Hello Stan and welcome to this forum and please come back anytime. You will meet some wonderful people here.

It really is a small world isn't it. You'll have to let us know more about where you live too. It is always fascinating to hear from people who either live or have lived in a certain place. I am looking forward to you sharing with us about your home town. :)

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Hi Evelyn and friends,
As I had mentioned before, Shirley and I used to live in the city of Taunton, in Massachusetts. Taunton was my birthplace, but Shirleu was born in Cambridge. (Ihave to trip the Ivy off her at least twice a year). Taunton has quite a history. Taunton began as a Saxon Village and was called Tone Tun. The Saxon word for Tun means farm or estate. The wird Tone is Celtic and may mean Roaring River. Taunton England is the sister city for Taunton, Massachusetts. In 1639 Taunton had grown from a small village to a town. In 1864 it became a city. Although the city itself is relatively small in size, in geographical terms it is the largest city in Massachusetts. Taunton is one of the first communities where a woman was instrumental in it's founding. She was known as Squaw BettyIn the center of the city is a one acre square parcel know as The Taunton Green. On October 21, 1774 the heroic Patriots raised the Liberty&Union Flag on Taunton Green resenting the first patriotic flag to fly in the American colonies. Taunton also has buildings that were built in the 17th century that still stand today, including the historic Bristol County Superior Court House.Although we can't go back, through the technological breakthroughs we can visit when we want. Therefore, please enjoy the 2011 Taunton Christmas Parade. I beleave the population now is around 58,000 people.
GOD BLESS YOU
~Mike~

Massachusetts is where a branch of my family originally settled after immigrating from Scotland. They settled in Lexington before the Revolutionary War and were clock makers. Their name is Mullikin.

Very funny Helen, but then when you do ask them over and over, they accuse you of nagging, so the women can't win.

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If you enjoyed the video about Men's Brains, Women's Brains
you will like this one entitled .. >> Ask More Than Once (5 min)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwBKIQ__q7Q

Here's an oldie but still a good one, and yesterday, while I was out and about, I heard it on the radio, and again it was one of those songs that kept spinning in my head. So, I found this version on youtube. Hope everyone enjoys it.

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Hi Evelyn and friends,
As I had mentioned before, Shirley and I used to live in the city of Taunton, in Massachusetts. Taunton was my birthplace, but Shirleu was born in Cambridge. (Ihave to trip the Ivy off her at least twice a year). Taunton has quite a history. Taunton began as a Saxon Village and was called Tone Tun. The Saxon word for Tun means farm or estate. The wird Tone is Celtic and may mean Roaring River. Taunton England is the sister city for Taunton, Massachusetts. In 1639 Taunton had grown from a small village to a town. In 1864 it became a city. Although the city itself is relatively small in size, in geographical terms it is the largest city in Massachusetts. Taunton is one of the first communities where a woman was instrumental in it's founding. She was known as Squaw BettyIn the center of the city is a one acre square parcel know as The Taunton Green. On October 21, 1774 the heroic Patriots raised the Liberty&Union Flag on Taunton Green resenting the first patriotic flag to fly in the American colonies. Taunton also has buildings that were built in the 17th century that still stand today, including the historic Bristol County Superior Court House.Although we can't go back, through the technological breakthroughs we can visit when we want. Therefore, please enjoy the 2011 Taunton Christmas Parade. I beleave the population now is around 58,000 people.
GOD BLESS YOU
~Mike~

Massachusetts is where a branch of my family originally settled after immigrating from Scotland. They settled in Lexington before the Revolutionary War and were clock makers. Their name is Mullikin.

Hi Stan,
First, it is a pleasure to meet you. When people migrated fro other countries to Massachusetts, they usually had friends or relatives already living there, therefore those friends or relatives would become their sponsors to allow them to move to that location. This helped in many ways. If they did not already speak English, their sponsors would translate for them u ntil they were able to manage on their own. My fathers family moved from Quebec, Canada to the United States and settled in various locations. Therefore, this actually ties in with a subject of accents that I was discussing with Amanda. As Massachusetts was the beginning of the birth of North America, there were many languages and accents spoken there. A lot of the towns and cities were named after members of the first Pilgrim colonies that branched out to stake claims on their own territories. I will have to look it up, however some of the signers of the Declaration on Independence were residents of Taunton. There are more historical stories of Massachusetts than any other state. Although I was born in Taunton, and travelled to Plymouth often, I never once stepped foot on the MayFlower. Shirley and I took a trip back to Massachusetts a few years ago for her mother's funeral which was in Plymouth. We were determined that we would both take a tour of the MayFlower while we were there. After the funeral and the greetings with family and friends we decided to take our tour. When we got down to the dock we noticed something missing. All of the ships. We asked someone where they were and was told that they had all sailed to Boston for repairs the day before. As your ancestors were watch makers, one of my uncles who lived in New Bedford was a cobbler. There were many trades that were honed in other countries but found their mark in the United States. I believe that is what makes our country the greatest that there is. We have the knowledge of all countries that continues to make us the best.
GOD BLESS YOU
~Mike~

You already have 126 pages and if I started telling you about all the places I have lived I'm pretty sure this thread would become quite lengthy. My father has always been nomadic so I lived in a half dozen different cities before I started kindergarten, but after my parents divorced I lived in the same city in Nebraska with my grandparents for about eight years. That was the longest length of time I have ever lived anywhere.