I have a James Boyd born around 1816 in Ireland. He married a Rebecca Donaldson Gibb. Born around 1823 in Ireland. (I think) I was given this info so I only have what I was given. Five children Agnes 1859-1919 William J 1847-? Mary 1849-? Martha 1853-? Janet 1858-? I show Agnes marrying William A Muirhead (my GG grandfather). I was told AGNES was born in Scotland. Perhaps the family moved there. I know many Muirhead/Moorhead's who earlier in the 1600's moved into Ireland when the King offered land to many if they would develop it. Many moved back into Scotland through out the 1700 and 1800's. And many stayed in Ireland. When the Muirheads went into Ireland they changed the spelling of their names to Moorhead. It was more of an English spelling. I guess it was to keep their Scottish ancestry quiet or as loyalty to the King. SO if anyone has any info about this BOYD family. You might show them with Muirhead or Moorhead. It depends on where and when it was written. Thank You Joel Reid

I do not know if I have your Thomas Boyd. I have a William who went to Ameicca according to a land record in Ireland's Land Memeroials. It is not offen the Irish side of the Family comes looking for those who went to america. For the Townland Drumeltan, in county Cavan, ireland. I have William, Thomas and Elizabeth chlldren of John Boyd. John passed and William the oldest son went to "County Chester in Penn , in America where he now is" Now we both know we would have said Chester County , Penn. and let it go at that but that is a Quote from the land Record in Ireland. The Land record was around 1737 but I have no idea if Thomas ever made it to America he and sister were to go to Penn at some time ????? As this one townland was found going from John Mc Fadden to The Boyds and then to the Thompsons , we were wondering how the Boyds were related. I and my family think their women married John Thompson , John McFadden and Hugh, Robert and Thomas Dobbin or Dobbyn. And are the glue that hold these Family groups together. It is the custom for land to go only to relatives when renting in Ireland. It would mean they are Scot Irish presbyterians be cause the Caholics could not rent but from year to year and the Church of Ireland was not in the area in great numbers. So if you know witch county in Ireland you are from I might have the spot. Fred McFadden

Say i got your message I have a Thomas Boyd who came from Drumeltan, County Cavan, Ireland. On the land record in Ireland his older William Boyd, Brother went to County Chester , in Penn. in America. I think this Boyd family is related and the king pin two my McFaddens and Thompson's and Dobbins. All of whom have lived at on on the Farm called Drumeltan. Thompsons are married to McFadden's Dobbins are related to as aunt and uncle and I believe the tie is the Boyds who married into all of the above famlies and the common tie. Now the land record I found was 1737 or so but the time of the family coming to america would have to be after that. Sound interisting ? I hope your Thomas is the one whom I am looking for. Fred McFadden

