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A Tribute to Reverend Jack Douglas, C.P. The Man Who Gave My Family Its Past

Today I would like to pay tribute to Reverend Jack Douglas, C.P. Author of my family’s Douglas history page. "I am a Roman Catholic priest…

Started by Nicole Henderson

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Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823

 A very interesting book a friend turned me on to .... named                                                                     '' Passpor…

Started by Russell Lynn Drysdale

5 Oct 1
Reply by Ronald Drysdale

The Ancestry money grabbers are after our records!

ScotlandsPeople is under attack from Ancestry - if they succeed then access to Scottish records may become too difficult/expensive for us l…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

1 Sep 25
Reply by William Douglas

DNA

I can’t call this post DNA progress, as this has beeen limited. originally I took DNA test at Ancestry, I also uploaded to My Heritage, Ge…

Started by Bob Douglas

13 Sep 22
Reply by Mark Stephen Elliott

Old maps of the British Isles - 1631

The theatre of the empire of Great Britain, presenting an exact geography of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc. ... 1631 A very nice publicat…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

1 Sep 16
Reply by Nicole Henderson

Douglas family of Dallas and Elgin, Moray, Scotland

My Douglas of Moray ancestors that I have confirmed records for began with Robert Douglas (c1702-1767, lived at Ardoch of Dallas) and Jean…

Started by Lorelle Brown

1 Sep 12
Reply by Ronald Drysdale

James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig

Hi. has anyone ever had the 1581 Will & testament of Sir James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig transcribed? He apparently fathered a lot of…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

7 Jun 29
Reply by William Douglas

Difficulty finding a Scottish Parish marriage record? Maybe there isn't one & never was!

Dear all, I recently came across a parish entry for a 'Private marriage' in Edinburgh. This surprised me as I thought that the Scottish ch…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

1 Jun 26
Reply by William Douglas

Spam from Ronald Morris

Spam from Ronald Morris adding you as a friend on the Douglas Archives.

Started by Don

6 May 14
Reply by William Douglas

Query about James Douglas and Mary Michael

I’m reaching out from Australia to see if anyone may have information or shared ancestry relating to my great-great-grandparents: James Cr…

Started by Mark Andrew Conner

2 Apr 22
Reply by Mark Andrew Conner

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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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