I've just found your channel, I'm British and I got to say, you guys are my kind of Americans, quiet, well spoken, respectful history buffs. Currently on a marathon of your videos, they are excellent and very well put together and edited.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Stephen! We've been trying to do a lot more research before we visit new places...it makes us appreciate our surroundings so much more. Glad you're enjoying the adventure 😊🙌
@Penddraig76 жыл бұрын
That’s cool, my ancestor gave Matt’s ancestor the land! Robert the Bruce is my 22nd great grandfather! It’s nice he got to visit his ancestral home and learn all about his ancestors, he must have been buzzing!
@1981moondancer7 жыл бұрын
As a Historian from the United Kingdom, I am so glad that Americans come back here to find out about their History. Wonderful.
@teipeu90336 жыл бұрын
joanna kennedy they’ll have their own soon.
@kindudakus21225 жыл бұрын
Believe it or not, according to my family history, I am related to the Monroe clan. They ruled the highlands of Scotland. In that time period, if people wanted to come into the highlands, you had to pay my clan a toll
@tonyp0114 жыл бұрын
as long as they dont do a Scott Disick who visited London bought a noble title and got knighted just for the Kardashian programmes and now he thinks he's a real lord as he uses the title Lord and as called himself Lord Disick
@ines_uk5 жыл бұрын
It’s so great that Matt was able to find the place his ancestors came from. And what ancestors indeed! I’m sure it was amazing to go there and see the old family castle and been told all about your family. What a unique experience!
@wleon40687 жыл бұрын
I have only just started watching your videos but it feels like I am there with you on your travels. Very high-quality work you are producing here.
@georgeglory17 жыл бұрын
Amazing for Matt, seemed genuinely pleased to find his roots
@melissamcleod75584 жыл бұрын
The Boyd's are my ancestors, too. The last Earl was my 5th great-grandfather.
@littlemork6472 Жыл бұрын
They are my family too 😊
@phillipb9977 Жыл бұрын
It would be awesome to gather as many Boyd’s together in one spot for a reunion. A place like a castle seems like a good spot 😂
@littlemork6472 Жыл бұрын
@@phillipb9977 How wonderful that would be ❤️🤗
@lubobaggins7676 жыл бұрын
Found your channel last night and I absolutely LOVE IT. Love seeing places close to home. The filming is excellent and I find the videos really relaxing :)
@MissyLou22867 жыл бұрын
I have to say that was just amazing. To be able to go a find out so much family history like that. How awesome! Another great video you guys.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Melissa! It definitely made Eric and me want to figure out our family history and do the same! Although we'll be a bit disappointed if it doesn't lead us to our own family castle 😂
@andrewschmitz97076 жыл бұрын
This one was so personal since my nan was from Scotland. My mom,ok mum really,is a Chisholm as in Clan Chisholm. Erchless Castle is the Chisholm home that was until WW2 in the clan from 1500's to then. It is in excellent condition today in some kind of B&B format,not cheap at 3000 pounds ,less certain seasons. Thanks guys.
@dundeeguy5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant your friend should be proud of his ancestors 😊
@TheTravelingClatt7 жыл бұрын
Been waiting for this one! You guys did such an awesome job filming this video. Wish I was there to experiment boydville with you guys
@cjcj69454 жыл бұрын
What an incredible experience for Matt!
@amc35 жыл бұрын
Oh my gosh, I used to live 25 miles from that beautiful castle and did not even visit it, how bad is that. Thanks for such a great video.
@mom2irishboys7 жыл бұрын
Sweet!! Congrats @MattBoyd on the find! How cool is that?! I literally had goosebumps watching you discover your family's past! (Thanks for the hack idea, too!)
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Erin Farrell so glad you enjoyed it!!
@erikaconway37565 жыл бұрын
So glad I found this video! I’m planning my trip to Scotland and guess why I am planning to go to Dean Castle?! Because my family are Boyd’s also!!! My dads side! So we are cousins probably a million times removed!
