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Query about James Douglas and Mary Michael

I’m reaching out from Australia to see if anyone may have information or shared ancestry relating to my great-great-grandparents:

  • James Crawford Douglas, born in 1842 in Newtownards, County Down, Northern Ireland, and
  • Mary Michael, born in 1849 in Ullapool, Scotland.

Mary emigrated to Australia with her family aboard the Wanata in 1852. She later married James, and they raised 12 children on a farm west of Bendigo, Victoria.

I’m currently compiling a family history tribute and would love to connect with anyone who might know more about the Douglas families of Newtownards, or has ties to the Michael family in Ullapool.

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Permalink Reply by Ronald Drysdale on Tuesday

Hi Mark,

You've probably already got this info but anyway ~

James Crawford Douglas & his family lines have been entered up on the Familysearch website

His Familysearch ID is G4XB-3K9

His Will probate document dated 26 Jun 1902 may be viewed there:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6X79-HZB?view=inde...

The Familysearch website also gives some further source material e.g.to Find-a-grave (for your GGGF & possibly GGGGF & GGGGGF)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/168870792/james-crawford-douglas

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238677590/james-douglas

Best regards

Permalink Reply by Mark Andrew Conner on Tuesday

Thanks so much, Ronald. Appreciate that information. Very helpful. 

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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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