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Dand-Daniel Ellot-Elliot Co Maguire-Fermanagh on EU-UK Border of Scots-Irish.

The Aug 4, 1682 Boston deed: Daniel Elliot Sr, father of Daniel Elliot Jr of the Salem Testimony, was a document discovered by Melanie Hollett of the Daniel Elliot group.…

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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on December 20, 2023 at 5:29 — 4 Comments

Wallace, Bruce, Sir James, Bell the Cat, Braveheart google 12-5-2023

Seems to be interest from DouglasHistory to blogs on Google, creating browser programming with returned responses. Adding this graphic to see what comes up. Seem to be more interested in the response, it is good to get them.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on December 5, 2023 at 22:58 — No Comments

Gilnockie and de Soulis.

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on November 25, 2023 at 2:09 — 1 Comment

Onward Braveheart gorrenberry

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on November 21, 2023 at 2:54 — No Comments

'Onward Braveheart' 11-20-2023 google images

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on November 21, 2023 at 0:03 — No Comments

Onward Braveheart

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on November 18, 2023 at 23:22 — No Comments

C3 is and Athabaskan overlay of Q3 in America. !660 Charles II indentured to American Puritans married a Q3 American.

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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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on November 4, 2023 at 19:44 — No Comments

Google FTDNA Gorrneberry

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on October 9, 2023 at 18:28 — No Comments

Douglas(s) and Elliot(t) Danish Northumbria both sides.

https://your-family-history.com/surname/d/douglas

https://your-family-history.com/surname/r/randall

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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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 24, 2023 at 2:54 — No Comments

Walter Scott Middle March Clans

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 20, 2023 at 17:50 — No Comments

Douglas Earl of Ormond

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 19, 2023 at 19:58 — No Comments

Barna-Braum-Brown

Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 19, 2023 at 17:23 — No Comments

Cowie of Gorrenberry, Douglas of Cavers, and the Eliott of Stobs, Elliot of Minto and Wolflee.

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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Added by Mark Stephen Elliott on September 18, 2023 at 17:21 — 7 Comments

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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