Michelle Y Durand

Female

Athens, AL

United States

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Which Douglas line are you researching? Dates and places help making connections.
Drumlanrig Castle, from the 9th century until now.
Kilgour/ Killgore/ Kilgower, ...
I was a Kilgore from the line that migrated to Down Ireland from Edinburgh, Abberdeenshire, and area.
I had absolutely no idea that my DNA showed Scottish, 27 percent, and 5% Prussian or German.
3 percent Irish, some Wales 1%, and the rest is British ancestry. I also have 0.09 % Black. A man, named David Ali is my 5th cousin, maybe 6th. He may have been adopted.
What are the issues with my ancestors, and claiming the Douglas family as their own.?
Seems that information has originally come from good sources.
I do have Scottish ties to the Royal family. The castle, Drumlanrig, was where my family is said to have lived for many generations.
I have a tree that traces it on familysearch.org.
Who is your earliest known Douglas ancestor?
I will check, and get back on that.
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Edi buKilgore Killgore Kilgour, James Douglas Kilgour,

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  • William Douglas

    Thank you, Michelle, for giving us details of your ancestors.

    I am having some trouble connecting 'Kilgour' with Mouswaldand will have to dig deeper.
    Here is a reference:
    https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/downloads/Barony_of_Mouswa...

    Yours aye,

    William

    Jul 18

  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi Michelle

    While all of the major online Genealogy sites seem to have the Douglas-Kilgour & Mouswald family lines listed, none of them appear to have any relevant source material which backs up those relationships.

    ScotlandsPeople - nothing, Familysearch - nothing, Geni - nothing, Wikitree - some sources listed - but nothing relevant
    etc

    The first official record (transcript of a Scotlandspeople record) I've come across is copied below:

    The following publication seems to have been used as a source for much of what is now online:

    CHARLES KILGORE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN - A New History of The Kilgore Family

    https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G003732.pdf

    This name relationship was also looked at by the CDSNA see attached pdf.

    CDSNA SEPTS 2011-07


    Best regards and good luck with your research

    Jul 18

  • Ronald Drysdale

    Hi again Michelle,

    This publication seems to be the best sourced work on the Kilgour name:

     Origin and History of the Ancient Name Kilgour

    https://publiclibrary.cc/digitalcollections/files/original/12/13646...

    Best regards

    Jul 18