March 2025
Legacy family tree software - 10.0 full version totally free
Just came across some decent free family tree software, not a trial, fully featured & with no 'premium' extras. Has some useful features, charts & reporting options, also…
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Legacy family tree software - 10.0 full version totally free
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Clever Mr.Gibson
Reminiscences of Dollar, Tillicoultry and other Districts adjoining the Ochils by William Gibson (1883)
Diane [nee Drysdale] Monteith pointed this out
Page 203 ROMANTIC STORY OF DRYSDALE FAMILY
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Clever Mr.Gibson
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Another Medieval Drysdale has turned up - 13…
The poll-tax roll of 1377 for Carlisle lists one Johanna de Drynysdale as Head of the family there:Ref: Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 58 (s…
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Another Medieval Drysdale has turned up - 13…
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February 2025
The Drysdales of Dollar
The 1998 publication - 'History of Dollar' contains a lot of information concerning early Drysdale feuars & tenants in Dollar i.e. residents of Dollar prior to 1605 & thereafter:
https://arch…
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The Drysdales of Dollar
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Origins of the name Drysdale - summary docum…
Dear all,
I've been trying to draw together all the diverse Annandale & Drysdale strings I've been researching & I've drawn up a summary document, with a timeline.
Comments and criticism welc…
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Origins of the name Drysdale - summary docum…
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January 2025
Ingebald's Castle 1100s
"...... As William the Conqueror advanced through England, he built motte-and-bailey castles to fortify key positions to secure the land he had taken."
...... it’s thought that around 1000 motte an…
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Ingebald's Castle 1100s
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The origins of the surname Drysdale
In a previous post I gave some background information on the Barony and lands of Dryfesdale:
<a href="https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-a-douglas-sept?commentId=3482022%3AComment%3A161725">https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-a-douglas-sept?commentId=3482022%3AComment%3A161725</a>
In anot…
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The origins of the surname Drysdale
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Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1…
Hi all,
I recently came across some impeccable sources for 2 separate Richard Druesdales [not Trusdales!] in England as follows:
Richard de Druesdale - served in France (Battles of Crecy & Calai…
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Two more medieval Drysdales popped up - in 1…
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December 2024
William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condem…
Hi all,
I recently found a reference to a William Drysdale (who, in 1636, appears to have been a planter or Merchant in Virginia) in a book entitled "Economic history of Virginia in the seventeenth c…
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William Drysdale 1636 - shipment of 6 condem…
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November 2024
LIANNE DRYSDALE
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LIANNE DRYSDALE
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Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s &…
Hi all,
I've just about come to the end of my search for early American Drysdales, I turned up a few but nothing of momentous import.
I've summarized what I've found to date in a table, also availabl…
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Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s &…
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Execution of Drysdale sisters for murder - Y…
Self explanatory article:
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Execution of Drysdale sisters for murder - Y…
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October 2024
Spelling of Douglas and Drysdale family name…
Hi all,
As many of you will have discovered when researching historical ancestors electronically, oftentimes important records are missed because the surname is spelt in a slightly different way, in…
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Spelling of Douglas and Drysdale family name…
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May 2024
Fife Family Histories Rev JOHN DRYSDALE AND…
Rev JOHN DRYSDALE AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1681-1991 by D C L Drysdale, is the story of Rev John Drysdale (1681-1726),
Minister at Kirkcaldy from 1712-1726,
and his famous descendants, by his wife, Anne…
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Fife Family Histories Rev JOHN DRYSDALE AND…
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Lady Masie Drysdale
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Lady Masie Drysdale
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Sir Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland

We are probably all familiar with this depiction of…
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Sir Archibald Douglas, Regent of Scotland
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April 2024
The Good Sir James's relationship to Robert the Bruce

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The Good Sir James's relationship to Robert the Bruce
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Mary, Queen of Scots casket acquired for the nation - from the Douglases!

The Mary, Queen of Scots Casket stands as one of…
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Mary, Queen of Scots casket acquired for the nation - from the Douglases!
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