"Thank you, Ronald. Yes, those are the correct family members. I did some research yesterday and Elkhart County, Indiana didn't keep birth records during the period William was born,…"
The Douglas Archives
"Hi Daphne,
I've done some further checking and found some census data (1860,1870 & 1880) that could fit your William D. Douglas with an English 'Douglas' father & a mother that…"
"Hi again Daphne,
I don't know what sources you have, I'm just going on what I see on the Familysearch website. You say that you have confirmed his mother and father - that is a…"
"Thank you for your help/info Ronald. I feel I keep going down the wrong rabbit hole in my searches. I did not have the 1920 census for William Dayton Douglas, so that was helpful and was…"
"Hi Daphne,
There is an entry on the FamilySearch website for your relative:
William Dayton Douglas 1858–1926 Familysearch ID 9WM9-246
However, the ancestors indicated in the FS…"
"The record seems to be just a few scribbles on a bit of paper - in Dutch
The website notes that go with the bit of paper:
Zoelen religious communityZoelen Description: Church village…"
"Isabella Benjamin Douglas seems to have a connection withe the Reformed Church. Perhaps baptised there?"
"Hi William, That's a different William Dayton Douglas...my great grandfather worked for the railroad. But thank you. Daphne"
