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Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 12:59 on 31st December 2008 Welcome Mary Jo and a happy New Year to you! (although we have the time zone advantage and will be celebrating a little before you. And then there is Wolf, who's before us!!) My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Richard Sellers Posts: 4691 Joined: 16th Jul 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 13:12 on 31st December 2008 On 31st December 2008 02:24, Mary Jo March wrote: Hello from America. I have been doing a great deal of family research on my English ancestors. I am finding all the different areas where they had lived before coming to America. Personally I wish they had stayed in England. I love your very old architecture, norman churches, stone bridges, and especially your thatched roof houses. Although I have a new house, I would rather have a thatched roof English cottage. I also love the way you plant so many flowers around your homes, that is something that I do too. My families left England in the early 1600's, and prospered in New England. But we do not seem to have any architectural beauty or love of history. If we have a lovely old building that is 100 years old, they think it should be torn down. I am looking forward to chatting with all you Englishmen and women. Hope to hear from you. Mary Jo Hear Hear Mary Jo ! you and i need to start a club or a support group for people like you and me !!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 15:51 on 31st December 2008 Welcome Mary Jo to this wonderful site. If you love the quintessential English cottage, you will love Roses (another forum member) tour, here I'll link it for you http://www.picturesofengland.com/user/Roses/tour/Home_Sweet_Home The most beautiful English cottages you could wish to see. Good luck with your family history. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Andy Edwards Posts: 1900 Joined: 14th Mar 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 15:53 on 31st December 2008 I can heartily recommend Roses tour, it's brilliant!! My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK	quotePosted at 17:28 on 31st December 2008 Hi Mary Jo, welcome and Happy New Year. I come from the Black Country which is right in the heart of England. My sister has also traced our ancestors. Most of them moved the the Black Country for work when the Industrial Revolution started - that is why it was named the Black Country because of all the coal, as well as the smoke in the atmosphere from all the factories. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Mary Jo March Posts: 18 Joined: 30th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:04 on 1st January 2009 On 31st December 2008 02:55, Paul Hilton wrote: Welcome to PoE Mary Jo and look forwards to reading your posts and , hopefully, vice versa too. My own family, instead of heading off for thousands of miles, took some 900 years to move about 25. Must have been happy where they were up North. Paul: Thank you for your welcome. One advaantage not to have ancestors who moved away is that you can learn about your family history locally. Mary Jo My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Mary Jo March Posts: 18 Joined: 30th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:09 on 1st January 2009 On 31st December 2008 12:59, Andy Edwards wrote: Welcome Mary Jo and a happy New Year to you! (although we have the time zone advantage and will be celebrating a little before you. And then there is Wolf, who's before us!!) Thank you Andy for welcoming me. I am spending New Year's eve at home, safe and sound. It seems as though all the drunk drivers crawl out of the wood work around here on New Year. Actually this is a rural area, but our county profile shows that we have a high amount of drunk drivers. Mary Jo My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Mary Jo March Posts: 18 Joined: 30th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:14 on 1st January 2009 On 31st December 2008 13:12, Richard Sellers wrote: On 31st December 2008 02:24, Mary Jo March wrote: Hello from America. I have been doing a great deal of family research on my English ancestors. I am finding all the different areas where they had lived before coming to America. Personally I wish they had stayed in England. I love your very old architecture, norman churches, stone bridges, and especially your thatched roof houses. Although I have a new house, I would rather have a thatched roof English cottage. I also love the way you plant so many flowers around your homes, that is something that I do too. My families left England in the early 1600's, and prospered in New England. But we do not seem to have any architectural beauty or love of history. If we have a lovely old building that is 100 years old, they think it should be torn down. I am looking forward to chatting with all you Englishmen and women. Hope to hear from you. Mary Jo Hear Hear Mary Jo ! you and i need to start a club or a support group for people like you and me !!! Richard, thank you for welcoming me, I see you are a fellow American, so you know what I am talking about. I think you and I are misplaced Englishmen. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:17 on 1st January 2009 Hi Mary Jo: If you love England, stick with this website and forum. It's a great group and the photos are fabulous. My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions
Mary Jo March Posts: 18 Joined: 30th Jan 2008 Location: USA	quotePosted at 03:19 on 1st January 2009 On 31st December 2008 15:51, Sue H. wrote: Welcome Mary Jo to this wonderful site. If you love the quintessential English cottage, you will love Roses (another forum member) tour, here I'll link it for you http://www.picturesofengland.com/user/Roses/tour/Home_Sweet_Home The most beautiful English cottages you could wish to see. Good luck with your family history. Sue, thank you for welcoming me to your forum. I looked at the site you gave me and it is wonderful. I would like to trade my new house for one of the beautiful cottages. I am a flower gardener, so I would appreciate all of the flowers. Everyone is so kind and friendly in this forum, I am so glad to have found it. Mary Jo My favourite: Pictures \| Towns \| Attractions