@SonsOfMars. Жыл бұрын
thats crazy for me its my moms side
@rodwoolF17 жыл бұрын
Loving these videos. The editing is fantastic. Any plans to visit Wales? It's a beautiful country that often gets overlooked.
@Clickbaiter-qq3zo7 жыл бұрын
rodwoolF1 Ye snowdonia is my favourite place
@craftyape54237 жыл бұрын
Great to see how quickly your channel is growing! Another great video! :)
@googlyzeyz313 жыл бұрын
King Robert The Bruce of Scotland built the castle and lived there 1316. Fact! ⚔️🏴⚔️🔥
@forbesmeek630410 ай бұрын
The Boyds also had a Glasgow castle. Bedlay on the road to Cumbernauld. 🏰
@skibbadabba5 жыл бұрын
that was nice for Matt....im pleased for him :-)
@Cerseyb3 ай бұрын
This is awesome! We were just at Dean Castle a little over a week ago because my husband is descended from the Boyds also! Would love to connect with Matt and compare notes!
@isabellev90713 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!!! That must be so humbling and proud at the same time to be stepping into your ancestor's land since 1300. Thanks for the Airbnb hack too! When this pandemic is over, I will go to Europe!
@stephengarrity35356 жыл бұрын
I stumbled across your vlog last week and have been working my way through.. couldn't believe it when you said Kilmarnock.. a town just 10 minutes from me and where I worked for 12 years. Love watching all your adventures! Thanks for sharing guys
@jamiemcguire3907 Жыл бұрын
I have been watching you guy's for a couple of years.. so wish I had found your channel before when you were visiting my part of Scotland.. I stay less than 15 miles from Kilmarnock now, though have stayed in the town many times before.. would have loved to have met you guy's.. much love, at a much later date all be it, from Bonny Scotland.. my home is your home x
@garrisonboyd17014 жыл бұрын
That's so cool, I wish I was a Boyd...
@PeterShieldsukcatstripey4 жыл бұрын
love the rain on the windscreen
@disoriented14 жыл бұрын
I am in awe of the sense of history that is all encompassing in every part of the U.K. which you have visited! The UKers..( I don't want to offend anyone by calling them British, as I've heard many of them do not appreciate that term)..seem to walk by a 12th century castle with a nonchalance we in the U.S. give a McDonald's. In my part of the U.S., a surviving building from 1855 is on the National Register of Historic Places simply for being that age!! I so want to visit the U.K.
@stuartmcgill68004 жыл бұрын
Matt's face when that twit says "Mon don't worry aboot phones." I'm from Scotland and my reaction has honestly gone from bemused to ever so slightly irritated by these situations. 😀
@SonsOfMars. Жыл бұрын
just recently filled out my family tree, im related to the boyds as well! starting from my 5th great grandfather John T Boyd.
@connorgardiner98274 жыл бұрын
I'm from Kilmarnock born and breed been waiting for a video like this!
@LifeUnfilteredwithDale7 жыл бұрын
Kilmarnock is my home town. Glad you had a lot of fun. The video was great, did you enjoy fanny by the gaslight pub?
@VONMEEK3 жыл бұрын
Too cute I’ve been following this Channel for the Rev restoration and never realised you had been to my hometown Kilmarnock where I live next to the dean castle
@KaylaPhaneuf7 жыл бұрын
Okay I'm fairly new to the vlogs (like two three weeksish) and I'm obsessed
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Kayla Phaneuf that's great to hear 😂
@phillipb9977 Жыл бұрын
As a Boyd myself I want to make the voyage as well. Happy you got to visit Scotland and it looks beautiful there. Look up Alexander Boyd he is who our family thinks we are ancestors of (since everyone is still close to that Virginia area)
@mizmelbourne10 ай бұрын
I’m a Boyd from the branch that live in Australia. Many generations of Boyd are buried in Merino cemetery (Victoria, Australia). My grandfather was given property in Merino by an older Boyd relative - and the property was called Kilmarnock!
