The Douglas Archives
Jeanee Tollefson
CA
United States
Profile Information:
- Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
- Line 1: Charles Douglas 1784 - Bef 1842 - Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, occupation: Dyer
His father Peter Douglas about 1750 (Perthshire) to Bef. 1806, weaver in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland
Line 2: James Douglass - 1753 Ancrum, Roxburghshire, Scotland Bef 1841, possibly Kedslie, Berwickshire, Scotland, occupation: Shepherd----this one is tough!! - Who is your earliest known Douglas ancestor?
- Peter Douglas
- Tags/keywords - used to help people find you
- JeaneeT, Sexton~1wip, GED# A837062
- dna haplotype
- I have DNA test but not sure how to find haplotype
William Douglas
Welcome to our community, Jeanee.
Several Douglas shepherds moved from the Scottish Borders to the Highlands at the time of the Clearances. Might your James be one of those families?
Yours aye,
William
Oct 29, 2021
William Douglas
Sadly, Jeanee, I know very little about the migration of shepherds, except that they crop up in research from time to time, usually when connecting movement through Sutherland.
It seems Highland lairds, or their land managers, recruited Lowlanders to look after the flocks that replaced those moved to the coastal settlements, Ireland or abroad.
Your mention of the so-called Lowland Clearances is interesting because this often goes un-remarked, and is less emotive than in the Highlands of Scotland.
Probably not relevant, but I am also interested in the recruitment of sheep farmers to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.
I touch on all this in various places in the Douglas Archives, but maybe a more specific set of articles is required. Ummm
Oct 30, 2021