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March 22, 2014 Mark & Cora Peterson-- Kern County Scottish Games, Bakersfield, CA



April 5, 2014 Chuck Mirabile-- Colorado Tartan Day, McIlovoy Park0Old Town, Arvada, CO



April 5, 2014 Diana Kay Stell-- Louisiana Tartan Festival, Minden, LA



April 5-6, 2014 Phil & Loretta Morton-- San Antonio Scottish Highland Games, Helotes, TX



April 11-13, 2014 Diana Kay Stell-- Arkansas Scottish Festival,…

My family research has always been slow. I hit brick walls, I'm sure everyone knows about those, then I hit that brick wall with my head till I have to stop. I take breaks simply because everyone so often I need a break. Still I always come back to it. Why? Well I love to find things out about where I come from. My background is mainly a mix of Scots/Irish and German/Norwegian so it presents problems. Still sometimes you find that once piece that opens up a whole avenue of places and people…

Henrietta Edwards contributes "My father, John Lang, was born in 1907 in New Trows, about quarter of a mile from Auchlochan. He often spoke of the Douglas family and their kindness to his family. At the age of 12 he was 'post boy' for them. This meant he took their pony and trap each weekday evening, to Lesmahagow to meet the 6pm train and collect their mail. He was rewarded by being allowed to present himself at the kitchen door, where the cook would give him a scone and a drink of milk.…

Almost 600 people have already signed a petition to stop the destruction of Douglas Support grounds.

Sandra Dolan said "No-one knew that this was going to happen until it happened. They must have started on Monday afternoon because nothing was happening on Monday…

Carver Richard Douglas, Poet Kathleen Jamie and Battle of Bannockburn Project Director David McAllister at final line of poem-inscription at Rotunda monument

The last word of new, commemorative poem has been inscribed into the round beam crowning the 1960s monument at the Bannockburn heritage site near Stirling.

The poem was written by…

Hal Douglas, who has died aged 90, was the “titan of trailers” - a voice actor whose gravel-toned decrees whetted audiences’ appetites for more than 1,000 forthcoming feature films, teasing out the explosive action, maudlin melodrama and intergalactic showdowns coming to a screen near them soon.

Read his obituary: …

A chest of drawers is being sold on ebay.  With three drawers, it is covered in leather.

Does anyone recognise Andrew Martin Douglas, the maker?

Can you trace your lineage to any of the Earls of Angus, barons of Drumlanrig or the Earls of Morton?

Do you have strong links going back to around 1600?

The Douglas DNA project has accumulated some funds in the 'kitty' to help those who might otherwise be bale to afford testing of their DNA to help prove lines back to early Douglases.

You can read more about the group here: …

Sally Douglas has kindly supplied me with yet more details of Douglas clock and watchmakers.  I am continually astonished at how many there were.

These are collected together as lists, and no attempt has yet been made to link the page together as narrative. As a result, if you are seeking a clock or watch maker, you will need to use the search function…

Read more: http://j.mp/1jNRX2G

Sir Russell Drysdale was inspired to paint his work West Wyalong in 1949 after going for a drink at the Tattersall's Hotel on the main street of the town that gave the work its…

WILLIAM

     I DID A QUICK RESEARCH ON THE LADY DOUGLAS'S I SUBMITTED. ALL OF THEM WERE DOUGLAS AS THEIR MAIDEN NAME. SUCH AS: MURIEL WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM"LE HARDI" DOUGLAS, JOAN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF ANDREW DOUGLAS AND MARION WAS THE DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM DOUGLAS. THANKS FOR THE QUESTION.

With worldwide interest in the sport following the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, it seemed appropriate to print this extract from John Kerr's book 'The History of Curling', published by David Douglas in Edinburgh in 1890.

In a poem* written by Captain Paterson about the beginning of this century are duly celebrated the deeds of Thomas Haddow (who is said to…

IN THE RECENT MONTHS I HAVE DISCOVERED THE FOWLLING PEOPLE: MURIEL DOUGLAS 1282-1312, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1414-1458, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1225-1274, MARION DOUGLAS 1422-1500, WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1440-1464, CATHERINE DOUGLAS 1453-1499, SIR ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS 1239-1333GEORGE DOUGLAS 1429-1462, CATHERINE DOUGLAS 1483-1581 AND SIR WILLIAM DOUGLAS 1397-1437

Bristow-Douglass "The Rev. James Bristow and Sarah Douglass Bristow" Their Ancestors and their Descendants 1640-1961 Compiled by Julia J. Bristow

Can anyone help?

Each year, the Museum of the Everglades hosts the Marjory Stoneman Douglas Festival to celebrate her life.

Rick Hirsch of the Miami herald writes about her time on the Miami Herald, here:…

The ink sketch is haunting: A roughly clad Scottish Highlander and his young wife on snowshoes, trekking alone in swirling snow 200 years ago near Hudson Bay.

He's wearing a highland bonnet, shouldering a musket. She holds a bundle wrapped in tartan to her heart.

The bundle is a baby, born hours earlier in a tent banked in…

The founder of Douglas Pharmaceuticals, Sir Graeme Douglas, has announced his retirement as the company’s managing director, effective February 1. He will remain as chairman of the Board and his son, Jeff Douglas, the current chief executive, will assume the role of managing director of the Douglas Corporate Group, New Zealand’s largest pharmaceutical…

I saw this interesting stone in New Abbey today - I guess they were genealogists!

Amongst those recognised by the Queen in the New Year Honours list 2014 are:

The Rt Hon David Alexander Cospatrick Douglas-Home, the Earl of Home CVO, CBE who has been appointed to the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and

Anthony John William Douglas. Music Teacher, Morley College, London was awarded an MBE for services to Further Education. (London)

Congratulations to them both.

I have added some new detail to the genealogy database, which will be the last for the year.  It currently includes entries for which the photographs are missing.  This is information that i received from elsewhere, and the images were not included, but the database thinks they should be there! I will work my way through these correcting the entries over the next couple of…