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Archibald (Douglas) V Earl of Angus (Bell the Cat) Died 1514

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on October 6, 2024 at 16:10 — No Comments

A Hawick Word Book by Douglas Scott (Douglas Scott's Hawick Dictionary)

https://douglashistory.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-hawick-word-book-by-douglas-scott

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on October 4, 2024 at 15:30 — No Comments

Google: "Brigham DNA website" for douglashistory.ning of Clan Crozier.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on October 4, 2024 at 13:18 — No Comments

Massachusetts Colony to Tullykelter, Fermanagh (Maguire), Ireland

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on October 3, 2024 at 17:35 — No Comments

Scott surname meaning distribution Forebears, Named.PublicProfiler, Your-Family-History Discover.23andMe Scotland, Jamaica, N. Ireland of high frequencies.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 9, 2024 at 16:05 — No Comments

Tartan coat worn by Sir John James Scott-Douglas, c.1822

https://www.nms.ac.uk/discover-catalogue/three-tartan-coats-from-the-georgian-period

Sir John James, 3rd Baronet , was the son of Sir George Douglas 2nd Baronet of Springwood. .

Douglas (1792-1836) joined the 15th Light…

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Added by William Douglas on September 3, 2024 at 14:00 — No Comments

Dunbar castle battle surname-s Gordon Cockburn Y-DNA Balliol Roll Marie Stuart

Feel indentured POW Daniel Ell(i)ot of Tullykelter, Co. Fermanagh (Maguire), Ireland, came to America on the same ship as Alexander Gordon, but his father-in-law's (Peter Cloise-Cloyse-Clayes many spellings) mother gave hard labor and felt by the Gordon's the she abused him, so the Gordon's may not ever accept that Daniel and his older…

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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on August 24, 2024 at 16:38 — No Comments

Hawick Word 8ook by Douglas Scott a handy reference especially for Douglas, Scott, and Elliott

Hawick Word 8ook by Douglas Scott a handy reference especially for Douglas, Scott, and Elliott.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on August 19, 2024 at 17:00 — No Comments

Clan Armstrong MacGhillielaidir (Descendants of Strong Arm)

Clan Armstrong MacGhillielaidir (Descendants of Strong Arm) 'INVICTUS MANEA' 'VI ET ARMIS'

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on August 7, 2024 at 16:14 — No Comments

Bailliol Roll Dunbar Gordon, 'Bell the Cat' lands Liddesdale-Dunbar-Stewart

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on August 6, 2024 at 18:26 — 3 Comments

9 days in Scotland

I am often asked about travel tips.

Nothing here for a Douglas, but a nice contribution from Gretchen Butts, noetheless:

Just finished a 9-day adventure in Scotland all by myself and it was thrilling and empowering.…

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Added by William Douglas on August 5, 2024 at 15:30 — No Comments

Kate Douglass: USA Olympic Swimmer

Olympic Experience
2-time Olympian; 2-time Olympic medalist (1 silver, 1 bronze)
Olympic Games Paris 2024, silver (4 x 100m Freestyle Relay -…
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Added by William Douglas on July 30, 2024 at 10:30 — 3 Comments

Legacy family tree software - 10.0 full version totally free

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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Added by Ronald Drysdale on June 23, 2024 at 16:29 — 1 Comment

Knighthod for Richard Philip Douglas CB

Congratulations to  Richard Philip DOUGLAS CB on whom was conferred a Knighthood in The King's Birthday Honours.

Sir Richard Philip Douglas CB (born 20 November 1956 in York, Yorkshire) is a British former senior civil servant and influential health leader. He previously served as Director General for Finance, Strategy and the NHS at the Department of Health.

His knighthood is in recognition of services to the National Health Service (Rainham, Kent)…

Richard Philip Douglas, b1956

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Added by William Douglas on June 19, 2024 at 13:41 — No Comments

A new development in spam applications to join the Douglas Achives!

I think the answer is 'Rejected'.

Added by William Douglas on June 13, 2024 at 10:25 — 2 Comments

Hermitage Castle of French Marie Stuart Queen of Scots is under attack by the French

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on June 12, 2024 at 1:53 — No Comments

Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society - Douglas of Hermitage castle.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on June 8, 2024 at 20:56 — No Comments

Hermitage Castle DNA genealogy.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on June 8, 2024 at 19:22 — No Comments

Douglas of Cavers William Ellot of Horseley relation in notes.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on May 25, 2024 at 5:44 — No Comments

Gold diverted from Batavia to New York

This is not my work- credit goes to author Mr.Henk Schouten 

In a local Dutch newspaper Mr. Henk Schouten published an article with the title:

“Gold bars from the Dutch-Indies diverted to New York.”

According to the Dutch authorities during the Second World War all Dutch gold, silver and money in the Dutch-Indies were confiscated by the Japanese occupiers. This is also the reason that most…

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Added by Russell Lynn Drysdale on May 24, 2024 at 20:28 — No Comments

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