Hi Lauren Do you have Skype? Getting lots of conflicting info and would like a blether if possible. John Stewart Sent from my iPad > On 23 Jan 2016, at 02:45, Lauren Boyd McLachlan via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I beg to differ. > > mtDNA, except in very rare instsnces, is not of genealogical value. It is > of archaeological value. > > It will not connect you specifically to the Boyds. > > You need the Y - DNA test to determine the surname if the male involved in > the non-paternal event. You can then progress in your research at that > generation. > > mtDNA only mutates within every 5,000 to 10,000 years and does NOT track to > surnames. > > Y DNA mutates within 1,000 years, and tracks to surnames. > > Aye, > > Lauren who is mtDNA cousin to Cal Boyd and Also to Bennett Greenspan. > ...we don't track genealogically, because records don't exist going back to > our shared Ancient Mother. > ==================== > *** 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. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

For anyone working with DNA, I recommend downloading your raw DNA to GEDMatch if you tested through Ancestry, 23 &me or FTDNA Autosomal and FTDNA X as you will have access to a broader scope to compare segments of chromosomes. Mine is now divided by maternal and paternal lines, allowing me to know which side a match is on and compare segments of chromosomes. Though my Boyd is on my paternal side, it has removed all the maternal lines on GEDMatch making it less of a needle in a haystack. I tested through Ancestry and I am in a Boyd circle but it still hasn't gotten me back another generation as we are all stuck at the same generation. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 12:46 PM, John STEWART via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Hi Lauren > > Do you have Skype? > > Getting lots of conflicting info and would like a blether if possible. > > > John Stewart > > Sent from my iPad > > > On 23 Jan 2016, at 02:45, Lauren Boyd McLachlan via <boyd@rootsweb.com> > wrote: > > > > I beg to differ. > > > > mtDNA, except in very rare instsnces, is not of genealogical value. It > is > > of archaeological value. > > > > It will not connect you specifically to the Boyds. > > > > You need the Y - DNA test to determine the surname if the male involved > in > > the non-paternal event. You can then progress in your research at that > > generation. > > > > mtDNA only mutates within every 5,000 to 10,000 years and does NOT track > to > > surnames. > > > > Y DNA mutates within 1,000 years, and tracks to surnames. > > > > Aye, > > > > Lauren who is mtDNA cousin to Cal Boyd and Also to Bennett Greenspan. > > ...we don't track genealogically, because records don't exist going back > to > > our shared Ancient Mother. > > ==================== > > *** 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. Contact > the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the > ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering > of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco > Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- > September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > > > ______________________________________ > > > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > > > ==================== > > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- > to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. > Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > > ==================== > > > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > not just the author of the post. > > ==================== > > > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > > > ==================== > > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help > Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > > > ______________________________________ > > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. > The Society would not be what it is without you! > > ______________________________________ > > > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the > Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > > > ==================== > > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > > ==================== > > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > > > **************************** > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ==================== > *** 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. Contact > the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the > ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian > Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September > 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to > keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. > Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the > Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

Northern Arizona Celtic Heritage Society hosts a Celtic Festival each year in Flagstaff AZ in July. We however have not had a Boyd tent present. This year's festival is July 16 & 17 at Foxglenn Park. Benita > On Jan 22, 2016, at 7:56 PM, Lauren Boyd McLachlan via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > > I hosted the House of Boyd Society tent at 17 events in Northern California > yea. ... when they existed. I also ventured to So California looking for a > Convenor to host the games there. > > 30 is an overly ambitious number. I come up with 5 that used to be held... > Bakersfield, Costa Mesa, Loch Prado, Queen Mary and San Diego / Vista. > Loch Prado is no longer held. > > Aye, > > Lauren >> On Jan 21, 2016 6:44 AM, "Cal boyd via" <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: >> >> When I was the clan genealogist I lived in CA and attended about 15 games a >> year out of 30. I can't remember how many of the 30 were one time deals but >> I do know I didn't make all of them at least once. >> >> Awrabest, >> >> Cal >> >> Genealogist Emeritus >> House of Boyd (retired) >> ==================== >> *** 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. Contact >> the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the >> ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} >> >> >> >> House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of >> the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian >> Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September >> 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! >> >> Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. >> >> ______________________________________ >> >> Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd >> Society! >> http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml >> >> ==================== >> Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to >> keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. >> Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com >> ==================== >> >> This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com >> not just the author of the post. >> ==================== >> >> Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe >> mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd >> >> ==================== >> Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk >> for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ >> Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! >> >> ______________________________________ >> House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The >> Society would not be what it is without you! >> ______________________________________ >> >> Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the >> Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org >> >> ==================== >> Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org >> ==================== >> For Officers and other Contacts, see >> http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml >> >> **************************** >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > ==================== > *** 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. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I hosted the House of Boyd Society tent at 17 events in Northern California yea. ... when they existed. I also ventured to So California looking for a Convenor to host the games there. 30 is an overly ambitious number. I come up with 5 that used to be held... Bakersfield, Costa Mesa, Loch Prado, Queen Mary and San Diego / Vista. Loch Prado is no longer held. Aye, Lauren On Jan 21, 2016 6:44 AM, "Cal boyd via" <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > When I was the clan genealogist I lived in CA and attended about 15 games a > year out of 30. I can't remember how many of the 30 were one time deals but > I do know I didn't make all of them at least once. > > Awrabest, > > Cal > > Genealogist Emeritus > House of Boyd (retired) > ==================== > *** 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. Contact > the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the > ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of > the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian > Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September > 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd > Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to > keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. > Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com > not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe > mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk > for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The > Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the > Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see > http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >

