The Douglas Archives

A collection of historical and genalogical records

Ronald Drysdale's Groups (11)

  • Douglas dna

    37 members Latest Activity: on Wednesday A group for those who are using dna to trace their ancestors. The intention is NOT to replace the existing dna group, but to facilitate…

  • Descendants de la famille des Douglas en france

    5 members Latest Activity: Nov 12, 2025

    La famille Douglas a été dans de nombreux pays et notamment en France. Ce groupe permet de rassembler les descendants des douglas Français et…

  • Douglas families in Ireland

    49 members Latest Activity: Nov 26, 2025

    Researching members of the Douglas family in Ireland is notoriously difficult.  So many records have been destroyed, and the families often moved…

  • West Indies Connections

    18 members Latest Activity: Apr 27, 2025

    A group for those who are researching their Douglas ancestors who have West Indies/Caribean connections

  • North American immigrants

    32 members Latest Activity: Nov 7, 2025 We are researching early immigrants to the USA and Canada.

  • For those who served.

    12 members Latest Activity: Sep 18, 2024

    This group is dedicated to those Douglas's and our honored Septs who have served or are serving their country. 

    We particularly…

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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