I was just about to delete this message I sent to the Boyd net list, when I thought that the information that it contains would be useful for other Net list that I am on. The short messages is that the more information that you can find BEFORE you COME to Ireland the greater CHANCE you have of find the RIGHT FAMILY YOU ARE LOOKING FOR and the staff at the various Libraries MIGHT BE ABLE ASSIST you to the right location, etc So if you are planning to travel to Ireland to look for "your family/ies" you will need to:- 1) Tell the net list's that you are on WHOM YOU ARE LOOKING FOR; WHAT PERIOD; AND KNOWN LOCATION. (While Scotland is relatively small, there is no since of looking in Ayrshire when the family is in Perthshire. Even then a single County can be a large place to try to find the "right" family. 2) Tell you Net list what sources you have looked at, so that list members can advise you of other sources you need to look - perhaps before you go or when you arrive. (There is no good in going to Ayr (Town), when the information is in Portencross.) 3) And do not forget to ask about the spouse families as they might have all information that you are after. 4) You will need to write out what information you have AND WHAT INFORMATION YOU WANT. There is nothing worse than getting home and finding out I should have asked a question that you forgot about. 5) I am sure that there are other TIPS that other list Members - both old and new - can add to this to help list members get the full value out of their first or next trip to Ireland to look for their families. 6) You also need to check with Libraries you plan to visit, that they are not having a local holiday (I have been going to Scotland since 2005, but I both forgot and did not have did not check to see if the Burns Centre in Kilmarnock was going to be opened on the four days I was visiting, so I lost two of the four days I was there. So I should have visited the PLACES I DID VISIT IN A DIFFERENT ORDER. (You are not the FIRST PERSON TO TRAVEL TO SCOTLAND TO LOOK FOR YOUR FAMILY.) Good hunting Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ps. If you are on other net list feel free to post post it to them as each Net list need to have this discussion. -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd via Sent: Monday, October 12, 2015 10:38 AM To: boyd@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOYD] Will you be going overseas to look for your family in htenext year? List I am just in the process of answering a Email that I received while I was away by someone who went to County Antrim to to find where their relatives lived and while I was at PRONI a couple from Iowa, US where trying to find their ancestors in County Antrim, but did not know where in Antrim they came from. Both point to the need to tell the list, so others can help you with your visit and point out some of the likely places. People on his list might already know your family and be able to tell you which house, Church, Cemetery, farm etc your family came from. While others might be able tell you where you may nee to go find some of this information at the Local Studies Library and even if there is an local historian in that area that might be able to help. You are not the FIRST Boyd to go back to Ireland, Scotland, etc to look for your family, so you need to get full value for your trip (as it might be the only one your make) and it would be a great pity if because you did not ask the “corporate knowledge” of this list and other lists – such as the the LOCATION net list at rootsweb.com – that you missed out on seeing something that other people might have been able to help you. (My late wife’s cousin was working in London in the early 1980’s and was going to County Donegal to visit the area where his ancestors 6 generation before lived. He and his wife visited the village and spoke to the Post Office but he was not able to help, but the Post master sent him to visit a Mrs Cassidy who was the oldest person about, in her 80’s, whoever when he got to her house she had come to town to go some shopping from the farm she lived on. So he took some photos of the house and area around it which we got a few weeks later. My wife was able to advise him that was the house that his family had lived in the 1850’s. But when I visited in 2005, the old house had been pulled down to build a brand new house.) You will need to take as much information with you as is known by your family, so that can be used by people in the Country you are visiting and not trust your own memory. Even if you take County Antrim – which is only about 40 by 20 miles or 60 or 30 kms in area – you could be looking in the wrong corner altogether. So if you are thinking of going to the County of your families origins next northern Summer, start shortly to tell the list shortly so it can help you “plan” your trip, etc And you visit, you can’t do it in a single day. You will need to talk to “locals” on the ground – who might be out shopping the day you call – or be able to point you to other people whom might be bale to help you. Good hunting Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HBS ==================== *** Remember to trim your message before hitting send or your message may be held on the server for being too large due to excessive quoting. *** Deleting quotations of earlier messages will help keep within the limits when replying. Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. ====================================== {{{{{{{{{ Want to HOST a BOYD Tent at events near you? You must be a Member of House of Boyd and have official standing as a Convenor. 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