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To be paid annually at the bridge of Drumfres, one red rose - is there a story here?
Started Feb 3 0 Replies 1 Like
Came across this when doing some light reading of the DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY Natural History and Antiquarian Society 1907-8Ref: Gleanings of Old Dumfries and Galloway. Page 133…Continue
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"A partial print from Bruce Baillies book - History of Dollar
History of Dollar - the lands of Dollar - Fuears & owners in 1605 _compressed
Best regards"
"The Testament Dative of James Drysdaill of Dollar [and Lochleven] who died in 1588 is attached as a pdf - although not mentioned in his will, James had other children including William Drysdaill in Sheardale (died 1600).
24-3-1588 James Drysdaill of…"
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The first map is not really true to scale but the second map is Ordnance Survey from 1862.
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"Regarding 'Kyndly tenants:
Please see our previous discussion on this topic and the 1600 last will & testament of William Dryisdaill in Schirdale, Parish of Dolour (who appears to be the father of the Williame Dryisdaill of Scherisdaillthat…"
The Drysdales of Dollar
The 1998 publication - 'History of Dollar' contains a lot of information concerning early Drysdale feuars & tenants in Dollar i.e. residents of Dollar prior to 1605 & thereafter:https://archive.org/details/historyofdollar0000bail/page/10/mode/2up"In 1605, probably in need for currency due to the court's move to London, the Earl [Campbell of Argyll] feued out the Mains and Bank lands to his "kyndly" -…See More
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To be paid annually at the bridge of Drumfres, one red rose - is there a story here?
Came across this when doing some light reading of the DUMFRIESSHIRE AND GALLOWAY Natural History and Antiquarian Society 1907-8Ref: Gleanings of Old Dumfries and Galloway. Page 133https://dgnhas.org.uk/sites/default/files/transactions/2020.pdf#page=137Seems to be a very reasonable rent…See More
Origins of the name Drysdale - summary document - tentative lineage
Dear all,I've been trying to draw together all the diverse Annandale & Drysdale strings I've been researching & I've drawn up a summary document, with a timeline.Comments and criticism welcomePicture below & pdf with hyperlinks attached…See More
"Good luck with your research Christi!
Best regards"
"Oh my gosh THANK YOU! I do not know how this site works yet. I found FamilySearch the same day as this site so I am toggling back & forth trying to figure it all out. Definitely on the right track now; thank you again!!!"
Another Medieval Drysdale has turned up - 1377 Carlisle
The poll-tax roll of 1377 for Carlisle lists one Johanna de Drynysdale as Head of the family there:Ref: Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 58 (series 2). Vol 58…See More
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AI enhanced search facility for text in old hand written historical records - Familysearch website
Posted on November 3, 2024 at 18:31 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all,
The Familysearch website has introduced a new experimental AI search facilty that renders old, largely unintelligible, hand written documents 'searchable', available online here:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/
It is still under development and can only be used on a [fairly large] selection of Familysearch records but already it is yielding impressive results -…
ContinueLegacy family tree software - 10.0 full version totally free
Posted on June 23, 2024 at 16:29 1 Comment 1 Like
Just came across some decent free family tree software, not a trial, fully featured & with no 'premium' extras. Has some useful features, charts & reporting options, also mapping if you download the free Legacy GeoDB add-on.…
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- At 18:44 on January 31, 2025,
Christi Douglas said…
Oh my gosh THANK YOU! I do not know how this site works yet. I found FamilySearch the same day as this site so I am toggling back & forth trying to figure it all out. Definitely on the right track now; thank you again!!!
- At 16:51 on October 30, 2024,
Thanks again for your help. Just learning to navigate Ancestry.com site and finding more information from diligent research by many connected to Samuel Marksberry that is verified by my DNA match to Samuel Marksbury styled the III, where others have found records documenting his existence in America and service as soldier in the American rebellion. It appears documentation ends there and no evidence for his parentsand grandparents exists except in family lore. Time for an advanced DNA test it seems?
- At 17:05 on October 29, 2024,
How good of you to reach out. Thank you. I am a real greenhorn on this. Can you explain where I find the "Familysearch" site and what is the code you attached? Many thanks!
- At 14:43 on June 29, 2024,
Russell Lynn Drysdale said…
- At 12:09 on April 19, 2024,
A Chapman said…
I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution.
- At 16:31 on April 18, 2024,
Thank you for the information. Most kind. I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards
- At 22:20 on March 22, 2024,
William Douglas said…
Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.
Better if they were online!
- At 10:10 on March 22, 2024,
Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.
I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research.
- At 10:29 on March 16, 2024,
I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1
I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and 'Lady'.
William
- At 4:50 on March 16, 2024,
Pauline Baker said…
Thanks for the reply. Here is everything that populated on Ancestry.com after I added my DNA result and while I still had an active subscription. I can't afford it now unfortunately, but it did preserve the people that it found. The workings of this, I am unsure of.
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