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Robert Chappelle Posts: 3 Joined: 19th Feb 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 11:09 on 20th February 2009 My name is Bob Chappelle from Saugerties, Ulster County, New York. Saugerties in a small town about 100 miles up the Hudson River from New York whose main claim to fame was the 2nd Woodstock Rock Concert. Although I was taken on a tour of the site by a town official just prior to the event I didn’t attend. I am a soon to be 65 year old retired gentleman who is able to spend the majority of his time with hobbies of which I have a number & always looking for more. Although I do enjoy photography as a hobby, I wouldn’t say I even rate as high as an amateur, but do enjoy taking pictures now & then. I have done some editing of new & repair of old photos & using them with video in making home movies of my family history. I have much to learn. Genealogy is my primary hobby & the reason why I came across POE. Most of my other hobbies are as a result of that or involved with it. A large part of my ancestry came to the New England / New York areas from all over England prior to 1700, a number of them on the Mayflower. I hope to visit the areas that they left to come here. I worked for nearly 40 years for Philips & visited a number of factories in Europe over the years. One of the last, was one in Southport, England. While I spent most of that visit working, my wife who had come along, enjoyed seeing much of Merseyside & Liverpool with friends that she met early in the visit. We both enjoyed the country and the people we met. We hope to visit England many more times.
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Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:58 on 20th February 2009 Welcome to the POE website and forum Robert from both of us (Anna and Ron) where you will find many like minded people from all over the world. They really are a wonderful family of friends who actually care about one another and help out when they can but above all have one thing at least in common.....they love www.PicturesOfEngland.com . We hope you also are able to spend many hours enjoying the pictures. |
Cathy E. Posts: 8474 Joined: 15th Aug 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 13:59 on 20th February 2009 A warm welcome from me too Robert! Glad you enjoy the site and hope you can join us in the forum threads for a bit of family fun! I am sure you can tell I have a big family history from England too just from my name. Although I haven't been to England yet I hope to visit soon! My great uncle was a genealogist. He traced the England family to the late 1600's and has published a book which now resides in the Federal Library. It is titled "Joseph England and His Descendants" by C. Walter England. |
Barbara Shoemaker Posts: 1764 Joined: 4th Jan 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 14:38 on 20th February 2009 Welcome, Robert! What a fascinating hobby, genealogy. My ancestors all, as far as we know, came from Great Britain and Ireland which probably explains my affinity for "our" England.  |
Krissy Posts: 15430 Joined: 8th Jul 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 14:54 on 20th February 2009 Welcome Robert!! |
| Cathy E. Posts: 8474 Joined: 15th Aug 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 15:18 on 20th February 2009 Don't forget to sign up here too! http://www.picturesofengland.com/forum/Off-Topic_Chat/1448 |
| Robert Chappelle Posts: 3 Joined: 19th Feb 2009 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:45 on 20th February 2009 Enjoyed Cheri’s article on the Gregorian calendar in the Genealogist’s section of Pictures of England wed site...was aware of it but still learned a little more. Also noticed & checked out her tour web site & I am very interested in that as well. My wife & I have planed on vacation trips to England for quite some time. What she offers is just what we had in mind. Solves one of my problems of my having to drive on the "wrong" side of the road.….. Afraid that I might hurt someone before I got squared away with that. We are both retired and would normally be free to go at any time, but my own health issues & now the economy present problems for us. Only have recently joined the POE site (1 day) & have learned a lot already without even doing what I had intended to in the first place, that being looking at scenes of ancestral hometowns. Appreciate the warm welcome & looking forward to a lot of good times with all of you. Thanks, Catherine....... I'll check out that chat as well |
Diana Sinclair Posts: 10119 Joined: 3rd Apr 2008 Location: USA | quotePosted at 18:49 on 20th February 2009 Hi Bob and welcome to the POE family! |
Stephanie Jackson Posts: 3911 Joined: 13th Apr 2008 Location: UK | quotePosted at 19:19 on 20th February 2009 Welcome Bob! |
Sue H Posts: 8172 Joined: 29th Jun 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 23:32 on 20th February 2009 I've dabbled in geneology, it's very addictive and I had to put it aside while the children were little. Probably time I got back into it again. I'm glad that you have found POE, and I know you will love looking at all the pictures. Look forward to seeing you here on the forums. |
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Hello Bob, and welcome to POE.