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Was I duped?

In 2013, I was informed by a young woman of details of her family.

I included these in the Douglas Archives, in good faith.

Last night she sent me an email informing me that her family circumstances were not as she had provided them, and asked me to remove them.

It transpires that she had made a marriage 'contract' on the basis of her connection to a prominent Scottish family, and this had proved to be false.

Was I duped, and used to promote a false identity? Or was this a genuine misunderstanding on her part?

I suppose I will never know. 

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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on April 21, 2020 at 15:35

The chic defiantly used you  , however  , I'd be willing to bet-the female grafter has possibly  given the Mormons  the same information , they make a ''record'' of something  it is as good as the Prophets word .

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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