G'Day Shirley I have a Thomas Boyd who may have migrated to the USA with his father but the dates don't correspond with yours regards Brian Boyd Melbourne Australia. a.. THOMAS BOYD, Was born in the year of 1836, in Hull, England, and was baptised on the 31st day of May 1836, at Drypool, in Hull, East Yorkshire, England. I can find no further record of Thomas Boyd. Did he follow his father's yearning (?) to go to America? The following letter may have been written by Thomas' father. (Check Thomas Boyd, for death records, census records, or immigration records to America or Australia.) A 'Boyd' Letter from New York, U.S.A. A copy of the following letter was obtained from The University of Hull Library (ref: bx/160/27/1). This letter has the word 'Patrington' handwritten across the top. Patrington was where the first Boyd mill was located and the family may well have owned land in the vicinity. Patrington was not too far away from the City of Kingston upon Hull, where the Boyd family are known to have resided for many years. In the 1830s, trade in the Hull area was in a depressed state. Did William Boyd (1780 - 1854) migrate to America at the age of 50, at that time with a view to a better life style, and did he try to get his brother George to join him in June 1830? If he did, then he must have returned to Hull again at a later date, as he died there 24 years later at the age of 74, in 1854. Was George residing in Macclesfield in the 1830s? It was quite possible that this letter does not relate to our branch of the Boyd tree at all, but there are several relevant aspects, which could point to such a link. The New Zealand Boyd Family legend has it, that at least one member of the Boyd family emigrated from England to the U.S.A. and another to Australia. It was thought to be William or George's sons or grandsons. The letter sent from W. Boyd in New York, To his brother in Macclesfield, reads: Dear Brother - New York, March 2nd, 1830 It was natural for those who are suffering from a distressed state of trade, and their hardships daily increasing, to turn their attention, to some remedy whereby they may be relieved from their embarrassed circumstances (a.) You are well aware with that idea resting upon my mind, I emigrated to this country, and now I think that it my duty to my brother and fellow-countrymen and all whom it may concern, to give a correct and impartial statement of my present situation and future prospects. I arrived in New York after a pleasant voyage of 5 weeks and one day, and immediately turned my attention, after my arrival, to get employment at my own trade, in which I succeeded, and received for my week's work, 9 dollars and 25 cents*, and I receive now on average 11 dollars per week. I rent a small house in the suburbs at 30 dollars (or about seven pounds Sterling per year). We (he may have taken his wife and family with him) can have the best beef or mutton at 5 cents, (or 2 ½ pence per pound), the best wheaten bread at 2 cents 1 penny per pound). Though if we bake it ourselves we can have it at a cheaper rate, and everything else in the like low proportion. I have just heard by the accounts from England that the distress of trade in many of the manufacturing districts still continues. I shall now give you a correct statement as near as I can of the weekly earnings of all the different trades in the country: Bricklayers and Stonemasons can earn, on average, 12 dollars per week. (Remember that William and George were in the Bricklayers and Stonemasons trade), Blacksmiths 10 dollars, Carpenters and Joiners 10 dollars and 70 cents (note that they would have been associated with these trades also, in their milling business), Shoemakers 10 dollars, Tailors 10 dollars, Stocking weavers 10 to 11 dollars, Silk Weavers 11 dollars, Linen Weavers 10 dollars, Cotton Weavers about 10 dollars and 25 cents, and weaving was the worst paid, as the steam looms seem to take the place of the hand looms even in this country, but any person having a little money, may do very well by going a few miles from this city, and uniting farming with weaving, he may rent a house and garden, and about 12 acres of land, nearly as cheap as I have my house here, which by management , will pay him very good interest. Cloth workers of all descriptions can live very well in this city, they can earn from 11 to 12 dollars and a half per week, Hatters between 9 and 10, and Labourers 11 and a half dollars per day. I have now given you a correct statement as near as I could inform myself. The prospects of labourers meet with every encouragement, as there are new towns and villages springing up in every part of the country, and of course employ a great number of hands. The state of the country is certainly very different from that of England, as any person inclined to industry has every prospect of doing well, and if he has no particular occupation, there are many resources in which he was sure to succeed, as by working in the employ of a farmer, or if able to cultivate for himself he was sure to be paid with good interest. The general disposition of the inhabitants seems to be very friendly, and no way jealous of newcomers, as they have districts, which want cultivation. Their resources increase with population and that being the case, the Americans hold out a friendly hand to all that come. I shall now conclude with the hope of seeing you in a few months, to share in the blessings of a free and independent nation I remain dear Brother, Yours & c. W Boyd. N.B. Mr. Boyd having shewn the above letter to several friends, they entreated him to publish it, in order to shew the difference of the working classes of this country and America - it was now submitted for the perusal of the Public. Jones, Printer, Macclesfield. Re-printed by B. Montgomery, 23 Lowgate, Hull. (* An American dollar was 4 shillings and six-pence sterling. An American cent was equal to one halfpenny.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <ShirBoy@aol.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:40 PM Subject: [Boyd] Thomas BOYD >I am still looking for death/burial locations for two Thomas Boyds, both of > whom > died sometime between June 1830 and November 1832. Both immigrated from > Ireland > in 1830. One was b 1743, probably in Ireland but could have been Scotland; > the > other was b 1780 in Ireland. They died somewhere between their arrival in > Baltimore and when the family left Pittsburgh for Holmes County, OH. > Family > stories have the younger Thomas still living when the family was in > Pittsburgh. > Farming was their profession. > > Shirley Boyd > Columbus, OH > > > ==== 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: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 1/03/2005 > >

