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I've been trying to find info about Daniel McArthur (McArther) for the past 10 years. I know he served in the 28th Mississippi Rifles during the Civil War and was wounded and captured at the fall of Vicksburg, 3 Jul 1863. He was interred at the POW camp in Chicago until Aug, 1865, where the life expectancy was less than 4 months. He spent time in the Ft Smith, AR, area after the war, where he married a Cherokee woman. He was from west AL, originally. Family legend has it that…
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There follows a brief early history of Queensberry House, in Edinburgh, then a T-plan structure originally erected by Dame Margaret Douglas of Balmakelly as a ‘Grand Lodging’.
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Queensberry House was first built for Dame Margaret Douglas of… |
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Johnny Douglas has spent half his life wading through swamps, waging war with cold-blooded hissing reptiles that are famous for their death rolls. But the 46-year-old Wildwood outdoorsman recently traded his bang stick for a weed whacker, taking up a new career as a landscaper.
Catching gators for a living just got too expensive for the former state-licensed…
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A series of posts on the Rootsweb Forum make interesting reading, and demonstrates the value of DNA testing. They started with is:
ContinueI may have missed previous discussions about William Domini Douglas? If anyone can help clear up the questions about his parentage, birth, etc., I would greatly appreciate it! I have traced him back through my great,great grandfather, WHH Douglass of…
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Donna Douglas, the actress who played Elly May Clampett in the hit US comedy show "Beverly Hillbillies", has sued toy maker Mattel over Barbie dolls, which she claims are based on her.
The lawsuit filed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, claimed packaging for the toy company's "Elly May" Barbie doll features a…
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Sally Douglas's article on the Douglases of Bonjedward and Timpendean is now available as a flip book.
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Portraits of Countess Luigia Douglas Scotti d'Adda are available on many sites across the internet.
But who is she?
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For those of you who may be interested in having your DNA done.
FamilyTreeDNA (http://www.familytreedna.com) will be running discounts tomorrow, April 15, National DNA Day.
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Old Douglas was the mascot of Company A, of the 43rd Mississippi Infantry.
The idea of U.S. military camels was the brainchild of Jefferson Davis. In 1855, when he was Secretary of War for President Franklin Pierce, he arranged for the formation of a Camel Corps near San Antonio.
Davis surmised camels would be better equipped to carry supplies in the western deserts than horses or mules. He also thought camels would be of more use on southern farms than…
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This sword blade, depicting the Douglas heart, was allegedly given to Sir James Douglas by Robert the Bruce.
However, as Bruce would still have had his heart had he been alive when he gave it, then the heart would not have featured!
So, whose sword is it?
Can anyone make out the verse inscribed on the…
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Do use Scotland's People for your research? One of my frustrations is the time limit on using 'credits'.
The price for 30 credits will go up from £6 to £7 starting April 1. But also with this change, the credits will no longer expire after 90 days. They will now be good for one year.
Why is there any time limit?
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There is a bit of a spat between Wikipedians over the introduction of Douglas into the Hamilton name.
Who was the first Douglas-Hamilton? And which Duke was the first to use the double barrelled name?
To see what is going on behind the scenes, one must look at the 'View history' and talk pages. You can see who is editing the article, and look at their talk pages.
The earliest date that I can find for a Douglas-Hamilton is 1874. Does anyone know better?
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Contessa della Rena was the wife of a Florentine wine merchant, who became mistress of various members of the English aristocracy. By 1759 she was in England under the protection of William Douglas, Earl of March, a notorious rake whose main interests were horse-racing, dancing girls and opera. In the last of these, March and his mistress would have come into contact with Giardini, whose forays into production of the Italian opera [was noted previously].
La Rena sat to…
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The kirkyards website is a resource containing a variety of information to assist people researching their family trees where their ancestors came from the Stewartry (or County) of Kirkcudbright, or the local history of the county, as it existed prior to 1975 when county boundaries were removed and it became part of Dumfries and Galloway.
All inscriptions on gravestones in the following parishes were transcribed and the…
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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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