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Jane DOUGLAS of Edenburt County Cavan

I found my Great Great Grandmother Jane DOUGLAS on a surviving fragment of the 1821 census at Edenburt near Virginia Co. Cavan Ireland.  Sh…

Started by James Williams in Genealogy

3 Jun 30, 2020
Reply by William Douglas

Where does the Douglas sept of 'Douglass' originate

For many years as a youngster, we were told that there was a tradition of adding or subtracting letters from a name when a child was born '…

Started by Daryl John Douglass in Heraldry

27 Apr 21, 2020
Reply by Judith Fleenor

Jane Douglas

I don’t know if I am in the right place but I am looking for any information on my ggg grandmother, Jane (Jeannie) Douglas. She was born c.…

Started by Robert James Dean , Jr. in Genealogy

6 Apr 19, 2020
Reply by Russell Lynn Drysdale

DOUGLAS CHART all three Branches DRUMLANRIG , ANGUS , MORTON

DOUGLAS CHART all three Branches DRUMLANRIG , ANGUS , MORTON this is all copied from a group I run Royal Stuart and Stewart Autosomal DNA ,…

Started by Jackie Stoddard in Genealogy

0 Apr 6, 2020

Archibald Douglas b ca 1665 to America 1725-1728

I have looked for many years for the ancestors of Archibald Douglas b:ca 1665 in Scotland/d:29 Feb 1728 in Kent Co., Colony of Delaware . …

Started by RC Collins in Genealogy

9 Feb 26, 2020
Reply by Richard William Maginis Douglas

Lady Elizabeth Christian Douglas 1524-1575

My wife's lineage in America traces back to John Forrester Forsyth Forrest 1524-1573, in Scotland, whose spouse is listed as Lady Elizabeth…

Started by Troy William Cornelius in Genealogy

2 Feb 4, 2020
Reply by Troy William Cornelius

Morton - links to Douglas

My paternal line Morton has always regarded itself as of the Douglas clan. As a consequence through my years I have acquired my father's Do…

Started by Bruce Stewart Morton in Genealogy

11 Jan 29, 2020
Reply by Mark Stephen Elliott

Lord James Douglas, the Black Douglas

I am working in Ancestry.com on my ancestors from Scotland and have reached an impasse. I have reached an ancestor named Sir William Dougla…

Started by Eric Peter Douglas in Genealogy

5 Jan 19, 2020
Reply by Eric Peter Douglas

Simplified view vs. Desktop view in a group

Show simplified view. ... in the group Drysdale Archives this simplified view simply leaves out most information posted there using a cell…

Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale in General

3 Jan 14, 2020
Reply by Russell Lynn Drysdale

Douglas Dunkeld.

Hi i can trace my family history to Dunkeld and towns from around there back to 1841 anybody know any more about them?.

Started by Paul Douglas in Genealogy

2 Dec 10, 2019
Reply by Paul Douglas

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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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