Stories from the Douglas Archives




Stories of a Grandfather

 

The Douglas Archives seeks to preserve, protect and make widely known the enormous contribution that members of the Clan Douglas have made, and are still making, in politics, medicine, literature, music, sport, exploration and other forms of scientific endeavour, military campaigns and many other fields.

The Douglas Archives already contain numerous stories, but the majority of the collection are articles in note form, miscellaneous collations of snippets, lists, and material written to help other researchers, and the content is not told as a 'story'.

Here, I aim to rectify that making the history and heritage of the extended Douglas family and clan more of something that we can snuggle up in a chair to read, rather than pore over a computer screen.

In years gone by, clans had their Seanachaidh, Shenachie or Sennachie who was a recorder and reciter of family history and genealogy. Proper respect for one's genealogy and ancestors was important in all dealings and in warfare between Highlanders. There is no evidence that I have seen that indicated that the Douglases ever had a Seanachaidh, but here in the Douglas Archives we aim to do a bit of storytelling, record the deeds of the extended family and its genealogy.

Some of the articles in this section will have appeared elsewhere, and some will be a re-telling of articles in a different format.

Some more stories from a Grandfather:

See also:

  • Articles in the Douglas Archives
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