Interesting story & information. Thanks for sending. JanC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Boyd" <bboyd@melbpc.org.au> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 7:16 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Thomas BOYD > G'Day Shirley > > I have a Thomas Boyd who may have migrated to the USA with his father but > the dates don't correspond with yours > > regards > > Brian Boyd > Melbourne > Australia. > > > > a.. THOMAS BOYD, Was born in the year of 1836, in Hull, England, and was > baptised on the 31st day of May 1836, at Drypool, in Hull, East Yorkshire, > England. I can find no further record of Thomas Boyd. Did he follow his > father's yearning (?) to go to America? The following letter may have been > written by Thomas' father. > (Check Thomas Boyd, for death records, census records, or immigration > records to America or Australia.) > > A 'Boyd' Letter from New York, U.S.A. > > A copy of the following letter was obtained from The University of Hull > Library (ref: bx/160/27/1). > > > This letter has the word 'Patrington' handwritten across the top. Patrington > was where the first Boyd mill was located and the family may well have owned > land in the vicinity. Patrington was not too far away from the City of > Kingston upon Hull, where the Boyd family are known to have resided for many > years. > > In the 1830s, trade in the Hull area was in a depressed state. Did William > Boyd (1780 - 1854) migrate to America at the age of 50, at that time with a > view to a better life style, and did he try to get his brother George to > join him in June 1830? If he did, then he must have returned to Hull again > at a later date, as he died there 24 years later at the age of 74, in 1854. > Was George residing in Macclesfield in the 1830s? It was quite possible that > this letter does not relate to our branch of the Boyd tree at all, but there > are several relevant aspects, which could point to such a link. The New > Zealand Boyd Family legend has it, that at least one member of the Boyd > family emigrated from England to the U.S.A. and another to Australia. It was > thought to be William or George's sons or grandsons. > > > The letter sent from W. Boyd in New York, To his brother in Macclesfield, > reads: > > > > > > > > > > > > Dear Brother - New York, March 2nd, 1830 > > > It was natural for those who are suffering from a distressed state of trade, > and their hardships daily increasing, to turn their attention, to some > remedy whereby they may be relieved from their embarrassed circumstances > (a.) > > > You are well aware with that idea resting upon my mind, I emigrated to this > country, and now I think that it my duty to my brother and fellow-countrymen > and all whom it may concern, to give a correct and impartial statement of my > present situation and future prospects. > > > I arrived in New York after a pleasant voyage of 5 weeks and one day, and > immediately turned my attention, after my arrival, to get employment at my > own trade, in which I succeeded, and received for my week's work, 9 dollars > and 25 cents*, and I receive now on average 11 dollars per week. I rent a > small house in the suburbs at 30 dollars (or about seven pounds Sterling per > year). > > > We (he may have taken his wife and family with him) can have the best beef > or mutton at 5 cents, (or 2 ½ pence per pound), the best wheaten bread at 2 > cents 1 penny per pound). Though if we bake it ourselves we can have it at a > cheaper rate, and everything else in the like low proportion. > > > I have just heard by the accounts from England that the distress of trade in > many of the manufacturing districts still continues. > > > I shall now give you a correct statement as near as I can of the weekly > earnings of all the different trades in the country: > > > Bricklayers and Stonemasons can earn, on average, 12 dollars per week. > (Remember that William and George were in the Bricklayers and Stonemasons > trade), Blacksmiths 10 dollars, Carpenters and Joiners 10 dollars and 70 > cents (note that they would have been associated with these trades also, in > their milling business), Shoemakers 10 dollars, Tailors 10 dollars, Stocking > weavers 10 to 11 dollars, Silk Weavers 11 dollars, Linen Weavers 10 dollars, > Cotton Weavers about 10 dollars and 25 cents, and weaving was the worst > paid, as the steam looms seem to take the place of the hand looms even in > this country, but any person having a little money, may do very well by > going a few miles from this city, and uniting farming with weaving, he may > rent a house and garden, and about 12 acres of land, nearly as cheap as I > have my house here, which by management , will pay him very good interest. > Cloth workers of all descriptions can live very well in this city, they can > earn from 11 to 12 dollars and a half per week, Hatters between 9 and 10, > and Labourers 11 and a half dollars per day. > > > I have now given you a correct statement as near as I could inform myself. > The prospects of labourers meet with every encouragement, as there are new > towns and villages springing up in every part of the country, and of course > employ a great number of hands. The state of the country is certainly very > different from that of England, as any person inclined to industry has every > prospect of doing well, and if he has no particular occupation, there are > many resources in which he was sure to succeed, as by working in the employ > of a farmer, or if able to cultivate for himself he was sure to be paid with > good interest. The general disposition of the inhabitants seems to be very > friendly, and no way jealous of newcomers, as they have districts, which > want cultivation. Their resources increase with population and that being > the case, the Americans hold out a friendly hand to all that come. I shall > now conclude with the hope of seeing you in a few months, to share in the > blessings of a free and independent nation > > I remain dear Brother, Yours & c. W Boyd. > > > N.B. Mr. Boyd having shewn the above letter to several friends, they > entreated him to publish it, in order to shew the difference of the working > classes of this country and America - it was now submitted for the perusal > of the Public. Jones, Printer, Macclesfield. Re-printed by B. Montgomery, 23 > Lowgate, Hull. > > > (* An American dollar was 4 shillings and six-pence sterling. An American > cent was equal to one halfpenny.) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <ShirBoy@aol.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 11:40 PM > Subject: [Boyd] Thomas BOYD > > > >I am still looking for death/burial locations for two Thomas Boyds, both of > > whom > > died sometime between June 1830 and November 1832. Both immigrated from > > Ireland > > in 1830. One was b 1743, probably in Ireland but could have been Scotland; > > the > > other was b 1780 in Ireland. They died somewhere between their arrival in > > Baltimore and when the family left Pittsburgh for Holmes County, OH. > > Family > > stories have the younger Thomas still living when the family was in > > Pittsburgh. > > Farming was their profession. > > > > Shirley Boyd > > Columbus, OH > > > > > > ==== 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: 266.5.7 - Release Date: 1/03/2005 > > > > > > > ==== 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 am still looking for death/burial locations for two Thomas Boyds, both of whom died sometime between June 1830 and November 1832. Both immigrated from Ireland in 1830. One was b 1743, probably in Ireland but could have been Scotland; the other was b 1780 in Ireland. They died somewhere between their arrival in Baltimore and when the family left Pittsburgh for Holmes County, OH. Family stories have the younger Thomas still living when the family was in Pittsburgh. Farming was their profession. Shirley Boyd Columbus, OH