I beg to differ. mtDNA, except in very rare instsnces, is not of genealogical value. It is of archaeological value. It will not connect you specifically to the Boyds. You need the Y - DNA test to determine the surname if the male involved in the non-paternal event. You can then progress in your research at that generation. mtDNA only mutates within every 5,000 to 10,000 years and does NOT track to surnames. Y DNA mutates within 1,000 years, and tracks to surnames. Aye, Lauren who is mtDNA cousin to Cal Boyd and Also to Bennett Greenspan. ...we don't track genealogically, because records don't exist going back to our shared Ancient Mother.

John, You need the mtDNA test. This tests the mother line- mother of mother etc. going back from your mother. So if you had Boyd cousins testing, it could make a match possible. On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 8:16 AM, John STEWART via <boyd@rootsweb.com> wrote: > Dear all > > Re the above, I have been in touch with the family tree DNA test and explained what I am looking for. > > Problem is that my grandfather was illegitimate and his mother was a Helen Boyd ( his name was James Stewart Boyd) > > It is her side of my tree that I want to investigate more > > According to Family tree that cannot be done under the above test. > > How do I access Boyd roots web as, according to Mike it would appear their I'd info there that may assist me. > > > > John Stewart > > Sent from my iPod > > ==================== > *** 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. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- Colin Brooks The 1718 Project CB1718project@gmail.com

Dear all Re the above, I have been in touch with the family tree DNA test and explained what I am looking for. Problem is that my grandfather was illegitimate and his mother was a Helen Boyd ( his name was James Stewart Boyd) It is her side of my tree that I want to investigate more According to Family tree that cannot be done under the above test. How do I access Boyd roots web as, according to Mike it would appear their I'd info there that may assist me. John Stewart Sent from my iPod

