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Douglas database continues to grow
The Douglas Archives database
grows ever larger, and there are now nearly 5,000
listed who have Douglas as, or in, their surname. The
full database contains almost 150,000 names.
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Douglases on Facebook.
The family has a strong presence of Facebook.
If you are a Facebook user, why not seek out others who
are working on their family tree?
Douglas Archives Bookshop
Our bookshop contains a
number of books that will be of interest to those
researching their Douglas history. I have been busy
building my own Amazon
Wish List, and must now put some of the titles I
have there into the bookshop!
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Monday 22nd June 2009
New Community Network launches
 This newsletter coincides with
the launch of the Douglas Archives Community Network.
Many of us exchange emails with others researching
similar family lines, but how do we know who else is
doing the same?
The Community Network is a place where all those
working on their Douglas family background can share ideas,
raise questions and develop their family trees.
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Douglas dna group seeks new
leadership
This group is for members who are
trying to link our modern Douglas families with our
"Old Douglas" lines by using yDNA tests. The Douglas
dna project has made significant advances in
determining these old Douglas lines, but there is
still some way to go.
Beryl Turner has been leading the
group for sometime, but has 'pull back a bit' and is
seeking someone, or a group of people, to take on the
various tasks:
- Keep the web-site organised-
sorting people into groups etc, and keeping the
introduction etc organised and up to date.
- Keep up some public relations-
promotional activites - such as writing articles
for the Clan Douglas Association newsletter.
- Point of contact for people
asking questions about the project.
- Analysis and strategic
directions.
Click to join DouglasDNA
The Douglas Archives website
carries details of how dna research can help trace
family lines.
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If you are involved with the group,
nd think you can lend some support, please get in
touch with Beryl.
Genealogy myths
 Many
families have cherished myths and stories about their
immigration to America or other pivotal events and
people. Sharon DeBartolo Carmack's book A
Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your Immigrant and
Ethnic Ancestry helps us take some into account when
doing our research.
My favourite is the stowaway myth . For some reason,
it is so much more romantic to have an ancestor who
came to America as a stowaway rather than a paying
passenger. While there are cases of people who
actually did sneak aboard ships, this was not common
practice. If the stowaway was discovered enroute,
typically, he will be recorded on the last page of
the passenger arrival list. I deliberately use "he"
because you almost never hear a story about
great-grandma being a stowaway. Even if you have the
family story of a stowaway, still check for a
passenger arrival list, since if he was discovered
and recorded on the passenger list, he'll likely be
on the index, too.
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