William Morse Berry Park (Minneapolis, Minnesota)

I found your blog interesting. I hope you can find some photos. I would love to see them. I always think 'gardening' comprises more than just fiddling with plants in a bit of ground behind your house. Something like this adds variety, and makes it more personal and individual.

I'm on the lookout for an email address and I'll then ask about photos of the park. I previously found information online (with photos) but can't seem to locate it at the moment. A lot of the detailed information on the net is copyright as well so don't want to copy it and get into trouble.

I'll update as and when, Hywel. Pleased you found the blog interesting...it was rather long with just print.

most interesting Jacquie,i too have traced my family tree it sort of consumesyou once you start ..i used Ancestry.co.uk & found it a fantastic site..i found my father who id never known but had died 8 yrs ago.. and traced his family and got photos of my father.. the thing you can do today on net....

Pleased you liked the bog, Joanella and that you share an interest in geneology. You will have been so happy to trace your father's photos (sadly after his passing). My hubby has taken up tracing his side of the family (needs a hobby now we're retired). The web is certainly a goldmine of information.

My mom's side of the family is very interesting too and we have quite a lot of information on that but my dad's side (Berry) is still a mystery to me....so that's where I'm going to research presently.

Wow that was interesting, your love of gardening and flowers must have passed down to you from your great Uncle. I have also researched my ancestors on both sides as far back as Great Great grandparents, but nothing as interesting as your find, my great granddad and Grandad were both Lamplighters and Knocker up's on the streets of Salford. I also researched my husbands famiily back to the greatgrand parents, my husband lost two uncles in the 1st War and his grandad was born in milatry quarters in Lucklow India. I found a couple of free sites on the Internet if you are interested I will P.M them to you;0)

Thanks, PP.....It's fun to uncover the past. My one regret is that I didn't ask more questions of my parents when they were still with us. I did hear lots of stories about my mom's side of the family (some were fabrications...she came from a large family of 13 and boy could they invent some whoppers!) but my dad's family was always a mystery to me. And of course once I married there was another whole family tree!

I'll look out for you PM...ta.

I also wish I had found out more from my parents, I think thats why I have done out trees so at least the youngsters in our families will have a good start, will send the web sites ;0)

Ta, PP...received the links. :)

good luck with your dads side of the family J..
pp i am sending you a PM..

A very interesting blog,Whistonlass,I enjoyed reading it.I keep toying with the idea of tracing family,its just making the effort to start....
Carole,will you let me know the free sites you found,when we meet up next week please?.It might just give me the push I need to get started..:o)

Joanella....I tried to get some information from one of the sites you gave me details of but it seems you can only go so far with your research and then like other geneology sites you have to join.

We did consider joining ancestry.co.uk but it is £150/yr. and wonder if it is justified. We shall see...with both hubby and I interested and each of us having our own laptop it could well be a justified expense. Hubby is much better at research than I am....I end up all confused and he has to sort me out with all my info! lol

Bloomer....it would be a nice hobby to have in the winter months when there isn't so much to do in your garden....worth a consideration if you are interested. You do meet some lovely people as you research.

A very interesting blog W'lass....my OH does a lot of genealogy and certainly gets his money's worth from Ancestry.co.uk. About a year ago he found a whole branch of my friend next door's family in Canada that they didn't know existed. It resulted in many letters passing between 2 half sisters both in their 90's and a visit to Canada by my friend and husband. They are all thrilled and my OH is delighted to have made it possible. This is the side of genealogy I find interesting rather than names on paper dating back hundreds of years. I'd be no good at it as I can't ever remember who's who! LOL. I'm good at deciphering the handwriting in old records though! :o))

Yes, Lily...I think it's a great hobby...I do wonder if I would stick with it because of my tendency to get easily confused with my poor memory. It's wonderful that your OH was able to assist your friend to locate relatives in Canada...and even to accomplish their reunion.

If my hubby continues his interest I will suggest again that he join the site. I could argue that he can join ancestry co.uk and I could get the garden done...maybe not quite a fair exchange but it might work! lol

Mmm....not sure ?150 would get too much done in your garden that wouldn't also involve him in some hefty DIY.....so maybe not such a good deal from his point of view. Poor memory, confusion?....ooh that does sound familiar W'lass :o((

Ah yes, Lily, but he also got a laptop from me for his birthday this summer....so you see things are adding up....lol...(at least that's my point of view).

I agree though the £150 would only be a spec in the ocean! :(

Whistonlass I loved this blog! You must be so proud of your link to this, and what a really interesting section of history these Park blogs are getting to be! Thank you so much for posting!!! I love it :~))x

Thanks Flori...I'm looking forward to finding out a little more about this man, Wm. Morse Berry and it's lovely that others are re-living park memories too.

enjoyed reading your blog Wlass, interesting things we can find out , been to minnesota (mousse lake) 6 years ago while the snow was down, lovely, so enjoyed it, went to see a friend there ;o)) memories

I've never been to the Wm. Morse Berry park as I wasn't aware of it when I was visiting Minnesota at the young age of 16...I went to Rush Lake, Minnesota to stay with a friend...I loved the scenery around all the lakes (some were like oceans!...so big) and we drove to Duluth. Nice memories as you say, San.

amazing lakes Wlass , so vast and so different it over here, lovely people to ;o))