Yes Mike I did reply earlier today stating that the info I have on this couple. William Boyd is "supposed" to be correct according to the info I have which was passed down to me by my grandmother. I just only hope that the info she gave was correct OR was it something she was "told" that may not have been correct ?? Who knows for certain and I guess that I have no reason to disbelieve her ? How do I prove this ?? Cheers, Warren Stoddart Mannering Park On 06/01/2016, at 10:30 AM, Mike Boyd via wrote: > Does anyone have any information on a William Boyd of the 1800’s who lived at Swansea, NSW. He is THOUGHT to have married a “Eliza Freeman of Freeman Waterholes” > > Do you descend from this couple? > > Mike Boyd > 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. Contact the President or a Member of the Board to express your interest and get the ball rolling. http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml }}}}}}}} > > > > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2015 will be held in conjunction with the San Francisco Caledonian Club's 150th Highland Games & Gathering, Labor Day Weekend -- September 5th & 6th, 2015 Please plan on attending! > > Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > > ______________________________________ > > Support the Fellowship Activities of the Clan. Join the House of Boyd Society! > http://www.clanboyd.org/joinus.shtml > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > This list is set for replies to go to the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com not just the author of the post. > ==================== > > Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the PUBLICLY VIEWABLE archives: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=boyd > > ==================== > Got an issue that is beyond the purview of this list? Write the Help Desk for assistance http://helpdesk.rootsweb.com/ > Honor your fellow subscribers -- follow the Golden Rule! > > ______________________________________ > House of Boyd Society sends HUGE thank you to all of our volunteers. The Society would not be what it is without you! > ______________________________________ > > Want to contribute an article or query to the Dean Road? Contact the Editor at Editor@clanboyd.org > > ==================== > Visit the House of Boyd Society Website http://www.clanboyd.org > ==================== > For Officers and other Contacts, see http://www.clanboyd.org/officers.shtml > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BOYD-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Members When I have written to a number of you, I will have suggested that you should join the spouse named list of your Boyd and also join the various Location lists to “advertise” your family. While the Boyd list should be your “CENTRAL” or “PRIMARY” LIST for researching your Boyd family, there are a number lists you should be on at anyone time. This number will depend on who much time you have to work on your PC and the volume of traffic on each list. Your message to each list goes to archives which can be searched by people in the future which I understand some other platforms do not do. If you are on other roostsweb.com net list (or any other net list for that matter), you may wish to inform members of that list that there is a Boyd Net list at BOYD@rootsweb,com that cover all Boyd matters. There are people of this list that have experience in quite a number of areas. There is the House of Boyd Society. This runs Boyd tents at various locations – mainly in the USA – to help pass on our Boyd history to the Public. There is a website http://www.clanboyd.org We are building a Clan Boyd Pyramid of its descendants. (The Chairman of the Historical Committee has some 770 Boyd family Branches – some of these are only a page, while others are over 50 pages. He still have some 3,000 other Boyd families to process from his last 6 overseas trips.) We have a quarterly magazine called Dean Road, which all people are encouraged to submit articles to the Editor on a great number of issues So to help tell other people that there is a separate Boyd list you may wish to send a message to each of these other non-Boyd lists you are on to advise that there is a Boyd list that deals with all Boyd and Boyd descendant inquiries that they may wish to advertise their family and provde some details of the activities. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS

I assume that there are a “few” new members who have got a PC for Christmas and have now found the Boyd@rootsweb.com net list and are thinking I will just wait and watch for a while. Well if you do that the rest of the List members will not know your family or what material you are researching. The benefit of any rootsweb.com Net list is that it allows to inform others of what your family is and what information you are looking for. It also allows to to discuss when you have brick walls how you might get around them in your research, so that other people might ask you have you looked at source A or B. There will be people on this list who have had the same problems as you now have, so advertising your problem will stop you form pulling out your hair and all you to advance your research in the correct direction. We do not know how many Boyds or Boyd descendants there are in the World today, or which Countries they might have migrated to. (If a Scotsman went there, you will most likely find a Boyd family.) We do know the Clan stated in 1111 A. D., according to King George II in 1746 when he executed the fourth Earl of Kilmarnock, William Boyd, in London. It is know that the Head of the Clan spans 28 generations and averaged 4.6 children. If they all had 5 Children, this means that by the mid 1600’s there were some 5 Billion – yes Billion – Boyds or Boyd descendants in the World. We only reached 7 Billion a few years ago. So if the Head of the Clan only had 2 children each that would represent some 128 million Boyds or Boyd descendants in the World today. The last time I counted the Boyds on my PC I had some 300,000 names. That might have now risen to 400,000. So you can see there is only a faction of the total Boyds known. While you wish to find a few hundred Boyds. Some of these will be known to members of this list while most will be new and you may be listing Boyds from a new location that no one on the list has seem before. So post your family to the list so you can advertise it to other list members. You can post in two ways. The first is the earliest know Boyd, along with their spouse and their children – along with as much details as you currently know, names dates and locations. The second way to post your family is to do a direct tree from yourself back as far as you can go and including the spouses name for each generation. Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee House of Boyd Society

Thank you for that. Hopefully any Boyd and Macindoe researchers will now where to look for descendants of this William Boyd. >From the naming pattern in this family, IF HE HAD ANY CHILDREN, the first son MIGHT BE CALLED William Boyd. Mike Boyd From: E Cunningham Sent: Friday, January 22, 2016 2:44 AM To: Mike Boyd ; boyd@rootsweb.com ; AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [AYR] The family of William Boyd of Glasgow and Sarah Dunn Macindoe Mike: PA Death Certs 1906-1963 are online at Ancestry. Your William (X1) died 12 April 1917, parents as above, Cert #47185 ecunningham@att.net who is not related or searching for this individual.

Mike: PA Death Certs 1906-1963 are online at Ancestry. Your William (X1) died 12 April 1917, parents as above, Cert #47185 ecunningham@att.net who is not related or searching for this individual.

