Dear Cara, Thanks for your mesage. Yes, it's prefectly possible that a B could be mistranscribed as an H - particularly from some sources, such as tombstones! Hoyne appears to be a less common name than Boyne, but certainly Irish. Best wishes, Chris Boyne Dr C. W. Boyne School of Computing, Mathematical and Information Sciences Faculty of Management and Information Sciences University of Brighton UK office: W610 tel: 01273 642555 (int: 2555) email: c.w.boyne@brighton.ac.uk > ---------- > From: IRL-WICKLOW-L-request@rootsweb.com on behalf of Cara_Links > Reply To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: 12 July 2005 10:58 am > To: IRL-WICKLOW-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Wicklow] BOYNE NAME ? > > Dear Chris, > > Would you perhaps be open to a thought, that the name BOYNE could through > the hands of time changed to HOYNE in transcribing things? > Please dont bite the messenger she is only asking > > CARA > > > > > ==== IRL-WICKLOW Mailing List ==== > Families are like fudge...mostly sweet, with a few nuts > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

I was wondering the same thing about the Hinch or Kinch surname. Has anybody linked these two?