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"Yes William,  The Lady Archivist was very helpful (unusual nowadays) and as well as being the resident archivist at the Dollar Academy she runs the Dollar Museum: "I am also the Hon. Curator of Dollar Museum where we have a lot of…"
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"Hi William, I was recently in touch with the Dollar Academy Archivist (carolan-j@dollaracademy.org.uk) and she sent me an electronic copy of this magazine, also see below re further research: "Thu, 21 Mar at 16:40 Hi Ron For your information…"
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Douglas Memorial School, Kolkata

There is an undoubted Scottish connection with the Douglas Memorial School, in the Barrackpore district of KolKata (Calcutta) in India. I am not sure that the tartan is Douglas! I am hoping to find which Douglas had the honour of having this school named after them.My research became confused when I discovered there is also a Barrackpore in Trinidad and Tobago where…See More
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"Also, your Alexander Drysdale and Christian Donaldson couple are about 100+ years down the line. regards Ron"
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"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…"
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Douglas Memorial School, Kolkata

Posted on March 18, 2024 at 10:00 0 Comments

There is an undoubted Scottish connection with the Douglas Memorial School , in the Barrackpore district of KolKata (Calcutta) in India. I am not sure that the tartan is Douglas!


I am hoping to find which Douglas had the honour of having this school named after them.

My research became…
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The Debutante

Posted on February 19, 2024 at 12:54 0 Comments

Carmen, the daughter of Mrs James Douglas, was presented at court in 1925. 

A debutante presentation at court is a formal ceremony where young women of high social standing are introduced to the monarch or head of state. It marks their official entry into society and is often seen as a rite of passage.

The presentation is not…

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Corps of Artillery Drivers

Posted on February 17, 2024 at 11:30 0 Comments

Until 1794, the Royal Artillery hired civilian horses and drivers to haul its guns. In that year, the Corps of Captains' Commissaries and Drivers was formed to provide these services. This was reformed as the Corps of Gunner Drivers in 1801. In 1806 these became the Royal Artillery Drivers. In 1822 these were disbanded and from that date all men…

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Italy

Posted on February 14, 2024 at 12:09 0 Comments

As you know, there has been much discussion on the Douglas Scotti of Italy in this forum.  This has generated many articles on the extended family.

I have been restructuring the pages on Italy in an attempt to bring some cohesion. It will take time for the search engines to catch up.

Here is the main page: https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/italy_home.html you should be able to find everything else…

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Bruce raises his standard at Castledykes, Dumfries, 1306

Posted on January 11, 2024 at 20:25 0 Comments

Here at Castledykes, with the rivers Nith and Criffle visible, can be seen Robert Bruce raising his standard at the Castle of Dumfries, freshly seized from its English garrison. Sir Roger Kirkpatrick of Closeburn with sword in hand, and Sir John Lindsay acclaim their leader.

Earlier on the same day, February the 10th 13O6, and at the other end of Dumfries within the Greyfriars' Monastery, Bruce had imperiously stabbed Sir John Comyn of Dalswinton, his rival claimant of the…

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At 23:58 on March 22, 2024, Ronald Drysdale said…

Yes William, 

The Lady Archivist was very helpful (unusual nowadays) and as well as being the resident archivist at the Dollar Academy she runs the Dollar Museum:

"I am also the Hon. Curator of Dollar Museum where we have a lot of genealogical information about the Drysdales. We open at Easter – see the website for times etc. I would advise you to arrange a time with me if you decide to visit as the material has to be taken out of the store."

You might even get a cup of tea if you visit!

Best regards

Ron

 

At 20:09 on March 22, 2024, Ronald Drysdale said…

Hi William,

I was recently in touch with the Dollar Academy Archivist (carolan-j@dollaracademy.org.uk) and she sent me an electronic copy of this magazine, also see below re further research:

"Thu, 21 Mar at 16:40

Hi Ron

For your information and any other interested genealogists there are two complete sets of the Dollar Magazine and Fortunas in the archive and school library and also two sets in Dollar Museum.

It will eventually all be digitised. Currently I have 1902 (1st issue) to 1921. Only the ones you saw relating to WW1 are online.

Hope to see you in Dollar some time!

Janet"

There are some copies of the Dollar Magazine online already (1911-1920);

http://www.worldwar1schoolarchives.org/dollar-academy-scotland/

Best regards

Ron

At 17:48 on March 16, 2024, Ronald Drysdale said…

Also, your Alexander Drysdale and Christian Donaldson couple are about 100+ years down the line.

regards

Ron

At 23:42 on March 15, 2024, Pauline Baker said…

Thanks for the add everywhere, William. I am looking forward to meeting some people! 

At 16:21 on January 17, 2024, Nicholas Timothy Pink said…

Thanks for your help, that looks interesting. I will read that when I get a moment to myself. Thanks for your help on my behalf. 

At 11:44 on January 17, 2024, Nicholas Timothy Pink said…

Hi William, sorry about the delay in getting back to you but I am busy at work. I run a Financial Consultancy in the South of England and still work full-time, even at my age.

I am 2/3 viking by DNA and 25% Celtic, which is where I think the Douglas link comes from. I guess some of my viking ancestors had relations with people in the North of the UK i.e. Scotland now. I have not as yet traced things back, but I am aware my family name were big land owners in the Yourkshire area years ago, which makes sense with the viking bit as that is mostly where they landed. I need to sit down and do a bit of ancestry tracing one day if I can.

At 16:00 on January 16, 2024, Terry Douglas Irons said…

It is definitely Orval Douglas. He is my paternal grandfather. His father is James David Douglas. They are from West Virginia. I can track back to a John Dowgals married to Bethia Dennis.  I am then stuck.  Thank you for the welcome! Terry

At 20:37 on January 6, 2024, Sarah Douglas said…

Thanks William.  I will try and upload the family tree as far as I have got.  There's one place where there were about three "George"s to choose from so will try and add my reasoning for choosing the one I did!

At 3:07 on December 19, 2023, Karon "Jeni" Davis said…

I've tried to research this area too. My adopted uncle was a Lutz. There's a Freeland Camp in Saginaw, MI. where a woman named Adele Lutz did nurse mission flight to France and died there. He wasn't her child but info says she had several siblings. Wallenburg and Lutz (You can just put in your search bar) were in MI and Wisconsin for some reason. I don't know if there's a connection. My DNA shows a Cherinawski cousin and one was allowed to stay in England after the war for privacy reasons. There's more but this is things i've read over the years and my only connection is mostly names. My grandfather and his brother retired from Ford. His brother was in the corporate and mine was tool and die.or dye?

At 3:01 on December 19, 2023, Karon "Jeni" Davis said…

I also have pictures. One is on a carboard type substance. It says Grandma LaPointe on the back. My grandfather was in WWII- America - Navy. He had a funeral with the flag, etc. Gun Salutes but I don't know what he did. I had another letter from his dad to Clara. he asked her how much more weight did he need to lose to fly. I don't think he was in WWII. He and Clara divorced. He moved to Galveston, TX. They did bring him back for his burial - I think I was told that. I wonder how we could be related to the Cheverie boys that died in WWII. I think I read there was 3. One weird thing and I have no idea where it is. There was a social security card that had the name, Cora Rodgers. My great grandmother was Clara and none of her sisters were named Cora. There was also a "Brother Archer' that Elizabeth wrote about visiting in a letter.

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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.

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