hi there is a Mary L. Boyd, age 89, in the Londonderry NH 1880 census. Does anyone know who she was? she was living with a daughter, Sarah A. Boyd. thank you Sue -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.9.11 - Release Date: 4/14/2005

See all about Finlaystone here: http://www.finlaystone.co.uk/ Rich Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jane C. Grezlik" <jcgrezlik@bright.net> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:54 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is the Finleystone? And is it connect > to the Finley family? I have Boyds and Finleys married here in the US at > about 1750. > Jane in Ohio >

Karen, I searched through my web site and didn't see a cennection between the Boyds and Finlaystone. Rich Boyd ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks

Finlaystone is the Clan McMillan Center in Scotland. It was the home of the Cunninghams at one time and I think I read where it had a Boyd connection. But I am not sure. Hoping someone else can help or tell me where I got that idea. Karen -----Original Message----- From: Jane C. Grezlik [mailto:jcgrezlik@bright.net] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 5:54 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is the Finleystone? And is it connect to the Finley family? I have Boyds and Finleys married here in the US at about 1750. Jane in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > > > See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland > Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to > each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. > > Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! > Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands > > The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance > Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a > 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, > Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is > part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount > Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million > Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for > Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and > others of Celtic origin. > They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th > centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And > thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted > America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. > Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, > as just one example. > > The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing > > >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final > concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and > unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features > over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music > alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing > the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their > Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. > > Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two > violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of > her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's > fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety > of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and > America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in > concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever > seen. > > Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every > Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons > by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with > Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. > > Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their > years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status > at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada > they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club > shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop > acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. > > An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast > The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the > entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan > Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their > own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional > Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert > experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and > dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in > love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with > his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching > musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. > > There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the > outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish > history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of > NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, > including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! > > Everybody Dance Now! > > Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under > the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, > the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from > all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and > every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, > as the North American championships are just ahead. > > Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official > Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of > Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On > Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, > New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in > their ancient and graceful art. > > Bring On The Bands! > > The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and > Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought > with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, > when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this > day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at > momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. > > Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices > of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of > pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and > all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive > strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. > > Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! > > In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal > chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today > those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of > the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the > Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the > car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end > the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" > events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing > up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful > Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the > 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot > put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or > more. > > Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the > 4th annual > Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling > sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, > by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy > Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to > commemorate the championship. > > Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! > > Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always > include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the > Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled > for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just > outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without > complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. > > Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty > resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, > Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as > well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish > 'n' chips. > > Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow > > The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day > visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops > open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists > in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from > imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and > photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display > "from the old country." > > May The Road Rise To Meet You > > At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic > experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the > taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, > the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side o f > the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world > peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' > s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you > a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & > Highland Games are all about you and yours. > > The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and > Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 > for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire > are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles > east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box > Office for special discount offers. > > Thomas Roy > Associate Producer > PA Renaissance Faire Productions > tom@parenfaire.com > www.parenfaire.com > POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 > 717-665-7021 x127 > FAX 717-664-3466 > > > > ==== 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

