Author: Mark Douglas

  • Back to normal?

    I’ve not been able to post for a week or so- each time I try to save something it just spins around and around. Hopefully, if I survive to next weekend, I will complete (for now) the Pattons. Then I need to add some information donated most kindly by a relative on my Scottish side…

  • George Patton marriage bond

    Ireland Beyond 2022’s genealogy section is trying to bring a raft of resources together as well as adding lost/damaged ones. Perusing marriage bonds last night I found a marriage bond for George Patton and Jane McAulay (sic) or Clotworthy in 1835. Thus, we can confirm the maiden surname of his wife and that she was…

  • Colour!

    I have finally worked out how to apply colour to text words which is helping me to organise my Perry information and should make it easier for readers to locate and ollow the story of people of interest.

  • Pattons

    I’ve continued to add to the Patton page. There is still a lot to put on but it could be some time before I complete this. In the meantime, I would love to be able to colour code pages so that it is easy to see who-is-where. Apparently this can be done!

  • Pattons

    I’ve been adding to the information about the Pattons of Belfast. I have a lot of information as it is an extensive family. Printing the tree to help me keep track used 10 A4 sheets for 4 generations of descendants and it is not something I will likely complete before Halloween (even then I suspect…

  • Mary Ann or Marianne Hunter

    I’ve had a lot of success in the last couple of weeks at tracing the families of Sarah Jane Hunter’s siblings families. They replicate the trend seen with the Brown family of people leaving the Bessbrook area and moving to Belfast. In some cases this involved moving to America.

  • Peter Douglas of Crieff

    Upcoming- I’ve been working my way through an investigation by Crieff Kirk into an incident at Peter Douglas’s house at Hill’s Wynd in Crieff. More tomorrow.

  • Peter Douglas

    A little snippet added about Peter Douglas, the brother of Charles Douglas the blacksmith.

  • Georgina MacBean/MacLean

    I have added a little more about Jane Ann Clark’s daughter’s family over the last few days.

  • Hannas

    I have added a good bit of information about some Hannas from the Ards Peninsula in the last few days. If anyone can further I am always grateful to receive information and I give credit to those who do so.