25 March 2008 21:38:20 | Comments (0)
My uncle has long been collecting and collating a wealth of information about my family history and has put together a fairly comprehensive family tree going back about five generations. I’ve recently become interested in what he has compiled and actually posted an outline of it online at Geni a free family tree website. (If you’re interested, you can take a look at our public tree.)
But we’re stuck. In the Ellenwood line, we can’t seem to get any further back than my third-great-grandfather, John S(tark?) Ellenwood. I believe I have connected his wife, Sophia (Wilson) to another family tree through ancestry.com, but I’m most interested in tracing the Ellenwood family name.
After looking at scans of orignal U.S. Census records from the mid-1800’s I am quite confident that John S. Ellenwood was born in Maine right around 1810 and resided for at least 20-30 years in Pelham, New Hampshire employed as a stone cutter. His son Alonzo is my second-great-grandfather and from there, my family has a fairly solid view of our lineage. Anyone know anything more about John S. Ellenwood of Pelham, NH? I’d love to hear from you!
19 March 2008 10:30:39 | Comments (0)
After my previous post, I found another local coffee shop worth noting. Columbia Grounds, located on the northeast corner of Central Avenue and 33rd Avenue in northeast Minneapolis, is another great spot to kick back and enjoy your favorite coffee creation or even lunch. They offer coffee, a small but full menu of soups, sandwiches, burgers and other foods, beer & wine and my favorite: Chili. Not to mention free wifi, art installations and fairly regular entertainment.
3 January 2008 22:16:48 | Comments (0)
One of my favorite pastimes is to find a local coffee shop and frequent it as often as I possibly can. I’m not talking about the chain-gang Starbucks & Caribou-type places, I’m talking about genuine, locally owned & operated establishments with real character. Much of the character being owed entirly to the characters that patronize these establishments, of course. I love the diversity, the clash of perspectives, world-views and styles. It is truly a joy to enjoy such places.
In La Crosse, (my former place of residence) the only local shop with real character is Jules Coffee House on Pearl Street, downtown. I know there are many other local place, but frankly, non of the other local shops have the character I’m referring to. No offense to any of these other fine establishments; they just aren’t my cup-o-coffee.
In the Twin Cities area (where I’m located now) the search for local places is far more difficult. There’s just so many more streets to search. one recent find is Audubon Coffee at the corner of Johnson St. & 29th St. in North Minneapolis. It could almost be Jule’s long lost twin of a cafe.
Hopefully as I find more hot spots, I’ll take the time to post them