Excuse my lack of knowledge, but what is the Finleystone? And is it connect to the Finley family? I have Boyds and Finleys married here in the US at about 1750. Jane in Ohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen McMillan" <diggingupbones@cfl.rr.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 4:21 PM Subject: RE: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the > Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? > Thanks > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] > Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games > > > See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland > Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to > each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. > > Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! > Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands > > The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance > Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a > 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, > Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is > part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount > Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. > > Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million > Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for > Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and > others of Celtic origin. > They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th > centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And > thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted > America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. > Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, > as just one example. > > The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing > > >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final > concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and > unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features > over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music > alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing > the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their > Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. > > Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two > violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of > her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's > fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety > of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and > America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in > concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever > seen. > > Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every > Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons > by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with > Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. > > Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their > years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status > at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada > they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club > shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop > acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. > > An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast > The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the > entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan > Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their > own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional > Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert > experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and > dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in > love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with > his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching > musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. > > There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the > outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish > history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of > NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, > including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! > > Everybody Dance Now! > > Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under > the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, > the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from > all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and > every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, > as the North American championships are just ahead. > > Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official > Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of > Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On > Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, > New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in > their ancient and graceful art. > > Bring On The Bands! > > The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and > Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought > with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, > when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this > day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at > momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. > > Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices > of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of > pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and > all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive > strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. > > Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! > > In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal > chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today > those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of > the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the > Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the > car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end > the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" > events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing > up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful > Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the > 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot > put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or > more. > > Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the > 4th annual > Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling > sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, > by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy > Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to > commemorate the championship. > > Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! > > Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always > include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the > Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled > for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just > outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without > complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. > > Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty > resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, > Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as > well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish > 'n' chips. > > Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow > > The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day > visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops > open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists > in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from > imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and > photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display > "from the old country." > > May The Road Rise To Meet You > > At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic > experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the > taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, > the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side o f > the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world > peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' > s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you > a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & > Highland Games are all about you and yours. > > The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and > Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 > for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire > are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles > east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box > Office for special discount offers. > > Thomas Roy > Associate Producer > PA Renaissance Faire Productions > tom@parenfaire.com > www.parenfaire.com > POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 > 717-665-7021 x127 > FAX 717-664-3466 > > > > ==== 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 > >

Can you tell me if the Boyd family in Scotland was ever connected with the Finlaystone which is now the home of the Clan McMillan Society? Thanks -----Original Message----- From: Rich [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 3:42 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Boyd] Penn Scottish Games See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and others of Celtic origin. They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, as just one example. The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever seen. Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! Everybody Dance Now! Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, as the North American championships are just ahead. Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in their ancient and graceful art. Bring On The Bands! The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or more. Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the 4th annual Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to commemorate the championship. Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish 'n' chips. Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display "from the old country." May The Road Rise To Meet You At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side of the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & Highland Games are all about you and yours. The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box Office for special discount offers. Thomas Roy Associate Producer PA Renaissance Faire Productions tom@parenfaire.com www.parenfaire.com POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 717-665-7021 x127 FAX 717-664-3466 ==== 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

