I wasn't actually asking for help with my tree - just trying to let you know that I am actually interested in the Boyd genealogy and that I wasn't just bugging all of you with a question about the family crest. I'm sorry for any mis understandings and I see I will need to take my question else where. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 26, 2011, at 9:49 PM, "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> wrote: > We Boyd's have great powers but one of them is - unfortunately - that we > can't read minds. > > So if you are one of people that are LURKING on the list waiting for someone > else to post some details about your family, you NEED TO ADVERTISE what you > are looking for so people can help you. > > We have ALL had to start by telling the list details about our family. > > So do what I call your DIRECT BOYD TREE. Start with yourself and work > backwards through your known Boyd generations. > > Because of privacy problems, you may only wish to start to put the dates and > places for your grandparents. So this direct tree will show other list > members your families migration path, or they may be able to link into one > of the earlier generations. > > While if your family has been in a single location for 100 or 200 years you > may become the "expert" for the Boyds in that location. However, > experience, shows us that many Boyd families did like to move. So as you go > form one location to another, other people on the list MAY BE ABLE TO HELP > YOU sources, local history or contacts. > > At present I have some 630 Boyd family chapters and I have collected another > 800 or so family chapters from last years trip to Scotland Ireland and the > USA and this years trip to the USA in April and May. And these are only a > fraction of the Boyd families that are out there. > > So POST YOUR FAMILY DETAILS and hopefully someone on the list will connect > to your family. > > Thank you. > > Mike Boyd > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nanyque" <nanyque@gmail.com> > To: <boyd@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 10:46 AM > Subject: [BOYD] Boyd family seal/crest differences > > >> Hello cousins! >> >> This is my first post - I've been lurking for a while now. >> I have lots of questions about tracing my family line, but they will have >> to wait until I get the family history book my grandparents have. >> >> Thanks cousins! >> >> Nanyque Boyd >> > > > > > > > ==================== > Need to contact the Admin? Want to discuss an Admin Note? > Write me off list at Boyd-admin@rootsweb.com > ==================== > > Remember to trim your message before hitting send! > Check your email client's help file if directions are needed. > > ==================== > 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's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2012 will be held in Woodland,CA, USA in conjunction with the Sacramento Caledonian Club's 136th annual Sacramento Valley Scottish Games & Festival in April 2012 (unofficial date April 28th and 29th -- to be confirmed by the venue). Write AGM@clanboyd.org if you would be interested in helping to plan it. > ____________________________________________________ > House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2011 was a great success in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA in conjunction with The Highland Games and Celtic Gathering April 16-17, 2011. > _______________________________________ > 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 > > **************************** > ------------------------------- > 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