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Drysdale connections to Robert the Bruce - Bruce of Lynn Mill, Clackmannanshire
Robert the Bruce (11 July 1274 – 7 June 1329) - King of ScotlandThere is no confirmed number for the exact number of living descendants of Robert the Bruce, but statisticians and genealogists estimate there are likely hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people alive today who can trace their…
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A cluster of early Drysdale families in Duns, Berwickshire in the 1600s
I came across this cluster of Drysdale families living in the parish of Duns in the 1600s. As far as I can tell they descended from 2 Clackmannan and Edinburgh families (Patrick & David Drysdale b. 1590s) Duns was the county town of historic Berwickshire.…
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Genealogical research for armchair genealogists - AI is coming! - an opinion
Thank you Russell for your comments on this pageOur Father James Drysdale.The documents you refer to came from the vast repository of unindexed images in the Familysearch…
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Origins of the name Drysdale - summary document - tentative lineage
Dear all,I've been trying to draw together all the diverse Annandale & Drysdale strings I've been researching & I've drawn up a summary document, with a timeline.Comments and criticism welcomePicture below & pdf with hyperlinks attached…
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Ingebald's Castle 1100s
"...... As William the Conqueror advanced through England, he built motte-and-bailey castles to fortify key positions to secure the land he had taken."...... it’s thought…
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Another Medieval Drysdale has turned up - 1377 Carlisle
The poll-tax roll of 1377 for Carlisle lists one Johanna de Drynysdale as Head of the family there:Ref: Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian &…
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Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416
Hi all, I recently came across some impeccable sources for 2 separate Richard Druesdales [not Trusdales!] in England as follows:Richard de Druesdale - served in France (Battles of Crecy & Calais) in Edward III's army in the years 1346/7…
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John Drysdale would later attempt to assassinate Masterson of Grange
https://drmarkjardine.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/the-majestick-like-colossus-of-fife-in-1674/The curious report of a colossus standing astride the Lomond Hills in Fife is recorded in the…
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Oliphant family papers
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Deaths Aug 14 1789 , Dr John Drysdale also Mrs Susannah Douglas relict of Patrick Ross Esq
The Scots Magazine :volume 52Deaths Aug 14 1789 At Bombay Lieut James Rattray in the East India Company's service Oct At Madras David Graham Esq Dec On board the Valentine on his voyage from China Mr John Stuart second son of James Stuart Esq of St James's Square Edinburgh Jan 4 1790 At Nassau New…
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