There are plenty of records on Familysearch for your ancestors in Floyd, Indiana, & also some records for another, but pre-1825, Drysdale family in the same place - it seems likely that these two separate families are related.
A few records are posted below and, if you are interested I can send another 15 or so records that I've come across so far for Drysdales in Floyd.
Land certificate Thomas Drysdale 1831 - Jeffersonville Indiana - United States records
Thomas Drysdale + family - Indiana, 1830 census
Thomas & Hugh Drysdale's families - Indiana, 1850 federal census population schedules Floyd. Census 1850
Land Patent certificate - William Drysdale 1825
Elizabeth Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records
William Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records
I've also had a brief look on some of the Irish genealogy sites but nothing has turned up as yet, the Ireland connection is going to be difficult.
I noticed on one of the find a grave memorials, Thomas's daughter Nancy had an obituary posted which mentioned that:
........According to her obituary, Nancy was born in County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, and moved with her family to Indiana when she was eleven years old.
This should help limit the search to some extent.
Hope I'm not sending too many pictures of stuff you already have (you likely have the 1830 & 1850 census returns, which are indexed).
If you are looking for help, it would assist research if you could give some firm names, places and dates for your relatives and are we talking about their migration in the 17th, 18th 19th or 20th centuries?
Also, who is your earliest Drysdale relative - one that you are sure of and have information about?
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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Hi Dale,
There are plenty of records on Familysearch for your ancestors in Floyd, Indiana, & also some records for another, but pre-1825, Drysdale family in the same place - it seems likely that these two separate families are related.
A few records are posted below and, if you are interested I can send another 15 or so records that I've come across so far for Drysdales in Floyd.
Land certificate Thomas Drysdale 1831 - Jeffersonville Indiana - United States records
Thomas Drysdale + family - Indiana, 1830 census
Thomas & Hugh Drysdale's families - Indiana, 1850 federal census population schedules Floyd. Census 1850
Land Patent certificate - William Drysdale 1825
Elizabeth Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records
William Drysdale marriage 1824 - Floyd, Indiana, United States records
I've also had a brief look on some of the Irish genealogy sites but nothing has turned up as yet, the Ireland connection is going to be difficult.
I noticed on one of the find a grave memorials, Thomas's daughter Nancy had an obituary posted which mentioned that:
........According to her obituary, Nancy was born in County Down, near Belfast, Ireland, and moved with her family to Indiana when she was eleven years old.
This should help limit the search to some extent.
Hope I'm not sending too many pictures of stuff you already have (you likely have the 1830 & 1850 census returns, which are indexed).
Best regards
Hi Dale,
I'll check around and see what I can find.
Best regards
Hi Dale & welcome on board,
If you are looking for help, it would assist research if you could give some firm names, places and dates for your relatives and are we talking about their migration in the 17th, 18th 19th or 20th centuries?
Also, who is your earliest Drysdale relative - one that you are sure of and have information about?
Best regards
Ron
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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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