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Given my Y-DNA is R1b-U106 by YSEQ and 23andMe and FTDNA it is S163631. Homogeneity is testing is useless to science. Diversity is needed. When you Y-DNA has been in America since about 1650 give a geometric binary doubling progression one is going to have that of about all found in America, including a small bit from W. Africa to Barbados. Family…
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Bothwellpark House is situated on the edge of Bothwell, just north of the River Clyde in South Lanarkshire, close to the remains of Bothwell Castle. It is a house of historical significance for the surrounding area and is understood to have been built as the Dower House for Bothwell Castle Mansion (now demolished). Designed by James Playfair and built in the late 18th century, the B-listed Georgian house is laid out over three stories in a symmetrical rectangular layout with wings…
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The surname Randall appears strongly is Norfolk then somewhat Yorkshire. Finding Randall Douglas, of York County, VA. Names in locality which end in 'ton', seem to have Yorkshire origins.…
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In 1826, Count Karl von Welsperg decided to sell the heavily indebted Langenstein estate including the towns of Eigeltingen and Orsingen. With Prince Karl Egon zu Fürstenberg, to whom he initially offered the property; the count did not reach a trade agreement. Finally, Grand Duke Ludwig of Baden took over the offered objects for 190,000 guilders. In the same…
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Us to using a different format, but the above is and example of lands, including an insert-map showing Braidlee, from Anglo-Saxon Broadlee, meaning a valley broad on the leeward side. Wolflee also Anglo-Saxon, meaning the valley of the wolf. Yes, there were wolfs in the region. They introduced them around here and the Navajo grandmas shoot them for…
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Example concerning lands Scot, Douglas, Elliot, distribution around Hoik, and William Douglas ownership of these lands.
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The easiest way to create a deception is to be as precise and accurate as possible. Own and manage three websites. Top and
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'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.
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