Steve Smith said:Hello. Welcome from the Isle of Wight. For our US friends, that's the little bit hanging off the bottom of England which you might just be able to see on your maps.
Steve
roteague said:Actually, I know where it is, because Baxter Bradford lives close to there, and I asked him where it was.
Steve Smith said:I didn't want you to confuse it with Isle of Wight County, New Engalnd!!!
Steve.
t_nunn said:Or Isle of Wight County in Virginia
t_nunn said:The one in Virginia is the only one I know of (only because I live in Virginia), but its very possible there is an Isle of Wight county in another state.
Steve Smith said:No, I think I was confused. There is a New Hampshire and I thought Isle of Wight County was near to or part of that. The 'real' Isle of Wight used to be part of Hampshire until we became a county in 1971.
Add this to the other English names such as Portsmouth, Southampton, Newport, Sussex, etc. which appear in either Virginia and New England and the confusion increases!!
I can remember my mother showing me an old photograph, probably 1920's, of a distant family member who emigrated to Isle of Wight County and set up a grocery store. I will have to see if I can find it.
Steve.
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