"Russel has correctly pointed out that some of the names in the table above may not be variants of Drysdale and that there are other name origins that may be more appropriate e.g. Twisdale is a better match for Tuisdale than Drysdale.
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Ref: Baltimore County Families 1659-1759 a Book by Robert Barnes
I have continued my research into some of the names in the above table however I have come up against a brick wall in my research into the Robert Drysdale in Virginia, The…"
Spelling of Douglas and Drysdale family names - variants
Hi all, As many of you will have discovered when researching historical ancestors electronically, oftentimes important records are missed because the surname is spelt in a slightly different way, indexes located within the publications themselves (when available) help to mitigate this problem but still some records are missed.In some older printed works, the letter 'f' is sometimes used instead of the letter 's' & this obviously impacts electronic search results when looking for (say)…See More
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"Thank you for your comments and good luck on your genealogical Journey.
Best regards
Ron
ps I had to put 'genealogical' into your reply to prove that I could spell it (see third comment below)"
"It's amazing what nuggets of genealical information are being held within the Douglas Vaults! "
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"This made me laugh: "Reply by Alison Christine Hodgkiss ( born 2 hours ago" (see above)"
"Thank you Ronald.
Excellent work..
Hard to know whether this is someone in my Australian tree, but worthy of note.
Every piece in the puzzle helps.
Cheers. Alison H."
Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas?
Hi WilliamYou made a comment way back in 2010:Comment by William Douglas on October 28, 2010 at 15:41I thought it about time I added some detail to the Douglas Archives about the very early arrivals in New South Wales.No sooner had I done so, than I received a copy of an 'essay' written by Carol Baxter entitled 'The Douglas Controversy'.She writes: The Douglas Controversy deals with one such situation (uses of "circumstantial evidence"). The controversy centres around three fathers and two sons…See More
"I think that 'The Living in Virginia' may have been a roll call following the 'Indian Massacre'.
William Douglas is amongst those listed."
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- At 14:43 on June 29, 2024,
Russell Lynn Drysdale said…
- At 12:09 on April 19, 2024,
A Chapman said…
I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution.
- At 16:31 on April 18, 2024,
Thank you for the information. Most kind. I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards
- At 22:20 on March 22, 2024,
William Douglas said…
Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.
Better if they were online!
- At 10:10 on March 22, 2024,
Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.
I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research.
- At 10:29 on March 16, 2024,
I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.
https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1
I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and 'Lady'.
William
- At 4:50 on March 16, 2024,
Pauline Baker said…
Thanks for the reply. Here is everything that populated on Ancestry.com after I added my DNA result and while I still had an active subscription. I can't afford it now unfortunately, but it did preserve the people that it found. The workings of this, I am unsure of.
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