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Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s

Hi all, I've just about come to the end of my search for early American Drysdales, I turned up a few but nothing of momentous import. I've…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

7 yesterday
Reply by Ronald Drysdale

William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale?

Hi all, I recently found a reference to a William Drysdale (who, in 1636, appears to have been a planter or Merchant in Virginia) in a book…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

7 on Saturday
Reply by Ronald Drysdale

The first Douglas immigrants in North America

Hi all, While searching for early Drysdale immigrants in Colonial America, I came across a plethora of material about early Douglas Immigra…

Started by Ronald Drysdale

2 Sep 28
Reply by William Douglas

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Started by Maria Mahala

0 Sep 23, 2023

North American Douglases specifically from Maine

I joined this group in an effort to find some answers regarding my brick wall -- where did my ancestors come from and when did they come. …

Started by Jane Miscavich

3 Apr 3, 2020
Reply by Don C Douglas Jr

Colonel John Douglass, d 1678 Maryland

In researching my family, I began rechecking old sources. In the Genealogy of William and Dorcas Fallas of Boston (available on Ancestry.co…

Started by Patti Oldham Pinkley

3 Mar 8, 2019
Reply by Marion Douglas

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Making conections

The more information you can give about the people you mention, the more chance there is of someone else connecting with your family.

Dates and places of births, deaths and marriages all help to place families.

Professions also help.

'My great-grandmother mother was a Douglas from Montrose' does not give many clues to follow up! But a bit of flesh on the bones makes further research possible. But if we are told who she married, what his profession was and where the children were baptised, then we can get to work.

Maybe it is time to update the information in your profile?


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