Second try of sending Mike Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> To: "Yolanda Boyd" <ymlboyd@sbcglobal.net>; <Boyd@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 9:36 AM Subject: Re: [BOYD] Mike Boyd's talk in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April 19th,2011 > Yolanda > Will you need help with going onto County Net sites in Lower Michigan, > northern Indiana and northern Ohio to contact Boyd and Boyd researchers > who are not on the Boyd Net list. I did ask the list if anyone wanted me > to go to Ontario in Canada but I did not hear from anyone. So if there > are any list members just east of Detroit would you like to come to Grand > Rapids on the 19 April? > > As I am now 66 years old, I expect that this will be my last chance to > tell people in this part of the US and Canada what I know about our 900 > year old history. > > In the evening I will be flying to Dayton, Ohio to hold a meeting just > north there on Wednesday 20 April. These arrangements are still being > made. > > Oh for new starters or those that have not yet worked out what sort of > family tree they wish to do, could you bring your direct Boyd tree, with > as much data as you can - names, dates and locations and the same details > for the spouse - plus you name and address and Email Address so that when > I get home I can check to see if you are not already a part of a KNOWN > Boyd family or if I have to start a new family Chapter. > > Thank you > > Mike Boyd > Historical Committee, HBS > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Yolanda Boyd" <ymlboyd@sbcglobal.net> > To: <Boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:38 AM > Subject: [BOYD] Mike Boyd's talk in Grand Rapids, Michigan on April > 19th,2011 > > > Hi, > > On Tuesday, April 19th, 2011, Mike Boyd will be in Grand Rapids, Michigan > to give a talk on the history of the Boyds. It will be from 9am-noon at > the Main Library in downtown Grand Rapids. I am still awaiting > confirmation of the exact room, so I will send an update once I have it > finalized. If you are planning to attend this talk, please send me an > email so that I can make sure you are notified of the exact location. > > We are very lucky to have Mike Boyd coming to Michigan and I hope that > anyone living in the area and interested in the Boyd family will make an > attempt to come to this talk. The talk will be appropriate for veteran > genealogists and those just starting to explore their family history. If > you have a family tree, please print it out or put it on a thumb drive and > bring it to the meeting. Mike has collected over 640 individual Boyd > families and is working towards connecting all of these families together. > > I look forward to meeting some of you on the 19th! > > Yolanda Boyd > > > _______________________________________ > 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