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North American immigrants

We are researching early immigrants to the USA and Canada.

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Early arrivals

Many Canadian and American families can be traced back to early arrivals in 'America', but making the connection across the pond is often not so straight forward.

I am keen that we should use this forum to identify those key people, and then work together to trace their ancestors back to Scotland (or Ireland, or England). In some cases, families arrived via the West Indies. It would be good to identify them as well.

A starting point is the list in The Douglas Archives of 'Early Douglas settlers in America'. Suggestions for additions to this list would be very welcome.

Please make your contributions as full as possible, with dates and places included, as appropriate.

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on October 15, 2014 at 14:21

http://apps.sos.ky.gov/land/nonmilitary/patentseries/vaandokpatents...

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on July 22, 2014 at 18:10

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2014/07/22/tennessee-offers-database-1500...

Tennessee offers database of 1,500 family Bibles online

Published July 22, 2014

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. –  The Tennessee State Public Library has put a database of family Bibles online and available for searching by the public.

State Librarian Chuck Sherrill told The Chattanooga Times Free Press early Bibles served as the place where families marked milestones such as weddings, births and deaths.

The database of 1,500 Bibles may serve as a treasure trove for genealogists and historians, a record of a time when Tennessee was wildly dangerous and human life seemed especially small and fragile.

Sherrill says among the Bibles in the database are one from 1538 and a book dating to 1753.

Southern Adventist University history department head Lisa Diller says historians are often fascinated by comparisons of information in family Bibles to government data.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on December 8, 2013 at 0:13

http://douglashistory.ning.com/forum/topics/passports-of-southeaste...

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 6, 2013 at 15:14

John Douglas , Hawkins county  , North Carolina in 1786 was recorded as a customer in the store books of Thomas Ames ...

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on November 6, 2013 at 15:03

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 14, 2013 at 16:06 
11 May 1833- Rockbridge County Deed Book S, p. 70       William Tolley and Sarah his wife; John Tolley and Abby his wife; Thomas Dente and Julia his wife; Hannah Morris; Martha Nowell; and Elizabeth Taylor; to John Douglas.  For $300.00, 450 acres in Arnold's Valley on Back Run, a branch of James River (on top of little mountain, adjoining one other tract containing 170 acres, and one of 450 acres, granted to George Warren Parker, 17 Aug 1787. Signed:  William Tolley, Sarah Tolley, John Tolley, Abby Tolley, Anna Morris, Martha Noll, Elizabeth Taylor.
Comment by Patti Oldham Pinkley on April 29, 2012 at 16:07
I had know a bit of this previously. I have info on James Douglas named surveyor in PA. I just have to figure out how to send a link to actual archive pages.
Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 29, 2012 at 13:55

Just a few bits I have found while researching DRYSDALE Parish here in Virginia .

Comment by Bob Henry on April 28, 2012 at 18:26

Good stuff, Russell, keep 'em coming!

Bob.

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 26, 2012 at 13:00
Description: 58 acres on a small branch of Hiccory Creek.
Source: Land Office Patents No. 37, 1767-1768, p. 79 (Reel 37).
Part of the index to the recorded copies of patents for land issued by the Secretary of the Colony serving as the colonial Land Office. The collection is housed in the Archives at the Library of Virginia.
Other Format Available on microfilm. Virginia State Land Office. Patents 1-42, reels 1-41.
Subject - Personal LinkDouglas, James. grantee.
Subject - Topical LinkLand titles. -- Registration and transfer -- Virginia -- Amherst County
Subject -Geographic LinkAmherst County (Va.) -- History -- 18th century.
Genre/Form LinkLand grants -- Virginia -- Amherst County.
Added Entry LinkVirginia. Colonial Land Office. Patents, 1623-1774.
LinkLibrary of Virginia. Archives.
 

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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