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My branch of the Douglas family. Part 1.

Hello readers,

Well, after years of research and frustrating roadblocks I have finally pieced together my first article documenting my branch of the Douglas family. This is only part 1, I'm sure in time I'll add more to the story and what I'm documenting here has been a remarkable personal journey. 

I hope for the reader you may find some take away advice if you're currently or planning to do research into your own family history. I am not a genealogical researcher by any…

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Added by Andrew Douglas on May 24, 2019 at 12:49 — 1 Comment

The Clan Douglas Association of Australia

The Clan Douglas Association of Australia was established on December 3, 1986 in Brisbane. 





Aims and Objectives of the Association: 



To act as…
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Added by William Douglas on February 11, 2013 at 16:28 — No Comments

Clan Members affected by Australian Flooding

Jeff and Justine Douglas outside their flood damaged home

Regions of Queensland have begun re-emerging from the floodwaters, as Brisbane started a mass clean-up following the deluge that has swamped thousands of homes over the past few days.

As the water receded, putrid mud and debris was left covering…

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Added by William Douglas on January 14, 2011 at 19:09 — No Comments

Crocodile Hunter Malcolm Douglas Killed in Car Crash

Australian documentary maker Malcolm Douglas, known in the industry as the original crocodile hunter and the man who managed to match, if not surpass, TV documentary legend Steve Irwin was killed on Thursday at the Wilderness Wildlife Park in Broome, after the 4x4 he was driving hit a tree.



The body of the filmmaker was supposedly found caught in between the tree and his car, with the police ruling the death as accidental. The causes of the accident are however not clear at… Continue

Added by William Douglas on September 24, 2010 at 18:30 — 2 Comments

John Douglas, 7th Premier of Queensland

I have recently been revisiting the story of John Douglas, 7th Premier of Queensland, Australia. It has given me the opportunity of including more details of his family and descendants in the database. These will be added at the next GEDCOM upload.



Doing my research, I came across Jeremy Hodes thesis, The Uncompromising Liberal, which was written over a period… Continue

Added by William Douglas on September 14, 2010 at 11:08 — No Comments

Ancestry launches the Australia Birth, Marriage and Death Index

The release of Ancestry's Australia BMD Index seems to have been met with mixed reviews. Interestingly, here in the UK, although it got press coverage, and links to the Ancestry.co.uk website, there are no obvious details there!



However, full details can be found on the Autralian site:…

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Added by William Douglas on July 16, 2010 at 10:49 — No Comments

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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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