Thank you Jeri... Shaking the branches in this area of the woods has shown up events that some areas of the family would prefer never took place....I'm sure there are many similar instances. 'Sleeping dogs... etc..' All the best now.. Regards R J Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeri Blumenthal" <nomad661@sbcglobal.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:11 PM Subject: [Boyd] DNA > Wow! DNA? Very CSI. Does anybody know what a DNA test would likely > reveal with regard to Boyds? > Jeri Boyd > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 21/04/2005 > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.10.2 - Release Date: 21/04/2005

Karen, I requested a DAR search and their records have him marrying Catherine Leeper?? I didn't get the pension or where he fought. I think Leeper may have been his first wife in PA. Al -----Original Message----- From: Karen McMillan [mailto:diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:12 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE May a DAR member or someone could check the DAR plaque or with them to find out more about John Boyd. It would show his wife, pension where he fought etc. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Al Boyd [mailto:al.boyd@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:53 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

Did this one have records in the pension file regarding who he married or who may have witnessed the pension? Karen -----Original Message----- From: Victor Boyd [mailto:vcboyd@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 6:34 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE Al, I have the 1812 pension records and land grant images for a John Boyd that resided in Wayne co Mo. he filed in 1871, at age 74. He enlisted 1814 in Wayne Co, KY as John Boyett. I thought it might be the same one Sorry, Vic ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

May a DAR member or someone could check the DAR plaque or with them to find out more about John Boyd. It would show his wife, pension where he fought etc. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Al Boyd [mailto:al.boyd@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:53 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

I'll keep posting till i knock down this wall: Looking for line of: William Boyd, born nov 1810 in E.Kingston, NH to (according to his death cert.) William Boyd and Maria C.Lamprey, both born NH. He lived in Durham NH at one point and married first , in 1833, Sarah (Sally) Osgood of Amesbury, MA. Had 4 kids, Mary E., Augusta, Charles W. and Arthur. Moved to Manchester NH in 1839 where he was a butcher. Charles W. served in the Civil War. Sarah died in 1844 and he married Sarah Clark Robertson, from Maine in 27 nov 1845 in Manchester. They had Sarah, George, Frank E. John, James and Walter. Sarah was a member of the First Baptist Church in Manchester. Sarah died 6 apr 1897 and William Boyd died 7 july 1898. They are all buried in Valley Cemetery in Manchester. What Boyd line could he be from? There are only a few Boyd families in NH in late 1700's and I can't find this guy's parents anywhere? If it means anything at all, Sarah Robertson is descended from William Robertson & Margaret Woodend who were from Northern Ireland Thanks Sue Windsor CT -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.13/47 - Release Date: 7/12/2005

Hi, thanks for that, I've been using www.familysearch.com but without success. I'll need to visit their rooms locally. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@infowest.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 12:32 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > I'm not sure if the LDS has the exact same puter program on-line, but the > LDS on-line is www.familysearch.com > > I went to the FHC (a church library with computers)....not online. > > Jan C > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "alistair Stevenson" <alijohn@optusnet.com.au> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 1:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > Thank you for that, how about via the internet address? Sandy > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@infowest.com> > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 11, 2005 1:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > You may want to do a search for a parish record on your > > > gr.grandfather...they were big on baptism, but not necessarily birth > cert. > > > > > > I went to the LDS Family History Center & looked up parish records in > > > Scotland, and found mine. > > > > > > JanC > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "alistair Stevenson" <alijohn@optusnet.com.au> > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 11:59 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > > > Yes right across Australia we have lots of flies in the summer, you > > > haven't > > > > seen the Aussie salute? Well it's putting your hand up to brush away > > the > > > > flies. I'm still trying to find a birth certificate for my > > g.grandfather > > > > Alexander Boyd, parents were James Boyd and Janet McEwan in Muthill, > > > > Perthshire, Scotland if anyone out there can possibly help. Sandy > > (AHBS) > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@infowest.com> > > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 12:18 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > > > > > > Oh, you have a lot of flies in NSW. I live in the SW corner of > Utah, > > > St. > > > > > George, near Zions Nat. Park. We don't have many flies, just a > > jillion > > > > > wildfires in the summer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "alistair Stevenson" <alijohn@optusnet.com.au> > > > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 12:25 AM > > > > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I live in NSW and the flies are terrible they'd carry you away in > > the > > > > > > summer. Sandy (Alexandra Helen Boyd (m/s Wilson) Stevenson > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@infowest.com> > > > > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2005 1:18 PM > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We flew into Darwin, and scuba dived on the Great Barrier Reef. > > > What > > > > > > makes > > > > > > > you think I haven't been in Australia? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > From: "alistair Stevenson" <alijohn@optusnet.com.au> > > > > > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > > > > Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:14 AM > > > > > > > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You obviously haven't been to Australia. Sandy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > > > > > > RING OF BOYDS > > > http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > > > > > RING OF BOYDS > > http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > > > > RING OF BOYDS > http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > > > > > > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > > > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > > > > > > > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > >

The following is from the book "The Boyd Family of York County, Maine, Arthur S. Boyd, 1924." (This is the only book on the Boyd family-- that I know of- - that goes into Norman lineage. It is quite interesting.) (Arthur's book goes on the assumption that the Boyds and the Stewarts descend from brothers. Most Scottish historians do not support that descent today. The Norman connection: The Boyd family of Kilmarnock, Scotland, from which is descended all the Boyd families of Scottish origin, is a branch of the Breton family of Dinan, or de Dinant. The identity of the families appears in their arms; as the family of Dinan bore a fesse indented, while that of Fitz-Alan (from which the Stuarts and Boyds are descended) bore a fesse chequey. The principally of Dol and Dinan was in the old French Province of Bretagne, and extended from Alet (St. Malo), by way of the towns of Dol (now known as Dol-de-Bretagne, in the Department of Ille-et-Vilane), Dinan (in Cotes-du-nord), and Combourg, to the central hills of Bretagne, over a tract of ninety miles by sixty. Its chiefs, on whom many Barons were dependent, were rather sovereigns than magnates, and their origin is lost in antiquity. In all probability they represented the patriarchal sovereigns of the Diablintes, the nation who held that part of Bretagne in the time of Julius Caesar, who conquered Bretagne in 57-56 BC and gave it the name of Armorica, and occupied the coast of Gaul between the seine and the Loire, but later the name of Armorica was confined to Bretagne. The rest of this can be found on the Clan Boyd Society web site below: http://www.clanboyd.info/state/maine/famhist/arthur1/index.htm Richard G. Boyd http://www.clanboyd.info agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: > Who can tell me about the Norman connection? My Dad said we were > believed to date back to the Norman Conquest but that and the story > about the Sicilian Island cathedral is all I've gotten. > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > On Jul 12, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Rich wrote: > >> Hello >> >> Anna asked why the newsletter is named "The Dean Road". >> >> The road that leads from the burgh of Kilmarnock to Kilmarnock Castle >> was the Dean road. >> The castle is now usually called the Dean Castle. >> >> William G. Boyd gave the name to the newsletter early in 1988 before >> the society >> was offically formed. Later the named confirmed at the 1988 Stone >> Mountain Georgia Highland >> Games.. >> >> Rich >> >> agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: >> >>> Rich: Thanks for sending the July issue of Dean Road. My question: >>> what is the significance of the name? >>> Anna Grace Boyd Foster >>> >>> >>> >> > > >

Hi Victor, No, as far as I can tell, he filed in Blount Co TN. Al -----Original Message----- From: Victor Boyd [mailto:vcboyd@yahoo.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:55 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE Hi Al Did this John Boyd file for his 1812 pension in Wayne Co MO. ? ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

Do you have the Revolutionary War Pension Record? I can get some of the pension records on-line through our local library. There are 3 John Boyd's that were from PA. Mariann ----- Original Message ----- From: Al Boyd To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:31 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE Karen, I requested a DAR search and their records have him marrying Catherine Leeper?? I didn't get the pension or where he fought. I think Leeper may have been his first wife in PA. Al -----Original Message----- From: Karen McMillan [mailto:diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 7:12 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE May a DAR member or someone could check the DAR plaque or with them to find out more about John Boyd. It would show his wife, pension where he fought etc. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Al Boyd [mailto:al.boyd@charter.net] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 4:53 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: RE: [Boyd] BOYDE This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

The John Boyd I am referring to was married to (Cordilea Vincen) Mar 17Th 1870 Madison Co, MO. The 1850 census for Madison MO has a John Boyd married to a Percy

This note really caught my eye. I am searching for information on the John Boyd who married Catherine Holloway in Tennessee in Sept. 1799. He had a Revolutionary War pension and after his death, Catherine continued to collect his pension. The DAR Plaque at his grave reads: John Boyd Sr. PA Line Revolutionary War 1745 - 1838 I think this may be the same John Boyd. If you or anyone else has additional information I would greatly appreciate having it. Al Boyd -----Original Message----- From: agfoster@headscheme.com [mailto:agfoster@headscheme.com] Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 9:32 AM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE As I am going thru ancient notes I made in the 60s I ran across this note which might interest some people: Congress, May 8, 1781 RESOLVED: That every chaplain, deemed and certified to the Board of War to be supernumerary, be no longer continued in service and be entitled to have their depreciation made good, and to the half-pay of Captains for life. Officers entitled to half pay: Pennsylvania: Lieut. John Boyd MD: Lieut Thomas BOyd NC: Chaplain Adam Boyd PA: Capt William McKay (this family was related to the Boyds) Anna Grace ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees

I have two children, one of whom is adopted but as much mine as if we were connected by DNA. I'm always a little hesitant to talk about genealogy and "family" around him lest he feel left out. Of course I happen to know his biological family is even older than my biological family and is English, Scottish and German, just as mine is. He is certainly in the family Bible but wouldn't be in the line by DNA On Jul 12, 2005, at 4:01 PM, Matboyd304@aol.com wrote: > > In a message dated 7/12/2005 1:13:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, > rossb@paradise.net.nz writes: > > events that some areas of the family would prefer never took > place.... > > > Yes, does one mention them? or not? I can remember as a child trying to > listen to the adults and their secrets! Did they really say cousin X > was not the > child of Uncle X?? How can that be? DNA tests could easily show that > a male > child is or is not in the Surname line. But the DNA tests used thus > genealogically definitely Do Not indicate who is or was the actual > male parent. There > are some tests that follow the female line back, but those don't > yield a > Surname, as the females change names when they marry (in our > culture). Still it > would be interesting to learn that one's grgr grandmother came from > Eng or > Spain, or ?? And all the gen. DNA testers have promised to release > the info > anonymously except to the submitter. > > Madora > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

In a message dated 7/12/2005 1:13:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, rossb@paradise.net.nz writes: events that some areas of the family would prefer never took place.... Yes, does one mention them? or not? I can remember as a child trying to listen to the adults and their secrets! Did they really say cousin X was not the child of Uncle X?? How can that be? DNA tests could easily show that a male child is or is not in the Surname line. But the DNA tests used thus genealogically definitely Do Not indicate who is or was the actual male parent. There are some tests that follow the female line back, but those don't yield a Surname, as the females change names when they marry (in our culture). Still it would be interesting to learn that one's grgr grandmother came from Eng or Spain, or ?? And all the gen. DNA testers have promised to release the info anonymously except to the submitter. Madora

Al, I have the 1812 pension records and land grant images for a John Boyd that resided in Wayne co Mo. he filed in 1871, at age 74. He enlisted 1814 in Wayne Co, KY as John Boyett. I thought it might be the same one Sorry, Vic

Hello Anna asked why the newsletter is named "The Dean Road". The road that leads from the burgh of Kilmarnock to Kilmarnock Castle was the Dean road. The castle is now usually called the Dean Castle. William G. Boyd gave the name to the newsletter early in 1988 before the society was offically formed. Later the named confirmed at the 1988 Stone Mountain Georgia Highland Games.. Rich agfoster@headscheme.com wrote: > Rich: Thanks for sending the July issue of Dean Road. My question: > what is the significance of the name? > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > >

Hi Al Did this John Boyd file for his 1812 pension in Wayne Co MO. ?

Jeri It can tie you to someone that has a paper trail. My family's Surmname has been Boyd since the civil war. Through DNA testing it was revealed that we closely match the Boyett/Boyt's. I have since found documentation to back this up. Vic

How does it work--what's the cost; do they share the names of others with similar DNA with you? On Jul 12, 2005, at 1:14 PM, RPantalone@aol.com wrote: > I have another family line that has done DNA. The person doing the > DNA must > be a male, therefore, the name most likely would be BOYD. There are > DNA > testing kits for GENEALOGY purposes only. If several different BOYD > lines did > this it would tell you which line they came from. For instance, it > would tell > you whether you belong to the New York Boyds or the New Jersey Boyds > by > matching you with BOYDS from those area's. > Ruby > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >

That is how most of my lines are doing the DNA thing, its true. But I wonder if any one is doing the female lines. It grates to not be able to participate. I have no male relatives who maintain the surname on any of my lines, so cannot take part. Jane Wells Sarles ----- Original Message ----- From: <RPantalone@aol.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] DNA >I have another family line that has done DNA. The person doing the DNA >must > be a male, therefore, the name most likely would be BOYD. There are DNA > testing kits for GENEALOGY purposes only. If several different BOYD > lines did > this it would tell you which line they came from. For instance, it would > tell > you whether you belong to the New York Boyds or the New Jersey Boyds by > matching you with BOYDS from those area's. > Ruby > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd-trees > > I choose Polesoft Lockspam to fight spam, and you? http://www.polesoft.com/refer.html

I have another family line that has done DNA. The person doing the DNA must be a male, therefore, the name most likely would be BOYD. There are DNA testing kits for GENEALOGY purposes only. If several different BOYD lines did this it would tell you which line they came from. For instance, it would tell you whether you belong to the New York Boyds or the New Jersey Boyds by matching you with BOYDS from those area's. Ruby