You obviously haven't been to Australia. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Curtis" <jcurtis@infowest.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > I've traveled around the world 3 times, lived in the Mariana Islands, & > Thailand...if you like "flies"go to India. They crawled & buzzed all over > us. From there we went to Lebanon, and were held at gun-point at the > airport, then to Damascus, then back-tracked to Greece, etc. > > JanC > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:33 PM > Subject: Re: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > And I am a world traveller by choice. When I arrived at Edinburgh > > Castle and read the list of sheriffs of the castle, there were a slew > > of Boyds but no Boydes. The "Anglos" I met living in India were Boyds > > too. > > Here in Virginia we have Hoggs and Hogges (it's said locally, some have > > tails and some don't) and in another family line we have Leggs but no > > Legges. > > Anna Grace Boyd Foster > > On Jul 6, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Harry Boyde wrote: > > > > > Thanks for asking!! Until my father came along our family name was > > > Boyd. No E.! As a youngster my father was teased by his mother's > > > family and some friends about belonging to a black family that lived > > > near him also with the Boyd name. He was very displeased with the > > > teasing and eventially added the E to our name. I forgot to mention > > > his father died when he was 6 yrs. and mother died at 12. He was > > > raised by grandparents and an uncle on his mothers side.I was born > > > with the E and have never seen a need to change. As I am a world > > > traveler by profession, I can tell you that England, Ireland and > > > Scotland have plenty of Boyde's with E listed in their phone books. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich" <richboyd@speednetllc.com> > > > To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 12:32 PM > > > Subject: [Boyd] BOYDE > > > > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> When I type the surname BOYDE in the search engine of my web site I > > >> get 100+ hits. > > >> Lots of Boyde's in early records in Canada and the U.S. > > >> > > >> When I type BOYD I get 1475 hits. > > >> > > >> When I type the BOID I get 60 hits. BOIDE gets only 4 hits. > > >> > > >> When I type BOYED I get 23 hits. > > >> > > >> > > >> Harry: > > >> Where did your name get the "e" on it? I haven't seen that except in > > >> medieval docs. My understanding/reading is that it comes from the > > >> Norman French for "beauty" or the Gaelic for "fair" > > >> Anna Grace > > >> > > >> On Jul 5, 2005, at 10:57 PM, Harry Boyde wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> ==== 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 > >