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Would like to know if anyone has information about Colonel John Douglas? He was born in Glasgow in 1636 and immigrated to the American Colonies in 1655. He married Catherine Sarah Bonner-Bowles in…Continue
Thank you, Michael, for telling us about your ancestry.
I wonder if you have taken a DNA test? (See the DouglasDNA project:
https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/douglas/about/results )
The reason for my asking is that the story around your ancestor has been challenged, and as far as I know no clear result has emerged.
See: https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/history/john_douglas4.htm
This is an important link in our family's history, and the more evidence that we can collect, the better.
For interest, the extensive Douglas of Mains estates once extended to within half a mile of my home, the last property on the estate being my neighbours on Camoquhill Douglas. The last of the direct line died recently.
Yours aye,
William
Welcome to our community, Michael.
You have some very interesting ancestors!
Yours aye,
William
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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