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William Douglas liked Ronald Drysdale's discussion Execution of Drysdale sisters for murder - York 1647
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Execution of Drysdale sisters for murder - York 1647

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AI enhanced search facility for text in old hand written historical records - Familysearch website

Hi all,The Familysearch website has introduced a new experimental AI search facilty that renders old, largely unintelligible, hand written documents 'searchable', available online here:https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/It is still under development and can only be used on a [fairly large] selection of Familysearch records but already it is yielding impressive results - some screen shots below show a text search for Douglas with * wildcards…See More
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John Marksbury left a comment for Ronald Drysdale
"Thanks again for your help. Just learning to navigate Ancestry.com site and finding more information from diligent research by many connected to Samuel Marksberry that is verified by my DNA match to Samuel Marksbury styled the III, where others have…"
Oct 30
Ronald Drysdale left a comment for John Marksbury
"Hi John, The Familysearch website is the biggest free genealogical website in the world. To search their records for family information you will need to register with the website: https://ident.familysearch.org/identity/login/ Once you are…"
Oct 29
John Marksbury left a comment for Ronald Drysdale
"How good of you to reach out. Thank you. I am a real greenhorn on this. Can you explain where I find the "Familysearch" site and what is the code you attached? Many thanks!"
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Ronald Drysdale left a comment for John Marksbury
"Hi John & welcome, I found a Samuel Marksbury on the Familysearch website: Samuel Marksberry Male 1790 – 1849 • KLY2-XW3 Quite a large family tree there and some useful source material but cannot see a link to Douglas? Best regards"
Oct 29
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Drysdale - Early American Settlers - 1600s & 1700s in the group North American immigrants
"Hi all, Perhaps the most definitive work on early Migrants to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries is the book series: Passenger and Immigration Lists index by William Filby & Mary Keysor…"
Oct 27
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Early Douglas and Drysdale migrants to South Africa in the group Drysdale - a Douglas sept
"Sorry, number 3 in the above image is a doubler it should have been: Best regards"
Oct 26
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Early Douglas and Drysdale migrants to South Africa in the group Drysdale - a Douglas sept
"Hi all, For some reason, Johannesburg, in South Africa in the 1950s adopted a number of place and street names that appear to originate from the infamous 1503 Douglas-Drysdale Brothers story (Brushwood Haugh, Drysdale Road, Douglas Road etc). This…"
Oct 26
Ronald Drysdale commented on Russell Lynn Drysdale's group Drysdale Archives
"This could be all that remains of the long lost tribe........."
Oct 22
Ronald Drysdale replied to Ronald Drysdale's discussion Early Douglas and Drysdale migrants to South Africa in the group Drysdale - a Douglas sept
"Hi all, Continuing on with early Douglas & Drysdale migrants to South Africa: The lists of British Settlers in South Africa who landed before 1820 include the Moodie party and the Tait party. There are no Drysdales in these two lists while there…"
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William Douglas liked Ronald Drysdale's discussion Early Douglas and Drysdale migrants to South Africa
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Early Douglas and Drysdale migrants to South Africa

Hi all,Following on from William Douglas's recent comment:https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives?commentId=3482022%3AComment%3A169458&xg_source=activityThe following website contains some very good information on early Douglas (93) and Drysdale (10) migrants to South Arica:…See More
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Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Christopher Duncan Drysdale
"Hi Christopher, With reference to your post of 30-8-2022, I would agree with you that Captain Andrew Drysdale may have been one of the first genuine immigrant settlers to arrive in Australia, however, before him there were a number of prior convict…"
Oct 20
Ronald Drysdale left a comment for Peter James Douglas
"Hi Peter, Some info on Admiral Billy Douglas and his daughter Grace on the find-a-grave website: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261696891/william-douglas https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/261695722/grace_mary_lumley You probably already know…"
Oct 20

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AI enhanced search facility for text in old hand written historical records - Familysearch website

Posted on November 3, 2024 at 18:31 0 Comments

Hi all,

The Familysearch website has introduced a new experimental AI search facilty that renders old, largely unintelligible, hand written documents 'searchable', available online here:

https://www.familysearch.org/en/labs/

It is still under development and can only be used on a [fairly large] selection of Familysearch records but already it is yielding impressive results -…

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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 mapping if you download the free Legacy GeoDB add-on.…

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At 16:51 on October 30, 2024, John Marksbury said…

Thanks again for your help. Just learning to navigate Ancestry.com site and finding more information from diligent research by many connected to Samuel Marksberry that is verified by my DNA match to Samuel Marksbury styled the III, where others have found records documenting his existence in America and service as soldier in the American rebellion. It appears documentation ends there and no evidence for his parentsand grandparents exists except in family lore. Time for an advanced DNA test it seems? 

At 17:05 on October 29, 2024, John Marksbury said…

How good of you to reach out. Thank you. I am a real greenhorn on this. Can you explain where I find the "Familysearch" site and what is the code you attached? Many thanks!

At 14:43 on June 29, 2024, Russell Lynn Drysdale said…

https://douglashistory.ning.com/group/drysdale-archives/page/argentinian-elements-of-drysdales-from-the-standard-of-buenos

At 12:09 on April 19, 2024, A Chapman said…

I did look at that record but couldn't quite match him to the Thomas Twidale/Twidle I'm looking for so it's onwards and upwards but thank you for your efforts and contribution.

At 16:31 on April 18, 2024, A Chapman said…

Thank you for the information. Most kind.  I am particularly interested in the last part of your message regarding him receiving a pension so I shall look further into that. Kind regards

At 22:20 on March 22, 2024, William Douglas said…

Dollar Academy is about 45 minutes from my home, so I may arrange a visit.
Better if they were online!

At 10:10 on March 22, 2024, William Douglas said…

Congratulations on finding the Dollar Magazine.

I think that other editions may well help with Douglas and Burns family research.

At 10:29 on March 16, 2024, William Douglas said…

I have a different set of ancestors for Alexander Drysdale, who married Christian Donaldson.

https://www.douglashistory.co.uk/famgen/getperson.php?personID=I143430&tree=tree1 

I am not sure that they were 'Sir' and 'Lady'.

William

At 4:50 on March 16, 2024, Pauline Baker said…

Thanks for the reply.  Here is everything that populated on Ancestry.com after I added my DNA result and while I still had an active subscription. I can't afford it now unfortunately, but it did preserve the people that it found.  The workings of this, I am unsure of. 

 
 
 

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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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