See www.parenfaire.com for details on the annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games. Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Clans and Societies set up for free with four participant passes given to each. Please pass the word on to your colleagues, and thanks in advance. Annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games One Of North America's Largest! Scottish & Irish Festival Celebrates Music, Craft & Culture Of Celtic Lands The forty acres that are the annual site of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire have undergone their annual early-summer transformation. Instead of a 16th village in England, they are now little "colonies" of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. It's all well and good, for the take-over is part of the 7th annual Celtic Fling & Highland Games, June 25-26, at Mount Hope Estate & Winery, in northern Lancaster County PA. Why such a major fuss over all things Celtic? Consider-there are 30-million Irish-Americans but only 6-million people living in Ireland. The numbers for Scottish-Americans are similar, as they are for the Welsh, the Cornish, and others of Celtic origin. They came to America at its birth. They kept coming in the 19th and 20th centuries, and in 2005 there's no reason to think or hope they'll stop. And thank Heavens, for the Celtic peoples are among those who handcrafted America. Life here is infused with Celtic music, foods, and traditions. Indeed the world's largest Saint Patrick's Day parade is in New York City, as just one example. The Fling's The Thing To Make Celtic Hearts Sing >From the opening of the gates at 11 AM to the last notes of the 7 PM final concert, the powerfully exuberant celebration of the music, dance and unbridled energy and spirit of the Celtic nations each festival day features over 50 musical sets, competitions and lore. The abundance of Celtic music alone is enough to fill a two-day slate to the brim, so it's a good thing the Fling's producers have developed a two-day pass, discounted, via their Virtual Box Office at their parenfaire.com website. Back for 2005 is the internationally acclaimed Eileen Ivers. She plays two violins, a standard acoustic and an electric. The Washington Post says of her recent concert with the National Symphony, "She may be the world's fastest fiddler, but she also is a versatile musician, at home in a variety of idioms and alert to the links between the popular music of Ireland and America." Anyone who's ever seen Eileen and her Immigrant Soul band in concert will readily admit that they present one of the best shows ever seen. Also back by wildly popular acclaim is the group known as Brother. Every Brother appearance at Flings past has been directly attributable to patrons by the thousands rising to their feet to chant, dance, and explode with Celtic delight. This is Celtic Rock music at its best, and wildest. Then there are the Glengarry Bhoys, perennial Celtic Fling favorites. Their years of determined touring and consistent output have cemented their status at the top of the independent music scene. In the United States and Canada they are a major act on the Celtic festival circuit as well as their club shows, which draw the size of crowds usually associated with the major pop acts of today. Definitely not to be missed. An Endless Musical & Cultural Feast The musical list is long, from Celtic Rock to Celtic Traditional, all of the entertainers listed among the very best of North America-Canada's Tartan Terrors with their almost Saturday Night Live music and dance look at their own Scottish roots.The Wild Geese Band from Pittsburgh, taking traditional Irish Pub music and translating it into an electrified feel-good concert experience.California's Celtic Spring, an entire family of musicians and dancers so adept at celebrating their Celtic heritage that you'll fall in love, over and over.Crooner and balladeer Charlie Zahm, mesmerizing all with his Irish sea shanties and folk tunes. And there are the lovely, touching musical chords of the groups UnCommon Ground, Keltish, and Darcy Nair. There's more than Celtic music, too. Try not to laugh while witnessing the outrageous comedy of Seamus Kennedy. And there are Irish storytellers, Irish history discussions presented by the women of the Celtic Theatre Company of NJ, and an entire area set aside for numerous varieties of Celtic canines, including the enormous Irish Wolfhounds! Everybody Dance Now! Imagine 800 Irish dancers in the first-ever Feis (fesh) on Saturday. Under the auspices of the worldwide board that officiates Irish Dance competition, the Celtic Fling Feis will see dancers-girls and boys, women and men-from all over North America, and perhaps Europe, compete in jigs, reels, and every manner of Irish dance possible. This Feis is particularly important, as the North American championships are just ahead. Not to be outdone,100s of dancers are signed up for the annual official Highland Dance Competition, moderated by the Scottish Official Board of Highland Dancing, the worldwide governing body of Highland dancing. On Sunday, Scottish Dancers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Connecticut and Canada take to the stage to compete in their ancient and graceful art. Bring On The Bands! The bagpipes brought to North America by the first Welsh, Cornish, Irish and Scottish settlers were, of course, emblematic of the hearts they brought with them, too, for the pipes of yore called when they went into battle, when they danced, when they were born and died. No wonder then that to this day those same pipers make us weep almost on the very first refrain at momentous events just about everywhere in Canada and the US. Imagine then the Fling's annual Bagpipe Band Competition, under the auspices of the Eastern United States Pipe Band Association. Here are hundreds of pipers in ebullient competition, fully clad in Irish or Scottish kilts and all the accoutrements, marching down the field, their measured and emotive strains enwrapping the hearts and souls of all who witness and hear. Thrust, Parry, Toss & Throw! In ancient times, competitive games were held so that kings and tribal chieftans could determine who was most fit to lead troops into battle. Today those same games are held for fun, but no matter, for 'tis still a battle of the mighty as scores of men and women compete for official standings in the Mid-Atlantic Scottish Athletics Association. It's like Nascar without the car, as they tour from one Highland Games event to another, hoping to end the Games season as winners of Scottish Gold in the Association's "Heavy" events categories. Their tossing of the Caber-an 18-foot tree trunk weighing up to 130 pounds-is absolutely hypnotic. As well there are the powerful Weight For Distance where a 28 or 56 pound Ball on a chain is thrown, the 22-pound Scots Hammer Throw, and the "Braemar" Stone Put, much like the shot put of modern-day track & field, but here the stone weighs 20 pounds or more. Then hearken back to the days of flashing steel and pristine honor as the 4th annual Rob Roy Epee Tournament takes to the fencing strips. The Epee is a dueling sword, so it's one touch, one "kill," as men and women, and boys and girls, by the score compete annually in hopes of winning the coveted Rob Roy Trophy, a beautiful Highland Claymore two-handed sword, inscribed to commemorate the championship. Beer, Wine & Celtic Cuisine! Festivals on the grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire always include the "Shire's" own micro-brewed ales in four hearty flavors from the Swashbuckler Pub & Eaterie, as well as the myriad varieties of wines-sampled for free--straight from the cellars of Mount Hope Estate & Winery, just outside the Castle Gate. And no Celtic celebration would be complete without complimentary samplings of Scotch and Irish whiskey. Scottish and Irish appetites for food will be whetted, too, for the twenty resident Fling kitchens are offering up sumptuous Shepherd's Pie, Scones, Pasties, Corned Beef, Briodies, Meat Pies, Cockaleekie Soup and more, as well as traditional festival favorites such as smoked turkey legs and fish 'n' chips. Hundreds Of Crafts At The End Of The Rainbow The craft marketplace alone makes the Celtic Fling a near-mandatory two-day visit, for not only are all of the 100 resident Renaissance Faire shops open, but more than 50 guest artisans and merchants-all of them specialists in Celtic culture-have erected a city of tents and offer everything from imported Irish wool to Scottish tartans, from original paintings and photographs to books and music CDs. Even canned grocery items are on display "from the old country." May The Road Rise To Meet You At the end of the day you'll have harvested a day full of Celtic experience-cabers and kilts and kindred hearts--the sights and sounds, the taste, smell and feel of everything that is just so moving about the past, the present, and, indeed, the future of Celtic life, no matter what side of the ocean. For no matter where you're from.today you embraced a world peopled with some of the most musical, most merry, most joyous folks on God' s green earth, and they have embraced you right back, welcomed you, made you a part of the family, and you'll always know that the Celtic Fling & Highland Games are all about you and yours. The Celtic Fling & Highland Games run from 11 AM until 7 PM on Saturday and Sunday June 25-26. Admission to the festival is $21.95 for adults and $8.95 for children ages 5 to 11. The grounds of the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire are located on Route 72, half a mile south of PA Turnpike exit 266, 14 miles east of Hershey and 15 miles north of Lancaster. Visit the Virtual Box Office for special discount offers. Thomas Roy Associate Producer PA Renaissance Faire Productions tom@parenfaire.com www.parenfaire.com POB 685, Cornwall PA 17016-0685 717-665-7021 x127 FAX 717-664-3466

