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March 2024 Blog Posts (2)

Douglas Memorial School, Kolkata

There is an undoubted Scottish connection with the Douglas Memorial School , in the Barrackpore district of KolKata (Calcutta) in India. I am not sure that the tartan is Douglas!


I am hoping to find which Douglas had the honour of having this school named after them.

My research became…
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Added by William Douglas on March 18, 2024 at 10:00 — No Comments

the search for James Drysdale Brother of John Drysdale Of Cedar Fort

In the search for James Drysdale son of James Drysdale , also older brother of John Drysdale Of Cedar Fort





John Drysdale last I know in 1858 seen his brother James in the troops of Albert Sidney Johnstone just before the Civil War broke out while Johnstone was occupying Utah keeping an eye on the Mormons , after that , the trail goes cold , no information I have found so far concerning civil war involvement of this James Drysdale .

Something coincidental here , both…

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Added by Russell Lynn Drysdale on March 17, 2024 at 13:37 — 2 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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