buried.