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Armagh / Re: Are these towns/places in Armagh?Complete
« on: Tuesday 04 November 08 01:16 GMT (UK) »
Dear Kate,
I was just directed to your exchange on RootsChat. Are you living in Australia? I have some information on the Boyds of Drumbanagher and the Little family too. Do you know the Book "A Lot About a Little?"
My Boyds settled in Ontario, Canada around 1825. I combed the area around Poyntzpass, NI and found that a very large number of Boyd families once lived there (late 1700's to early 1800's) and virtually all of them disappeared thereafter. So far, I have not been able to link them to my Boyds, but the possibility remains. I tried to find a living male Boyd from those lines to encourage him to do a Y-DNA test - without success - even though I have a very good professional genealogist who lives in Poyntzpass. Are you related to a Boyd from that area? And might he be willing to do at least a 12 marker test? It is quite inexpensive now and easy to do.
I have quite a lot of stuff that might be of interest to you if you would like. Actually, I know of some Boyds who live in Pennsylvania who are descendants of one of the lines of Boyds from that area. Unfortunately, one of them did the test and he and I are not directly related.
Hopefully, this will make a contact with you and we can go from there.
Larry
I was just directed to your exchange on RootsChat. Are you living in Australia? I have some information on the Boyds of Drumbanagher and the Little family too. Do you know the Book "A Lot About a Little?"
My Boyds settled in Ontario, Canada around 1825. I combed the area around Poyntzpass, NI and found that a very large number of Boyd families once lived there (late 1700's to early 1800's) and virtually all of them disappeared thereafter. So far, I have not been able to link them to my Boyds, but the possibility remains. I tried to find a living male Boyd from those lines to encourage him to do a Y-DNA test - without success - even though I have a very good professional genealogist who lives in Poyntzpass. Are you related to a Boyd from that area? And might he be willing to do at least a 12 marker test? It is quite inexpensive now and easy to do.
I have quite a lot of stuff that might be of interest to you if you would like. Actually, I know of some Boyds who live in Pennsylvania who are descendants of one of the lines of Boyds from that area. Unfortunately, one of them did the test and he and I are not directly related.
Hopefully, this will make a contact with you and we can go from there.
Larry