I am delighted with your offer of friendship and delighted to reciprocate. Thank you..........Bob.

Hi Russell, I've only been researching my family history a short time.

If I come across any info about your Helen Rennie/Rannie I will let you know.

I see you liked my Otterburn video, thanks.

Yours Aye!

Thank you

Darlene

Hello Russel,

I am very upset at what happen in Boston today. It is the innocents suffering. All I can do is pray that the world gets their hands on this violence. Thank you for the welcome. I am wondering for a while now if we are all from one family. My very great great grand father is name William Drysdale is on my mom and dad side, then from his sons anf further down to me. I know there is a David, then a Victoire as well. There was the English who came and develop the east coast. I was born just minutes drive from Douglastown in New Brunswick.There are amazingly a large number of Drysdale in the area where am from . Many of are in different spelling. The Drydelle is one of them. Many Drysdale speak French and are Acadians too. I grew up not knowing that it was my family or I was related. I left when I was 16 to go live just outside of Boston, Worcester a bit in New Hampshire as it is so close to home. There is such a mixture of Irish, Scottish, French even Dutch came down there that after a while we are all the same. I hope we can meet up, I am on Vancouver Island in BC. Talk to you soon Sir.

Hi Russel,

there are some extensive researches done on the east coast as people start doing research as something to do. There something I guess I could send you, and that way you might be able to make connection as it is huge undertake.  les%20Drysdale%2C%20higgins

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Thanks for the welcome, Russell!  I don't know if Ralph Erskine is related - I haven't come across him yet.  My Ann Douglas (1786-1865) married Samuel Erskine in approx 1803, in Wigtownshire, Scotland.  Samuel's parents were possibly William Erskine and Agnes Cleghorne.  Does this coincide with Ralph Erskine's information?

Regards,

Shirley

Hello Russell.  Yes, the same person, now retired and helping my wife with her Scottish family genealogy.  Her fathers' Scottish family name is Kidston, and she found that some divisions of Clan Douglas recognize Kidston family as a 'sept', others do not.  I plan to provide some information I have gathered about the ancient Douglas-Kidston relationship back to the 14th century and the 'Black Douglas Earls'...will post what I have found on the forum page of Mr. William Douglas concerning Kidston family relationship to Clan Douglas.

Russell.  Thank you for the salamander links to Clan Douglas. 

There are three salamander species (newts) known from Scotland...(source is E. N. Arnold, 2002, 'Reptiles and Amphibians of Europe').  Any one of them could have been the motivation to use the salamander on crests by Douglas leaders.  Another reference is that Archibald, 8th Earl of Douglas, put the salamander on his helmet for a crest (source:  Henry Laing, "Descriptive Catalogue of Impressions from Ancient Scottish Seals...).  It would be interesting to know what motivated Archibald to select the salamander for his helmet crest ? 

I see that Wikipedia, under CLAN DOUGLAS, indicates the clan has adopted for a clan crest a "green salamander surrounded by fire".  I understand that lots of false information is posted on Wiki, but it does give a source why the salamander is so recognized on the Clan crest (source, George Way of Plean and Squire, 2000, p. 88, "Scottish Clan and Family Encyclopedia"). 

The salamander has mythological significance being associated with fire, as the lion is associated with earth (in reality, the poor creatures like to hide in wood and when a forest log is placed on a fire the salamanders run for their lives to escape the heat). 

I also read that in Scottish history the salamander = protection.  So, I think here is a possible reason a number of Douglas leaders, such as Archibald, the 8th Earl of Angus,  came to adopt the salamander as a symbol...to show that Clan Douglas will offer protection to those associated and loyal to the clan ?  Great fun whatever the answer why the Douglas Clan uses the salamander as a symbol of honor. 

Russell, who is this?

http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/?artist_id=drysda...

William

Thanks Russell, good to be here.

Hello Russell

Nice to have you as a friend.  Although I have not been doing genealogy recently, I hope to get back into it again in the near future.  

I was looking into my gr-gr-grandfather who was born in Glasserton, Wigtown.  You have probably noticed it in my blog - his name was Hugh Douglas going back to the early 19th century.

A little family story re Drysdale.  My uncle, now deceased, called John Douglas took over a former Manse and made it into a guesthouse.   He named the house Dryfesdale.  My aunt and uncle's good friends were called Drysdale so they must have talked about the old name and that is where they got the idea.  (I think he actually went out with the lady before my aunt, so my mother told me!) Anyway, I passed the house recently, still a guesthouse, and they have changed the name from Dryfesdale to Drysdale.  I used to visit regularly and doesn't seem the same without the old name.   

Just a little snippet.  

Regards

Helena

Thankyou for accepting me Russell, I hope to make some connections soon of our genealogy.

Thanks Russel.

Thanks Russell

Looking forward to putting some information up soon !

Hi Russell,

you posted on my wall, I only got part of the message, your Grandmother was a jeffs.. this is where it ends, what was her name?

nice to make the connection ... looks like you are very active here

Thanks Russell !  If you ever come across anything that links the two lines of Col Edward Douglas of Tennessee and Lt Col Edward Douglas of Virginia let me know.  There is a lot on the net regarding the ancestors of Col Edward Douglass of Tennessee but I think most of it is just guess work and wishful thinking.  Perhaps DNA will prove to be helping in answering some of the questions regarding his line.

Russell,

Sorry, no Alexanders in my line.  Very interesting that you was born in Utah. My line of Douglass's (starting with William Mochrie Douglass) came to Utah originally and then some of his children went to Idaho to settle.  From Idaho some of my line went to California where my dad, Dan Douglass was born. Dad's family moved back to Idaho while he was in elementary school and then moved to Utah while he was in 8th grade.  I was born here in Utah.  For me that kind of takes my Douglass line full circle as far as Utah goes. 

Hi Russel! Thank you for the welcome! According to what my family has found so far our George Douglass lived in North Kingstown, R.I. I'm assuming that is where his grave is, it is not listed on the information I have. We're not even 100% sure of his date of death. It's listed between Oct. 15, 1754 and Nov. 1754. We are wanting to find more information on him and validate what we have found but we haven't had much luck so far.

Hi Russell Lynn,

Thank you for your message! I noticed that your earliest ancestor is William Drysdale, Dunfermline area. My earliest is James Drysdale, born 1821 in what is now called Dalgety Bay, just south of Dunfermline. James' first born son was named William. Years later, he was apparently living with his wife Ann at Malcolm's Beath Farm, Dunfermline. I think therefore that there is a good chance we have a connection from that region.  

Best,

Robert

Hi Russell

Yes, this is exactly what I'm looking into at the moment.

When I come up with something that hopefully adds to the current knowledge base I will post my findings here.

Best regards

Ron

Nice job Russell, I was looking for a way to accomplish it and didn't see it!

Thanks Russ!