@MyMadspirit7 жыл бұрын
No joke I dont get how you guys have only 7,5k subscribers, you're content is pretty damn high quality, you produce in a high quality, its prefossionelly edited and stuff like that, nice transitions and music and you two are sympathic, the viewer feels that you guy's are really having fun with what you're doing and so on. You're really making a great job! Greetings from germany
Yea.. they offer a quality product.. been watching non-stop
@alishasmith7032 Жыл бұрын
Funny, I can prove I am related to the Boyds of Kilmarnock, my great grandmothers maiden name was Boyd and we traced it through her name Shirley Boyd
@RuthShultz477 жыл бұрын
Imagine having a real Scottish Castle in your background! The deer and donkeys are beautiful. Matt sorry your 8th grandfather was beheaded. You do know that the English and Scottish were at war for many many years. Wow! Moss on the grave stone! Your B'n B was lovely.
@TheTravelingTogetherJournal7 жыл бұрын
I love all the animals! The whole thing is great, but I'm always filming the wildlife when ever possible for our vlogs too.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+The Traveling Together Journal hah yeah we love animals 😄
@J_Stamps867 жыл бұрын
Really, really enjoying these videos, great to see such an appreciation of the UK. If you come back at any point there are plenty of places around Yorkshire that are well worth a look (my home city of Sheffield is a bit too industrial to be especially interesting, but the landscape is still quite nice).
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
We definitely plan to spend more time in the UK at some point in the future. Thanks for the recommendations!
@beinnnabhfadhla64575 жыл бұрын
Dean Park Country Park used to be the home of the Boyd's of Kilmarnock. The Boyd's were the only lowland clan to fight in the Jacobite side at Culloden (1746) and as a result, General Robert Boyd (a member of Prince Charles's Privy Council) was beheaded in London in 1746 sealing the fate of the Boyd clan, like so many in Scotland after that battle vs the Redcoats. The victors always take the spoils and write the history (PS: this is my home county).
@andrewdonaghy12487 жыл бұрын
oh and you drank in Fannys! That's where I sing karaoke
@Eflattery15 жыл бұрын
You need to try the Northumbrian coast. There's Bamburgh Castle, Seahouses (excellent smoked fish) and Holy Island. It's stunning.
@rumblersgear33692 жыл бұрын
That's my family home as well Granddaughter to the Boyd's :)
@patricialetort73604 жыл бұрын
This is epic!! You do great videos!
@Game_Boyd7 жыл бұрын
Hmm maybe I have a castle somewhere too. Matt and I could be cousins
@aidenboyd62585 жыл бұрын
Me too?
@jamesboyd53053 жыл бұрын
King James??? 🤴
@luanncrownover46 жыл бұрын
That was awesome that Matt got to visit "his" castle! Well done!
@newt77057 жыл бұрын
Cockington village Torquay Devon is very old worldy,also there you have kents cavern.
@jessicalea20107 жыл бұрын
Yay! Can't wait to see you guys in Paris!
@SouthernVoiceRocks6 жыл бұрын
Ok I love this!!! I was thinking 25 vlogs ago I wished they would tell us how much the places you stay are 🙊🙊🙈🙈 and this one you did. Great hack on the New Airbnb too😎
@ShipsKat7 жыл бұрын
Good job making Kilmarnock seem OK. Really enjoying your videos. 😀
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Haha! We had a great time down there! :)
@siggyrockstv7 жыл бұрын
I'm glad Matt forund his castle :)
@Marineinftry6 жыл бұрын
One day I'll make this trip. That would be so awesome
@jamesboyd53053 жыл бұрын
Sad Boyd here...But we are really good Castle Builders..not so good in the choose your ally department! I heard about Simon John Boyd of Kilmarnock!
@weirp7 жыл бұрын
glad you guys came to Ayrshire. did you go anywhere else in Ayrshire while you were here?
