During my visit to the Greenville Library, South Carolina in 2013, I found the book Founding Families of the State of South Carolina published in 2000 A. D. In this book to become a founding family you had to be in South Carolina before 23 May 1788. I am not sure if this applied to other US States founding families. It raises the question as to which other USA State might have similar books, especially those States in the East Coast of the USA. In this situation these family trees are a direct tree, with the Boyd name occurring in the 1900’s. I know from the 1790 US Census that there were quite a number of Boyd families there in 1790, so I assume that quite a number of Boyd families form South Carolina would qualify to be a founding family of South Carolina. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee House of Boyd Society

Mike, I just received my American Canadian Genealogical magazine published four times a year and it lists several books of interest on families in New England especially the French.  But has soem English Irish names.  I know of a Boyd family in Canada that have built a very landed timber industry. Several Irish came in through Canada, at Grosse Isle and were interred till found free of disease so that's another place to look for Irish ancestors. You might be able to see the publication online www.acgs.org. There email is [email protected] Thank you for sharing your research and info. Harriet E. Cady   From: Mike Boyd <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 7:12 AM Subject: [BOYD] What USA States have books on Founding Families? During my visit to the Greenville Library, South Carolina in 2013, I found the book Founding Families of the State of South Carolina published in 2000 A. D. In this book to become a founding family you had to be in South Carolina before 23 May 1788.  I am not sure if this applied to other US States founding families. It raises the question as to which other USA State might have similar books, especially those States in the East Coast of the USA. In this situation these family trees are a direct tree, with the Boyd name occurring in the 1900’s.  I know from the 1790 US Census that there were quite a number of Boyd families there in 1790, so I assume that quite a number of Boyd families form South Carolina would qualify to be a founding family of South Carolina. Thank you Mike Boyd Historical Committee House of Boyd Society ==================== House of Boyd will be present in the Clan Village at the 700th Anniversary Celebration of the Battle of Bannockburn, June 2014.  Look to http://www.clanboyd.org/for more information ==================== Need to contact the Admin?  Want to discuss an Admin Note?  Remember -- to keep the flow of the list, Admin notes are not to be replied to on list. Write me off list at [email protected] ==================== 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 [email protected] 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 2014 will be held in conjunction with the St. Andrews Society of Detroit's Highland Games at Livonia, Michigan, USA.  The date is to be confirmed by the venue, however, this year's event (2013) is the first weekend in August.  Please plan on attending! Write [email protected] if you would be interested in helping to plan it. ______________________________________ House of Boyd Society's (HBS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) & Gathering of the Clan 2013 was a great success. It was held in Greenville, SC, USA in conjunction with the Greenville Scottish Games, Saturday May 25th, Memorial Day Weekend 2013. _______________________________________________________________________________ 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 [email protected] ==================== 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 [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Harriet and others Would those Boyds be the family of Mosson Boyd of Bobcaygeon Village, Emily, Victoria Co., Ontario. He is part of the family of Boyds of Ballymacool, Letterkenny, County Donegal who arrivied in Letterkenny in the early 1600's. I think the family later had a large house in Montreal Is that the family you have found? Mike Boyd Historical committee, hBS -----Original Message----- From: Harriet E. Cady Sent: Friday, December 13, 2013 11:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [BOYD] What USA States have books on Founding Families? Mike, I just received my American Canadian Genealogical magazine published four times a year and it lists several books of interest on families in New England especially the French. But has soem English Irish names. I know of a Boyd family in Canada that have built a very landed timber industry. Several Irish came in through Canada, at Grosse Isle and were interred till found free of disease so that's another place to look for Irish ancestors. You might be able to see the publication online www.acgs.org. There email is [email protected] Thank you for sharing your research and info. Harriet E. Cady