Dear House of Boyd Society Members,

As Editor, it is my pleasure to announce that Issue #72 (Spring 2006) of the Dean Road has been mailed and you should soon be getting your copy. This issue is full of interesting articles as well as House of Boyd Society announcements, officer and convenor contact information and society business. Included in this issue:

President's Corner
From the Editor's Desk
Old Occupations in Scotland
The Legend of the Thistle
Scottish Eatin'
Sultanas - What Are They?
The Blacksmith
Robert Burns poetry

Please send your genealogy queries, articles, stories, birth announcements, humor pieces, etc. that you'd like to include in future issues of the Dean Road to me at my Society address below. One need not be a member of the House of Boyd Society to submit items for publication. We print genealogy queries free of charge. To read a bit about the Dean Road. visit http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/deanroad.html.

Dean Road is a benefit of membership in the House of Boyd Society and is not available by subscription. Non-members who would like a complimentary copy, please send me your postal mail address at editor@clanboyd.org. SHould you be interested in joining the Society, there is a downloadable membership application available here: http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/join.html or http://www.clanboyd.org/pages/hobsapp.pdf

I welcome all comments.

Yours Aye,

Kevin McLachlan
Editor, Dean Road
House of Boyd Society, Inc.
editor@clanboyd.org
http://www.clanboyd.org