Marla than you for this report. I am sure that Editor Kevin will make use of it in a future Dean Road. I had hoped to have been able to speak to more Boyds from this State which had and has quite a number of Boyd families in it. Perhaps on some other trip to the USA I can visit other parts of Ohio to talk to people about their Boyd research and various Boyd families. As a result of this trip I realised that I will have to start a new Volume for Boyd families that I have found in Ohio at the local Troy Library and at Washington, Washington Co., PA. This will be Volume 36 of Clan Boyd of Scotland and will contain the usual 50 family chapters. It will be some weeks before I can sort of and make a list of those family that start in Ohio. This will go with the other 11 Volumes for States along the Atlantic Coast of the USA. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee, HBS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marla Fair" <dfair@woh.rr.com> To: "Lauren Boyd McLachlan" <confido@gmail.com>; "Kevin McLachlan" <kevinbmclachlan@gmail.com>; "Dean Road" <deanroadeditor@gmail.com>; "Boyd List" <BOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 26, 2011 2:25 PM Subject: [BOYD] Mike Boyd's talk in Troy OH > Mike Boyd visited Troy, OH from April 19th through the 22nd, and presented > his history talk on the 20th from 6 to 9:00 pm at the Troy Hayner Cultural > Center. There were nine people in attendance, several of which were BOYD > researchers. The others came to gather and learn general genealogical > info. > Most considered themselves fairly experienced, but Mike was able to ask > questions and get them to think and delve deeper. Before and after the > meeting Mike spent much of his time at the Local History Library in Troy > where he connected with the curator, Patrick Kennedy, and found leads on a > great many Boyd families with Miami County, OH connections. > > Mike spent several days staying with Marla Fair and her husband, David, in > their townhouse located on the public Square in Troy, OH, which is a > historic community with many of its downtown buildings dating to the > 1840s. > Marla and Mike spent hours asking and answering questions concerning her > own > Boyd connection; the mysterious William Boyd whose wife, Nancy Cain (or > Kane) Boyd, left him and went to America taking their 4 year old daughter > Margaret Boyd with her. > > Thanks again to Mike for coming to the Dayton area and for sharing his > extensive knowledge. > > Marla Fair, Troy, OH >