Two Women Authors Speak on their Books at Historical Society Meeting

Two local women authors spoke about their books at the annual meeting of the Ross County Historical Society.

Lynn Carden spoke on her discoveries, in her family's Bourneville home since the Civil War, in the "The Women of Robertson Place - A Family Saga."

She said the property has been passed down through the women of the family, so she felt that aspect of women's history needed to be placed in the public domain.

She inherited the property and made discoveries in its buildings, including a chest found in an attic.

Melody Lapczynski wrote "The Carlisle - The History and the Renovation" while she was working two doors down and watching it gradually be rescued after the 2004 arson fire.

Her documentation includes the arrival of the Carlisle family in pioneer Chillicothe, and the gradual splintering of the ownership of the 1885 building into hundreds of fractions.

She's now working on her next book, on the Ohio Military Hall of Fame.

Kevin Coleman reports on Chillicothe & Ross County government, politics, & culture

Lynn Carden's "The Women of Robertson Place - A Family Saga" and Melody Lapczynski's "The Carlisle - The History and the Renovation"
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    Melody Lapczynski wrote "The Carlisle - The History and the Renovation" while she was working two doors down and watching it gradually be rescued after the 2004 arson fire.
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    Lynn Carden spoke on her discoveries, in her family's Bourneville home since the Civil War, in the "The Women of Robertson Place - A Family Saga."
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    A log book from the 1850s Robertson shop in Bourneville
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    Lynn Carden shows historical photo the men of Robertson Place
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    Certificates given to the two authors: Lynn Carden for "The Women of Robertson Place - A Family Saga" and Melody Lapczynski for "The Carlisle - The History and the Renovation"

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