Thanks for the reply.  Here is everything that populated on Ancestry.com after I added my DNA result and while I still had an active subscription. I can't afford it now unfortunately, but it did preserve the people that it found.  The workings of this, I am unsure of. 

I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.

https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143... 

I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and 'Lady'.

William

Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.

I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research.

Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.
Better if they were online!

Thank you for the information. Most kind.  I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards

I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution.

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/argent...

How good of you to reach out. Thank you. I am a real greenhorn on this. Can you explain where I find the "Familysearch" site and what is the code you attached? Many thanks!