Thanks Rich! Nice articles. -----Original Message----- From: richboyd [mailto:richboyd@speednetllc.com] Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 12:21 PM To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [Boyd] SS Death Index RootsWeb now offers the most recent version of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), which includes records through February 2005, and is happy to announce that thanks to Ancestry.com this database is available and will be updated on a monthly schedule. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ This database contains several important bits of information on the more 74,734,651 persons whose deaths are on file with the U.S.'s Social Security Administration, including: social security number, date of issuance, state of issuance, date of birth, date of death, and last residence of record. The SSDI includes names of virtually all individuals deceased after 1962, the first full year records were computerized -- if the deaths were reported to the SSA. (A limited number of records from as far back as 1937 are also included.) The database also includes the names of legal aliens with social security numbers and some 400,000 railroad retirees, who may be entitled to collect Railroad Retirement Board pensions and benefits. However, there are many reasons why a person might not be in the SSDI: -- SSA might not have been notified of the person's death. -- Person might have died before the SSA began putting its records on the computer in 1962. -- Individual might not have had a Social Security number. -- Information might have been reported incorrectly. -- Person might have changed his or her name. -- Person might have used a different spelling of his or her name. -- Database has an estimated three per cent error rate. The most frequent reason researchers are unable to find someone in the SSDI is including too much information in the search options. If you are searching for Joseph L. Benefield (as an example), he might be recorded exactly that way, or as J. L. Benefield or as Joe Benefield or Joe Lawrence Benefield. His surname (family name) might be spelled differently than you expect. His birth and death dates may differ from the information you have. You might believe he resided in Kansas when he obtained his Social Security number, and perhaps he did, but the SSA office where it was issued was in Oklahoma at the time. If you are unsuccessful in finding someone, try searching with less information -- and be flexible and creative. Did you know that Social Security numbers (SSN) are not reused after a person dies? Even though the SSA has issued more than 415 million SSNs so far, and it assigns about 5.5 million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide it with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system. See "Exploring the SSDI": http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson10.htm ROOTSWEB REVIEW ADVERTISING CONTACTS. AdSales Worldwide: Shana Davis, creative@myfamilyinc.com * * * REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 6 April 2005, Vol. 8, No. 14. * * * * ==== 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

