As List member know I will be going to the 2011 AGM at Las Vegas on 16 & 17 April. So rather than just spend 4 days in Las Vegas and coming home, I thought it may be useful to spend some time touring the upper eastern Mid west. I promised Joyce Arcus of Greensboro, NC that I would visit their highland Games on Saturday 30 April. And I said to Lauren that I would also go to the 135th Anniversary Sacramento Valley Scottish Games on 7 & 8 May. At both these venues, I EXPECT that I will do a "history" talk the night before at a venue to be advised. From the experience along the East Coast of the USA last year, these talks will be about 3 hours. So on Monday 18 April 2011, I was hoping to fly from Las Vegas to St Louis, Missouri. However, now looking at the times between Games it may be worth looking at flying to say, Des Moines, Iowa on the Monday and having a meeting there and then fly onto Inndianapolis, Indiana or some other venue in Indiana before, I go by train, bus or car to other venues that people may be able to arrange in Ohio, perhaps lower Ontario in Canada, Kentucky, western New York State, Western PA, West Virginia. Then after Greensboro, NC, I could go to several places in Tessessee before flying to either St Louis or Kansas City, Missouri on the Thursday and either flying onto Sacramento on Thursday night or Friday morning. At this time I have not looked at any internal US flights to see what legs are possible or not.. So given this rough Tour Plan can members of this list indicate if they would like to organise an meeting of Boyd and Boyd researchers in their location, so I can pass on some of the history and knowledge that I have gained on my trips to Scotland and Ireland in recent years. I am now 66 years old, so this will be most likely the first and last time that I will be able to travel to these States. Thank you Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HBS

Indianapolis, IN has a fabulous Gen department in the Library. I believe the library is located in the downtown district. Allen Library? -----Original Message----- From: Mike Boyd Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2011 6:59 PM To: BOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BOYD] Mike Boyd's tour of upper Mid west after AGM on 16 & 17April 2011 As List member know I will be going to the 2011 AGM at Las Vegas on 16 & 17 April. So rather than just spend 4 days in Las Vegas and coming home, I thought it may be useful to spend some time touring the upper eastern Mid west. I promised Joyce Arcus of Greensboro, NC that I would visit their highland Games on Saturday 30 April. And I said to Lauren that I would also go to the 135th Anniversary Sacramento Valley Scottish Games on 7 & 8 May. At both these venues, I EXPECT that I will do a "history" talk the night before at a venue to be advised. From the experience along the East Coast of the USA last year, these talks will be about 3 hours. So on Monday 18 April 2011, I was hoping to fly from Las Vegas to St Louis, Missouri. However, now looking at the times between Games it may be worth looking at flying to say, Des Moines, Iowa on the Monday and having a meeting there and then fly onto Inndianapolis, Indiana or some other venue in Indiana before, I go by train, bus or car to other venues that people may be able to arrange in Ohio, perhaps lower Ontario in Canada, Kentucky, western New York State, Western PA, West Virginia. Then after Greensboro, NC, I could go to several places in Tessessee before flying to either St Louis or Kansas City, Missouri on the Thursday and either flying onto Sacramento on Thursday night or Friday morning. At this time I have not looked at any internal US flights to see what legs are possible or not.. So given this rough Tour Plan can members of this list indicate if they would like to organise an meeting of Boyd and Boyd researchers in their location, so I can pass on some of the history and knowledge that I have gained on my trips to Scotland and Ireland in recent years. I am now 66 years old, so this will be most likely the first and last time that I will be able to travel to these States. Thank you Mike Boyd Chairman Historical Committee, HBS _______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 will be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. Mike will be returning to America to join us! 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://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BOYD/2008-06/1212428046 ______________________________________ 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 Kevin McLachlan, 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 ==================== Most replies should go to the list, not just the author of the post. Make sure to include the list address Boyd@rootsweb.com ==================== Need to contact the Admin? Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com ==================== Can't recall what the beginning of a thread was? Subscribe mid-discussion? Visit the 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! **************************** ------------------------------- 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

Are any of our cousins in Indiana familiar with this Library? And would you like to take on the task of "searching" it for known Boyd family trees? So they can be added to the 620 know Boyd families that we have collected so far. The "searching" does not have to be done yesterday!! But when your family life gives you time. When I go to Scotland and Ireland, I do what I call vacuuming for Boyd information in the Library that I am visiting. So over the last 7 years I have found quite a number of "new" or unknown Boyd families to me which will allow the Clan Boyd Pyramid to be further developed.. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diggingupbones" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com>; <BOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2011 5:36 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Mike Boyd's tour of upper Mid west after AGM on 16 & 17April 2011 > Indianapolis, IN has a fabulous Gen department in the Library. I believe > the library is located in the downtown district. Allen Library?