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OLD BUILDINGS IN DOLLAR William Gibson 1883

OLD BUILDINGS IN DOLLAR

The second wool mill of Dollar was built by Mr William Drysdale of Alva who carried it on for a very long time and after his death his son Robert continued in it for a great many years The water for the wheel of this mill was brought in a raised up wooden trough from the weir previously mentioned and stood right above where the Castle walk now is When not

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required for the wheel the water was discharged into the burn by a large…

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Added by Russell Lynn Drysdale on February 9, 2023 at 20:49 — 3 Comments

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Making conections

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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