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    1. Re: [AYR] Derrykeighan Old Church Graveyard, by Dorothy Arthur, 2012
    2. Cliff. Johnston via
    3. Any idea if there are Johnstons in the book? Good hunting, Cliff. On Saturday, November 28, 2015 7:23 PM, Mike Boyd via <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> wrote: During my trip in September/October 2015 to Belfast, I found the above book. Dorothy not only have copied the grave inscription but also some how provided a family tree for that grave (which is very helpful to make sure that this grave fits the family you are researching.  “Most” of the names are Scottish, so if your Scottish family migrated to this area of Northern County Antrim, it would be worth either finding a copy in your Library or contacting Dorothy herself on Email dorothy@ballymoneygraveyard.com  to see where you can buy it from. I can’t recall where I bought the book during this trip or how much I paid for it. There are some 257 graves recorded in it, with only 7 graves that are classed as unreadable. When I went to the 2010 Ballymoney Homecoming, Dorothy had written two other books on one of the Cemeteries there (which is still in one of my packing boxes form my moving houses, so I can’t compare the two books).  But I do recall in that book and as we walked the Cemetery, Dorothy said that people lived in various areas and passed one or two Churches to be buried at Ballymoney.  So that might also be the case of Derrykeighan. I can see from the Index that the name Boyd occurs on 24 pages, so I will have to hurry and sort out my papers form this years trip, so I can start to check to see if any of these are parts of the 82 Boyd Family Chapters I have for County Antrim.  If not I will have create new Family Chapters for these graves and the families outlined. If your family has “disappeared” form Ayrshire or Renfrewshire, they MAY HAVE GONE to northern County Antrim.  So this an the two earlier books on Ballymoney Church yards might tell you where your family migrated to. Thank you Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

    11/29/2015 04:27:13