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Added by William Douglas on July 22, 2011 at 17:00 — No Comments
There is an interesting discussion on Wikipedia about branches of 'Clan Douglas'.
Now, many do not realise that Wikipedia has a number of people who challenge the content, and enter into discussions with others about the veracity of the that content.
There were some strange 'branches' of 'Clan Douglas' listed, and I raised the question as to why they were there.
If you want to follow the dicusion, you can do do on the…
ContinueAdded by William Douglas on July 19, 2011 at 11:20 — No Comments
There has been a wonderful discussion on the Douglas dna forum regarding why so many family names seem to have the same dna as the Douglases. Piligaging and plundering might be one reason, says Julie.
Gordon, Marksberry, St Clair, Morton and Barrack are just some of the names that crop up. The discussion has centred on 'fence jumping', but genealogist Belinda Dettman has put forward a number of other…
ContinueAdded by William Douglas on July 5, 2011 at 21:52 — No Comments
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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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