Sadly, Jeanee, I know very little about the migration of shepherds, except that they crop up in research from time to time, usually when connecting movement through Sutherland.
It seems Highland lairds, or their land managers, recruited Lowlanders to look after the flocks that replaced those moved to the coastal settlements, Ireland or abroad.
Your mention of the so-called Lowland Clearances is interesting because this often goes un-remarked, and is less emotive than in the Highlands of Scotland.
Probably not relevant, but I am also interested in the recruitment of sheep farmers to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.
I touch on all this in various places in the Douglas Archives, but maybe a more specific set of articles is required. Ummm
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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Sadly, Jeanee, I know very little about the migration of shepherds, except that they crop up in research from time to time, usually when connecting movement through Sutherland.
It seems Highland lairds, or their land managers, recruited Lowlanders to look after the flocks that replaced those moved to the coastal settlements, Ireland or abroad.
Your mention of the so-called Lowland Clearances is interesting because this often goes un-remarked, and is less emotive than in the Highlands of Scotland.
Probably not relevant, but I am also interested in the recruitment of sheep farmers to Patagonia and the Falkland Islands.
I touch on all this in various places in the Douglas Archives, but maybe a more specific set of articles is required. Ummm
Welcome to our community, Jeanee.
Several Douglas shepherds moved from the Scottish Borders to the Highlands at the time of the Clearances. Might your James be one of those families?
Yours aye,
William
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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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