There were Boyds at Ardgour, northern Argyllshire – opposite Fort William from 1430 – who “worked” for the Maclean Laird of Ardgour. This is area can only support a small farming area, so over the centuries members would have had to migrate to produce food. so I am THINKING that a number of the Boyds from the Islands, Inverness and other parts of northern Scotland COULD come from this GROUP of Boyds who were part of Ewen Maclean’s army of 16. I do not know if any of these Boyds have done their DNA and if they mihgt match. Mike Boyd From: Lauren Boyd McLachlan Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2016 2:15 AM To: Mike Boyd ; boyd@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BOYD] Have you been to your local Scottish Games? Mike Per Clan Donald ' s Seneche, Rebecca Chessman, that Boyd is unrelated. It was an isolated person and his immediate family. Most who host the Donald tent have no idea why our name is on their list. The Donalds were the Lord's of the Isles. Aye, Lauren

When I was the clan genealogist I lived in CA and attended about 15 games a year out of 30. I can't remember how many of the 30 were one time deals but I do know I didn't make all of them at least once. Awrabest, Cal Genealogist Emeritus House of Boyd (retired)

Do any members know if there is an earlier book on United Free Church of Scotland Ministers please? If so can you give me details – title, author, year of publication. Or does anyone have access to this at their “local” Library to see what Boyds are listed? Thank you Mike Boyd 15F #7A

Members do you know this Boyd and Macindoe family? W1 William Boyd, b 9/7/1818 (town, Glasgow, Lanarkshire), d 14/4/1893 (town, etc), bu , m 31/8/1847 (church, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, Scotland), Sarah Dunn Macindoe, dau of Rev Peter Macindoe, of Mill Lane, Kimarnock, and ????????, b / /1825 (town, etc), d / /18xx ( ), died before or after 1893?, bu , and had issue:- [Lived: ] - Details? From Boyd family Tree, 1991, by Ian Cameron Boyd, page 1 (see Folder 15F # 7A). “William Boyd, born 9 July 1818, Glasgow. In 1841, William was a clerk (1841 Census of Barony). Married Sarah Dunn Macindoe, 31 Aug 1847, Kilmarnock, Scotland (by her father). William was an iron merchant in Glasgow. He suffered business difficulties in 1856, but these were surmounted (former business name: Boyd, Lawson and Co, Iron and Steel Merchants, Glasgow). By 1861, William re-established business under the name of: William Boyd and Co., Ironfounders – at Blythswood Fountary (in partnership with John McIndoe*). “In 1851 Census of Glasgow – 139 West Campbell St., Barony. 1861 Glasgow Census – Res. 212 West Regent St., Blythswood, Iron founder, employing 35 men, 14 boys. 1871 Glasgow Census – Res. 212 West Regent St., Blythswood, Iron Founder, employing 250 men and boys as moulders and labourers. After William retired, he lived at 1 Rosslyn Terrace, Glasgow; then 12 Argyle Cresent, Portobello. Died 14 Apr 1893, 12 Argyle Cresent, Portobello, Scotland.” * Is this John McIndoe a relative of Sarah’s? Mike Boyd’s Notes: With the five year gap between when William and Sarah were married in 1847 and the birth of William [X1] in 1852, would suggest that two or three children MIHGT HAVE been born to this couple and were either stillborn or died shortly after birth. X1 William Boyd, b 8/4/1852 (139 West Campbell St., Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc, USA?), living 1893, bu , m ? [Lived: ] - “William was an iron Founder, Pittsburgh, PA., USA.” X2 Margaret Park Boyd, b / /1854 (town, etc), Bapt. 3/9/1854 (church, Glasgow, Scotland)d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] X3 Eliza Jane Black Boyd, b 8/12/1856 (town, etc), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Eliza was originally named ‘Sarah Dunn Macindoe Boyd’, but name was changed on 17 Mar. 1857.” X4 Patrick Macindoe Boyd, b 7/4/1858 (65 Bath St. Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc, USA?), living 1893, bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Details? “Patrick was a Clerk, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA.” X5 Sarah Dunn Macindoe Boyd, b 31/10/1860 (6 Mansfield Place, Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] X6 David Boyd, b 30/8/1862 (212 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Details? From the 1994 IGI for the UK David BOYD (M)................. B: 30 Aug 1862 B: 23 Sep 1980 LOGAN Ba: C119271 Father: William BOYD Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, E: 7 Jan 1981 LOGAN So: 6035516 Mother: Sarah Dunn MACINDOE Scotland SP: 19 Feb 1981 LOGAN X7 Agnes Jane Boyd, b 19/8/1864 (212 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Details? From the 1994 IGI for the UK Agnes Jane BOYD (F)........... B: 19 Aug 1864 B: 2 Sep 1980 LOGAN Ba: C119271 Father: William BOYD Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, E: 11 Nov 1980 LOGAN So: 6035516 Mother: Sarah Dunn MACINDOE Scotland SP: 9 Jan 1981 LOGAN X8 Louisa Dugalda Boyd, b 5/12/1866 (212 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Details? From the 1994 IGI for the UK Louisa Dugalda BOYD (F)....... B: 5 Dec 1866 B: 4 Sep 1980 LOGAN Ba: C119271 Father: William BOYD Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, E: 18 Nov 1980 LOGAN So: 6035516 Mother: Sarah Dunn MACINDOE Scotland SP: 13 Jan 1981 LOGAN X9 John Macindoe Boyd, b 2/8/1868 (6 Mansfield Place, Glasgow, Scotland), d / /19xx (town, etc), bu , m ? [Lived: ] - Details? From the 1994 IGI for the UK John Macindoe BOYD (M)........ B: 2 Aug 1868 B: 27 Sep 1980 LOGAN Ba: C119271 Father: William BOYD Blythswood, Glasgow, Lanark, E: 24 Jan 1981 LOGAN So: 6035516 Mother: Sarah Dunn MACINDOE Scotland SP: 26 Feb 1981 LOGAN These are all the details that I currently know on this family. It is interesting that two of the their sons migrated to Pittsburgh, PA and Johnstown, PA. I do not know when this migration took place – but assume in the later half of the 1800’s. (So this migration path mihgt have bene followed by other Glasgow, Renfreshire and Ayrshire families into the Steel Industry in PA.) If you belong to any of these children, I would like to hear form you please. Thank you Mike Boyd

