Have any members of this list read this book by James Leyburn? During my talks to people in the USA this year, I was saying that there were Boyds in Ireland before the Plantation Period of 1609. And you had further migrations after both the 1641 "uprsing" and the 1689-90 troubles. Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: Jim Good To: Mike Boyd Cc: Jean Bunch ; ayrshire@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 3:17 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] New Book Published about GOOD and BANKHEADFamiliesofScotland Mike and others, Mike, thank you for the information. I'll add what you have given to me to my mental database-----and it'll be part of my background information as I continue my search for my elusive Good ancestors. By the way, after looking at the Scots-Irish migration puzzle for about 30 years there is one book that for me is a "must have." And that is The Scotch Irish, A Social History, by James Leyburn; The University of North Carolina Press; 1962. His three sections: The Scot in 1600; The Scots in Ireland; The Scotch-Irish in America provide great background. Jim Good Cupertino, California On Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Mike Boyd <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: Jim and others There seems to have been a "migration" of Scots to Ireland after the "troubles" of 1690 with King James. I assume that this was replace people that were killed during this period or to strengthen to ratio of non-Irish to the Irish population. With a number of Boyd families we seem to get quite a number who seem to have gone to Ireland from 1690 to 1700 and then about 1720's moved to America. I know that Ayrshire was a "hot bed" of covenanter activity in the late 1600's. So could that have caused the migration to Ireland in the 1690-1700 period. While in Ireland during the 1710 to 1720, it seems that the Presbyterian families were being persecuted which led in 1718 to the 5 ships of Rev MacGreegor of Aghadowery, County Londonderry going to Boston. MASS. This seems to have led a flood of people after that. In 2007, I found a reference that said that 1 million people left Ireland in the 1700's to go to America. The Boyds who came in the 1720's were Presbyterian, Quaker and Church of Ireland. I am not sure if this will help you find new data or not. Mike Boyd Brisbane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Good" <jimgood56@gmail.com> To: "Jean Bunch" <jeanbnch@pacbell.net> Cc: <ayrshire@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 2:51 AM Subject: Re: [AYR] New Book Published about GOOD and BANKHEADFamiliesofScotland No, I've looked hard over a 30 year period and can't find how or exactly when they came to America. As you well know, some genealogical problems are not amenable to solution and I fear this is one of them. Considering that record keeping was shoddy in the first place, and many records were "lost" I don't have high hopes of ever finding out; however, I've seen other problems solved by the wonderful discovery of previously "lost" documents. If someone held a gun to my head, I would say that the Good family left from a port in Ireland (not Scotland) before 1750----not too helpful. I understand that Campbell is a common surname, but I just checked the index of my book and found 27 references to Campbell due to marriages between them and the Good family. Jim Good