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Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s in the group North American immigrants
"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. Best…"
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Russell Lynn Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s in the group North American immigrants
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Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s in the group North American immigrants
"Hi all, 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…"
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Ronald Drysdale added a discussion to the group Drysdale - a Douglas sept
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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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William Douglas replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
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Sep 29
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
"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)"
Sep 29
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
"It's amazing what nuggets of genealical information are being held within the Douglas Vaults! "
Sep 29
Alison Christine Hodgkiss ( born replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
"Good reference. Thank you William. :)"
Sep 29
William Douglas replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
"This made me laugh: "Reply by Alison Christine Hodgkiss ( born 2 hours ago"  (see above)"
Sep 29
William Douglas replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
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Alison Christine Hodgkiss ( born replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Was the first Douglas in Australia (1788) a convict called William Douglas? in the group Australian immigrants
"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."
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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
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Australian immigrants

We are looking for the ancestry of early immigrants to Australia.
Sep 29
William Douglas replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion The first Douglas immigrants in North America in the group North American immigrants
"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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Just came across some decent free family tree software, not a trial, fully featured & with no 'premium' extras. Has some useful features, charts & reporting options, also mapping if you download the free Legacy GeoDB add-on.…

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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, A Chapman said…

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, William Douglas said…

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, William Douglas said…

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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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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