@joeninety47407 жыл бұрын
Now you guys know why we drink whisky. Warms you up, in the dreich Scottish weather.
@UserAsia3103 Жыл бұрын
Your Boyd friend is a (very) distant cousin of mine, as I am also a Boyd descendant. My 10th great grandfather was James Boyd, 9th Lord of Kilmarnock (died in 1654).
@ladymc20216 жыл бұрын
That's awesome guys! My family tree is from "Clan Ian Vor" Lord of the Isle's of the UK and also my Mom's heritage is from the Carpathian mountians in the Ukraine, so I really know what it's like to enjoy your heritage :D Great vid guys 👍
@Artist21st7 жыл бұрын
I would love to find my Scottish heritage on my mother's side.. Irish too!
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Oh cool! You definitely should...maybe you'll have a castle to claim too 🏰😂
@akien34447 жыл бұрын
I didn't watch your videos for a while and i gladly see how you improved your editing skills: good job!
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Aimless Wanderer thanks!
@forbesmeek630410 ай бұрын
Dunno who lives in Bedlay Castle nowadays, a private hoose but the Chryston bus will take you to the gate.
@betsyboyd41283 жыл бұрын
Hi there! We are also Boyd’s and have been there. Unfortunately the castle was under construction-2019. Y son found this on u tube and his name is Matt Boyd as well.. cousins?
@stormwalker799 ай бұрын
Your friend Matt is one of my Boyd Cousin's!
@williamreimund90017 жыл бұрын
How awsom to find your ancestral home! Must have been great fun!!
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Crazy, right??
@DrFranklynAnderson7 жыл бұрын
Oh, nonono. If reading gothic literature and H. P. Lovecraft has taught me anything, it's that you NEVER try to reclaim your ancestral home-and you definitely don't look too closely at any artifacts that may still be lying around. That way madness lies… ;)
@alanmclauchlan73387 жыл бұрын
I'm laughing so much at the train conductor shouting at them haha. They don't didn't seem to realise the train only stops momentarily to pick up passengers and continue.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Alan Mclauchlan it had actually been sitting there for a while! But he was still in a hurry 😂
@Debznagle6 жыл бұрын
Omg just watched this randomly. We live on the outskirts of kilmarnock.
@maudvanzolingen19784 жыл бұрын
My Grandma her girls name is also boyd. En we have also that Shield from confido. My Dad he has on paper a familytree its begin in i think 1300 till now 2020. I want to go there when the Corona is under controle. Thanx for te Nice video.
@ethanhill2012 Жыл бұрын
dang my gran lives accross from the dean park
@racheltaylor65787 жыл бұрын
I really enjoy watching these films.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Rachel Taylor so glad to hear it!!
@JacobCarlson7 жыл бұрын
Oh my god. Matt's burger sounded _delicious_
@stormwalker799 ай бұрын
We Boyd's are Cousin's to the Royal Stewarts.
@Thingfishy7 жыл бұрын
Liked the train guard saying "Don't worry about photies" :)
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
😂
@katiescarlett19557 жыл бұрын
Very awesome trip to the castle. I am Irish and have traced my family all the way back to 1725 Ireland. But I have never been able to travel to Ireland and explore it. My family is from the Galway area. Truly enjoyed this video!!!!
@kevinseward23956 жыл бұрын
Your videos are really well edited 👍
@MC325953 жыл бұрын
can someone tell me the name of the song playing in the beginning!!
@Spawn3034 жыл бұрын
We are related! My family is from there! Confido
@DollzObsessor4 жыл бұрын
My last name is boyd, and i have heavy scottish blood, you and i sir could possibly be closely related, i am also from the USA. My uncle is one of the "roberts", and my brother's middle name is Alexander. We keep our heritage close to us
@Iamtimchung7 жыл бұрын
haha amazing Scotland exploring, also is me or has anyone seen they love a good 🍻 The airbnb is massive!
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
We require at least a pint a day to keep us functioning 😜 And ya, we super lucked out with that place!
