Hi all, Just a little name difference and the causes I have found. 1.With some German immigrations the name was put on paper as it sounded, as the education level of all people at the time were far less than people of today. 2. Some family members didn't want to be found by others, they would either add a letter or drop a letter i.e. LINDERMAN LINDEMAN LINDEMANN, SMITH SMYTH SMYTHE I have found folks in my own family that removed the R in the name, as to not be noticed in the news papers of the day. Hap Smith searching:SMITH LINDERMAN BOYD BURRINGTON LOCKWOOD HUNTER TOWNE P.S. Do a spell check, you will see what I mean. The many different ways to spell names.. ----- Original Message ----- From: <agfoster@headscheme.com> To: <CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 9:33 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 > >