Mike Per Clan Donald ' s Seneche, Rebecca Chessman, that Boyd is unrelated. It was an isolated person and his immediate family. Most who host the Donald tent have no idea why our name is on their list. The Donalds were the Lord's of the Isles. Aye, Lauren

Members is anyone researching this family? V1? William Boyd, b / /1790 (town, etc), d / /18xx (town, etc), died after 1835, bu , m / /181x (church, town, county, etc), Elizabeth McFarlane, dau of and (nee ) McFarlane, b / /179x (town, etc), d / /182x (town, etc), bu , and had issue:- m 2ndly / /182x (church, town, county, etc) Agnes Cameron, dau of and (nee ) Camerson, b / /18xx ( ), d / /18xx (town, etc), bu , and had issue:- In 1818, William was a Writing Master at St Georges Rd, Glasgow. In 1820 he was a Teacher at Mercantile Academy, 44 Ingram St. Glasgow. Do you know this William Boyd’s parents and where he was born? Thank you Mike Boyd

I am so sorry to learn about the loss of Mary's life. Her family is in my prayers. Phyllis Riviere

Have you taken your family to your local Scottish Games? It will improve your culture! If you have not, check Dr Google to if there is one held near you during the year and pencil in the dates. (In Dallas in 2012, I did not think that after we had closed the Boyd tent for the day, Barry Boyd and I agreed to watch the log tossing for 5 minutes. It was an hour later when we left. When you go to these Games, make a list of your direct tree and the spouse’s names. The spouse names might have a tent that you can visit and talk to the people in the tent about their Clan history and traditions, etc. If you know locations from where your ancestors came from, look to see if any Clans come from that area, as they might be able to tell you where you can find sources to look up your ancestors and tell you history of the area that will be useful background in your future research. Remember Boyds not only came form Ayrshire, but several other regions in Scotland they were common – such as Gallaway, The Borders, Edinburgh to Stirling, Fifeshire, Perth to Aberdeen, Inverness to Banff, Ardgour in Argyllshire and other areas of Argyllhire opposite Ayrshire, Renfrewshire and Glasgow/Lanarkshire. Each of these regions will have a different history, so it is interesting to talk to those Clans to lean more about Scotland. You will also need to look at each Clans Sept Lists to see if Boyd might occur. In 2013 during my US trip, I saw a Donald Clan tent and they had Boyd of North Uist on their list of Septs. I have yet to find out they these Boyds are on their Sept list and how they got to North Uist in hte Outer Hebrides. So in short you will learn a number of unexpected thinks when you go to A Scottish Games and enjoy the various experiences besides the Whiskey tasting. Good gaming Mike Boyd PS Tell the list of your experience.