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Please scrub the pdf (Births & marriages - ScotsPeople - 1560 - 1800 Berwick only) in the previous post to Russell - the data it contains is corrupted.
I thought it would be clever to put all the Scotlandspeople data into an Excel…"
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The Ancestry money grabbers are after our records!
Started this discussion. Last reply by William Douglas Sep 25. 1 Reply 1 Like
ScotlandsPeople is under attack from Ancestry - if they succeed then access to Scottish records may become too difficult/expensive for us little guys in the future and we may not be able to post…Continue
Old maps of the British Isles - 1631
Started this discussion. Last reply by Nicole Henderson Sep 16. 1 Reply 1 Like
The theatre of the empire of Great Britain, presenting an exact geography of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc. ... 1631A very nice publication with heraldic shields, pics & lots of old maps of all…Continue
Difficulty finding a Scottish Parish marriage record? Maybe there isn't one & never was!
Started this discussion. Last reply by William Douglas Jun 26. 1 Reply 2 Likes
Dear all,I recently came across a parish entry for a 'Private marriage' in Edinburgh.…Continue
James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig
Started this discussion. Last reply by William Douglas Jun 29. 7 Replies 0 Likes
Hi. has anyone ever had the 1581 Will & testament of Sir James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig transcribed?He apparently fathered a lot of children, maybe this will could reveal some interesting…Continue
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"Re: William Drysdale 1748-1815 - we have that he was born in Belville so that's helpful to know that was a name of a farm as we couldn't find a town of that name! But we have that he died in Great Tosson.
About our version of the 1503…"
"Well I'm the fortunate beneficiary of all your hard work Ronald!! Deeply grateful, thank you.
I'm trying to squeeze a few minutes in here and there to keep up with all the info... just fascinating! "
"Hi Nancy,
I'm glad that you've got a lot more info. and it would certainly help if you could post it online. In particular I would be very interested to see your version of the 1503 document, we've found about six different versions…"
"Ronald, no records of Drysdale brides ? "
"Very grateful for your work! I just joined this group days ago and am stunned how helpful you have been! I have a lot more info to add to the familysearch.org site, I just put in the minimal. My uncle had done a fair amount of work on our family…"
"Looking at the marriage record again , it seems as if William & Barbara were well thought of in the Parish, they were the only couple on that page of the Parish record who were given the titles - Mr & Miss!
William was possibly a local…"
"Hi Nancy,
I've been slowly assigning records to people (Drysdales) on the familysearch website for the past day or so - in the Berwickshire, Roxboroughshire and Haddingtonshire areas (more than 100 individual Drysdale records in these areas…"
A cluster of early Drysdale families in Duns, Berwickshire in the 1600s
I came across this cluster of Drysdale families living in the parish of Duns in the 1600s. As far as I can tell they descended from 2 Clackmannan and Edinburgh families (Patrick & David Drysdale b. 1590s) Duns was the county town of historic Berwickshire.Some of these people eventually moved on from Duns to nearby Cockburnspath and surrounding areas, I mention this…See More
"Hi Nancy,
Sorry for the confusion.
I've tidied up the Familysearch tree a bit so we now have a clear run from Margaret Drysdale (Beech) b. 1828 in Rothbury Northumberland (nice place) through to Ingebald in the mid 1100s.
I'll have…"
"OK, getting confused!1. For James Drysdale, on your chart, the marriage date 1745 is AFTER the death date 1727
2. Adding my info on familysearch.org is a bit of a challenge. For example, I can't edit once I've entered (or the editing is…"
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AI enhanced search facility for text in old hand written historical records - Familysearch website
Posted on November 3, 2024 at 18:31 0 Comments 0 Likes
Hi all,
The Familysearch website has introduced a new experimental AI search facilty that renders old, largely unintelligible, hand written documents 'searchable', available online here:
https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/
It is still under development and can only be used on a [fairly large] selection of Familysearch records but already it is yielding impressive results -…
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Posted on June 23, 2024 at 16:29 1 Comment 2 Likes
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 19:50 on November 3, 2025,
Nancy Beal said…
Re: William Drysdale 1748-1815 - we have that he was born in Belville so that's helpful to know that was a name of a farm as we couldn't find a town of that name! But we have that he died in Great Tosson.
About our version of the 1503 incident, I've transcribed it from the hand-written text - I'll send you a message about it soon, as I'm concerned about possible errors and don't want to post until I've better verified it.
- At 19:40 on November 3, 2025,
Well I'm the fortunate beneficiary of all your hard work Ronald!! Deeply grateful, thank you.
I'm trying to squeeze a few minutes in here and there to keep up with all the info... just fascinating!
- At 10:47 on November 2, 2025,
Very grateful for your work! I just joined this group days ago and am stunned how helpful you have been! I have a lot more info to add to the familysearch.org site, I just put in the minimal. My uncle had done a fair amount of work on our family tree back 50 years ago that I can enter and these documents you keep finding are thrilling to see! One thing, however, is my family was fairly convinced of the Douglas connection via the 1503 incident. I've read the debate about it in the link you posted and realize that there could be errors that have crept into the account over the past 500 years. Our version has a few differences (the Johnstone residence was called "Ewe Hill" rather than "Greenston(e) Hill" for example). So I am hopeful to find that family connection to the brothers Thomas, William and James "Drysdale" (Douglas).
- At 5:24 on October 31, 2025,
OK, getting confused!
1. For James Drysdale, on your chart, the marriage date 1745 is AFTER the death date 17272. Adding my info on familysearch.org is a bit of a challenge. For example, I can't edit once I've entered (or the editing is limited... I've entered two of me and can't delete one or I'm trying to correct a name (Margaret Drysdale not Beech until after she was married). Also, suggestions came up from other people's info which was connected but with your recent info that you've added, I can't seem to hook up to it.
- At 2:37 on October 31, 2025,
OMG - this is incredible info!! How can I thank you? Very exciting... I'm just thrilled! I never expected that this info would be available... So eager to look at everything, thank you!
- At 2:24 on October 30, 2025,
Thank you Ronald Drysdale for the warm welcome and the links to fascinating information!
Answer to your question of my earliest known Drysdale ancestor - My great x4 grandfather was William Drysdale (1748-1815). He had two brothers, John & Alexander. He married Barbara Walker. We know his (Drysdale) father lived in Dunbar & Innerwick, but don't have a first name or date of birth/death for him.
- At 6:58 on October 13, 2025,
Susanne Douglas said…
thank you so much, Ronald and William. That's definately our family line with all the information. best regards, Sue Douglas
- At 1:48 on October 11, 2025,
thank you for your help. Kind regards
- At 1:35 on October 10, 2025,
Hi Ron, have an attachment that may help. IMG_20251010_0001.pdf
- At 2:20 on October 9, 2025,
Yes Ronald, that is the line.
Sue
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