@Iamtimchung7 жыл бұрын
The Endless Adventure a pint a day keeps the doctor away? 🙈
@williambell8282 Жыл бұрын
Lidderally awesome...lol
@minnaminna20626 жыл бұрын
So did you told the tour guide about Matt? I wish we could have seen the reaction or something.
@monkeynuts16405 жыл бұрын
They stopped at my cousins aunties bar 😂
@keely2477 жыл бұрын
you have to travel further north to the highlands (my home town is Inverness) :) love the vlogs.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! Ya, we're kicking ourselves for not heading up that way! I think our new plan is to eventually head back for the highland games and spend a good bit of time up north 😄
@conormcclung46554 жыл бұрын
My back door at my home is straight onto the grounds do the dean castle
@clairehaswell4 жыл бұрын
I live here and this is surprising u enjoy killie
@Casavlog7775 жыл бұрын
لا شك أن هذه الجولة الرابعة عشر حول المدينة التي تحبها Je crois que c'est pas fini pour faire une nouvelle tournée vers les autres quartier de la ville de glasgow
@ketaminekyle4345 жыл бұрын
you need to visit shortlees
@IthratCordwallis7 жыл бұрын
That's some nice genealogy research you've undertaken; I wish I was related to Scottish Nobility, but it appears that aside from nearly all the residents of a former Welsh mining village being members of my extended family, I got nothing. Ah well.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
Same here, our genealogy isn't very exciting. But we were excited to find out that Matt's was!
@scornedbeauty7 жыл бұрын
we do have a lot of castles in scotland lol
@fdavie24 жыл бұрын
Every time you say Kilmarnock I just die inside 😂
@gormless25452 жыл бұрын
It’s fuckin ripping me that they came here, talking about “their land” when they can’t even say the fucking name right.
@ceejay-qi2py7 жыл бұрын
I'm from Glasgow in Scotland and my clan is the Jack clan we have our own coat of arms and tartan nice video
@allansisson3557 жыл бұрын
That was very cool, Matt is going to get hurt more, I can see it coming.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+allan sisson it's inevitable really 😂
@gekoboy157 жыл бұрын
Wow how can you afford all this traveling,so jealous haha
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Louis Irwin we work a lot while traveling!
@courtlandhere5377 жыл бұрын
You guys are like underrated Casey Neistat...but better. 😂
@yazmac7 жыл бұрын
Ah, the Drygate is right by my work! Pity you couldn't stay a little longer, it's very close to the oldest house in Glasgow as well as the Glasgow Necropolis and Cathedral (all free entry!)
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+yazmac nice! We actually visited the Necropolis, you'll see it in our next video 😄
@KINGcalgacus7 жыл бұрын
why on earth would anybody give this a thumb down ? ?....strange person alert lol.
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
+Calgacus 😉
@GBManGentle3 жыл бұрын
Hello to all The Fellow Boyds in the world XD
@abousam867 жыл бұрын
Great video 🙂
@Theendlessadventure7 жыл бұрын
🙌
@googlyzeyz313 жыл бұрын
Yes wee man! Not cool to lose your head! Mr Boyd is that your army to take the castle back? After all your uncle shouldn’t have been beheaded. All charges against him were fraudulent. People were nasty and would go to extraordinary lengths to acquire peoples land and property. My grandma lived there for 20 years. I loved sitting on the big horse with all its battle ready shinny armor. I don’t see that horse in your video?
@topher11287 жыл бұрын
Look up my family while you are there LOL My grandfather traced our family tree to the First Louthan's that immigrated to the US in the 17th century. He could not trace it any further since at that time (the 1950's) you had to travel to the country to further research. Sadly, I am the last Louthan in this branch of the tree My Great Grandfather, Grandfather, my Father and then I were a single male offspring. My ex-wife and I have young adult girls. I will not be leaving any children to carry on the Louthan name. Of course, I would love to look further back into our history by visiting Scotland. A life bucket I do not think will ever happen.