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ScotlandsPeople is under attack from Ancestry - if they succeed then access to Scottish records may become too difficult/expensive for us little guys in the future and we may not be able to post…Continue
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The theatre of the empire of Great Britain, presenting an exact geography of England, Scotland, Ireland, etc. ... 1631A very nice publication with heraldic shields, pics & lots of old maps of all…Continue
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Dear all,I recently came across a parish entry for a 'Private marriage' in Edinburgh.…Continue
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Hi. has anyone ever had the 1581 Will & testament of Sir James Douglas, 7th of Drumlanrig transcribed?He apparently fathered a lot of children, maybe this will could reveal some interesting…Continue
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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.…
ContinueHi Ronald. The marriage to John Lovell is definately my grandmother. The other may well be her as well. I'm not sure if her birth year or what year she came to Australia.
Thankyou.
Thank you for your welcome, Ron, and the very useful information! I will check it out!
Thank you so much Ronald! I will be following up with the census links that you have sent me to continue my search. They are very helpful! I wish that Nova Scotia had more complete census data from 1850, I may have to make a trip there to ultimately find William's parents. I greatly appreciate your help. Suzanne
Thank you, Ronald. Yes, those are the correct family members. I did some research yesterday and Elkhart County, Indiana didn't keep birth records during the period William was born, so that is why I won't find a birth certificate. After doing some research on William's sister, Neva (not Nera), I concluded that that is the correct family. Aunt Neva raised my grandmother's daughter, when she and my grandfather moved to find work. So, thank you again you have been extremely helpful! Regards, Daphne
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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