Good morning Folks I missed this Email sitting on one of my two junk boxes and have just written to Elizabeth and Robert. And hopefully they will join this net list to advertise more about this Boyd family. Perhaps you may descend from another Branch of this family in NC, or have had family living in the same area; or he is a sibling of your own Boyd family; or you may have come across then in their “westward” migration into TN or KY – BUT IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THIS FAMILY COULD YOU LET ELIZABETH AND ROBERT KNOW PLEASE. Mike Boyd Brisbane, aust From: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2019 11:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: James Berry Boyd Hello Mike, I was referred to you by Derek Thom and he shot me this email regarding the Boyds: He did say this to me " feel free to pass on my name to anyone you might come across who have a Boyd in their family tree, so I can add their Boyd or Boyd descendants to the Clan Boyd Pyramid" I am currently researching the Boyds of Western North Carolina since my husband is from that Boyd line and his name is Robert Boyd. We have gone back 6 generations to James Berry Boyd 1769 who came from County Tyrone Ireland to NC. We have not been able to connect him to any ancestor in Ireland and wondered if you could help find his parents. The conundrum is my husband's YDNA came back with many McClurg matches several hundred years back with about a 3-4 genetic distances. He doesn't fit into any Boyd category on the Boyd project. Do you know of any connection with the McClurgs and the Boyds? Here is the Boyd tree of Western North Carolina. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/106715480/family Elizabeth Boyd