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1609 - King's Pardon for William Dryisdaill for the Murder of Patrick Houston

Ref: The Register of the Great Seal of Scotland; v. 07Google translate:At Whitehall 20 Nov 1609.The KING gave letters of release to WILLIAM DRYISDAILL, the servant of [Sir] John Murray of Ettilstoun [Eddleston], Soldier, for his life, for the murder of Patrick Houstoun, committed in April 1609.Best regardsSee More
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drysdale village 5 miles from Whalley Range UK

"Hi All During my recent bout of 'Drysdale' wildcard searches, I've come up with many variations of a place called Droylsden, near Manchester, and the Drysdale village mentioned above, appears to be one such variation. In the book…"
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Russell Lynn Drysdale liked Ronald Drysdale's discussion Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416
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Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416 in the group Drysdale Archives
"Happy New Year to all! It seems like there was an active branch of the Drysdale family living in the Stafford area for some time in the 1400s & 1500s & possibly earlier. Best regards"
Jan 1
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416 in the group Drysdale Archives
"Hi William, I'm currently trawling gradually through the extensive Familysearch library and this allows me the luxury of using wildcards in the search terms [dr*sd*l*] hence a few unusual results are turning up. Best regards Ron"
Dec 27, 2024
William Douglas replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416 in the group Drysdale Archives
"Good find!These publications are hard to search when so many names have large variations in spelling. W"
Dec 27, 2024
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Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1346 and 1416

Hi all, I recently came across some impeccable sources for 2 separate Richard Druesdales [not Trusdales!] in England as follows:Richard de Druesdale - served in France (Battles of Crecy & Calais) in Edward III's army in the years 1346/7https://archive.org/stream/CrecyAndCalais/Cr%C3%A9cy_and_Calais_djvu.txt…See More
Dec 26, 2024
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Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Joanne Ellen Lovell
"Hi again Joanne Another freebie I got from the FindmyPast website: Best regards "
Dec 26, 2024
Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Joanne Ellen Lovell
"Hi Joanne. I did a quick search on Find-my-past and got 2 possible hits: Helen L Douglas born 1911 in Castle Ward (Newcastle, Northumberland) and in the 1921 Census as Helen Lunsden Douglas in Northumberland Possibly the years are wrong (too early?)…"
Dec 26, 2024
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s in the group North American immigrants
"There were other Drysdales living in Virginia in the 1600s, who arrived before the Robert Drysdale (1676) that is mentioned above. There is a James Drysdale who is mentioned in Beverly Fleets 'Virginia Colonial Abstracts' in the years…"
Dec 23, 2024
William Douglas liked Ronald Drysdale's discussion William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale?
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Russell Lynn Drysdale liked Ronald Drysdale's discussion William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale?
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Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condemned men to the colony [Virginia] - perhaps the first American Drysdale? in the group North American immigrants
"Two further references to William Drysdale & the 6 felons in 1636 (Virginia Colonial records project): https://image.lva.virginia.gov/VTLS/CR/04156/index.html - Survey report page 3 https://image.lva.virginia.gov/VTLS/CR/11372/index.html -…"
Dec 21, 2024
Ronald Drysdale commented on William Douglas's group North American immigrants
""The Brown-Lafferty Drysdale-Chamberlain ancestry" - An interesting book which gives some details of a Drysdale family who emigrated from Scotland to America via Canada in the mid 1800s -…"
Dec 20, 2024
Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Robert Leslie McKay
"Hi Robert.  You Fife ancestor seems to be fairly well documented and is mentioned here:  https://electricscotland.com/history/articles/fifefamilyhistories.pdf ".....William's (1717-1757) son, William Drysdale (1745-1825), was…"
Dec 3, 2024

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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

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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Legacy family tree software - 10.0 full version totally free

Posted on June 23, 2024 at 16:29 1 Comment

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 16:51 on October 30, 2024, John Marksbury said…

Thanks again for your help. Just learning to navigate Ancestry.com site and finding more information from diligent research by many connected to Samuel Marksberry that is verified by my DNA match to Samuel Marksbury styled the III, where others have found records documenting his existence in America and service as soldier in the American rebellion. It appears documentation ends there and no evidence for his parentsand grandparents exists except in family lore. Time for an advanced DNA test it seems? 

At 17:05 on October 29, 2024, John Marksbury said…

How good of you to reach out. Thank you. I am a real greenhorn on this. Can you explain where I find the "Familysearch" site and what is the code you attached? Many thanks!

At 14:43 on June 29, 2024, Russell Lynn Drysdale said…

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/argentinian-elements-of-drysdales-from-the-standard-of-buenos

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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