RootsWeb now offers the most recent version of the Social Security Death Index (SSDI), which includes records through February 2005, and is happy to announce that thanks to Ancestry.com this database is available and will be updated on a monthly schedule. http://ssdi.rootsweb.com/ This database contains several important bits of information on the more 74,734,651 persons whose deaths are on file with the U.S.'s Social Security Administration, including: social security number, date of issuance, state of issuance, date of birth, date of death, and last residence of record. The SSDI includes names of virtually all individuals deceased after 1962, the first full year records were computerized -- if the deaths were reported to the SSA. (A limited number of records from as far back as 1937 are also included.) The database also includes the names of legal aliens with social security numbers and some 400,000 railroad retirees, who may be entitled to collect Railroad Retirement Board pensions and benefits. However, there are many reasons why a person might not be in the SSDI: -- SSA might not have been notified of the person's death. -- Person might have died before the SSA began putting its records on the computer in 1962. -- Individual might not have had a Social Security number. -- Information might have been reported incorrectly. -- Person might have changed his or her name. -- Person might have used a different spelling of his or her name. -- Database has an estimated three per cent error rate. The most frequent reason researchers are unable to find someone in the SSDI is including too much information in the search options. If you are searching for Joseph L. Benefield (as an example), he might be recorded exactly that way, or as J. L. Benefield or as Joe Benefield or Joe Lawrence Benefield. His surname (family name) might be spelled differently than you expect. His birth and death dates may differ from the information you have. You might believe he resided in Kansas when he obtained his Social Security number, and perhaps he did, but the SSA office where it was issued was in Oklahoma at the time. If you are unsuccessful in finding someone, try searching with less information -- and be flexible and creative. Did you know that Social Security numbers (SSN) are not reused after a person dies? Even though the SSA has issued more than 415 million SSNs so far, and it assigns about 5.5 million new numbers a year, the current numbering system will provide it with enough new numbers for several generations into the future with no changes in the numbering system. See "Exploring the SSDI": http://rwguide.rootsweb.com/lesson10.htm ROOTSWEB REVIEW ADVERTISING CONTACTS. AdSales Worldwide: Shana Davis, creative@myfamilyinc.com * * * REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 6 April 2005, Vol. 8, No. 14. * * * *

Can anyone shed light on the Z. Boyd I have found in the census records of Winn Parish, LA, 1860, he is 21 years old born in MS and is in the same household with Sarah L. Boyd, 17, born in MS?

http://www.crjc.org/heritage/V11-16.htm The Theron Boyd Homestead is one of the most architecturally outstanding late 18th century properties in the state of Vermont. The house, built in 1786 in the transitional Georgian-Federal style, is a remarkably well-preserved Georgian plan, hip-roofed, center chimney house with few alterations and no modern improvements. Its exceptional exterior architectural features include a central, double-leaf, paneled door framed by Doric pilasters and a six pane transom, a cornice with two rows of dentils, the original feathered clapboards and 12/12 windows, narrow cornerboards with applied molding. Outstanding interior features include the massive central chimney and fireplaces, Georgian and Federal period paneling and woodwork, two early 1800s cast iron stoves, early 1800s wallpaper, and well-preserved rooms. The barn, also built in the late 18th century, is noteworthy as a rare surviving farm structure from this time period and for its large size. The house was built for William Burtch, son of one of the first settlers of Hartford, and was owned for much of the 1800s by the Udall family. http://www.crjc.org/heritage/V11-16.htm

COLORADO. Denver. Transcription of the first history written about the City of Denver, Colorado, USA with a "Complete Business Directory" of 1866. It includes an every-name index compiled by the transcriber. http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rocky/1866_History/cover.html ********************************************************** REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 23 March 2005, Vol. 8, No. 12.

PENNSYLVANIA. Lehigh Valley Cemeteries. Photo documentation of cemeteries in the area -- Lehigh and Northampton counties. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~lehvalcem/ *********************************************** REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 23 March 2005, Vol. 8, No. 12.

Suing for the Family Album By Holly Jacob I read the recent RootsWeb Review where it had an article by Ron Miller about a photo album in the hands of a non-relative. I did some research for a lady with almost an identical problem. She took the issue to small claims court. When she filed for small claims she was told to sue for the album or the maximum amount of money small claims would allow since it was something that couldn't be replaced. The lady who had the album thought the whole thing was ridiculous and thought she would win because the album was left at her home and was unclaimed property for years. She was wrong. The judge ordered the album returned to the family. ******************************************************************************** REPRINTS. Permission to reprint articles from RootsWeb Review is granted unless specifically stated otherwise, provided: (1) the reprint is used for non-commercial, educational purposes; and (2) the following notice appears at the end of the article: Previously published in RootsWeb Review: 23 March 2005, Vol. 8, No. 12.