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Welcome to Douglas Clan History and Heritage
Discover the Rich History of the Douglas Clan. Here, you'll find a treasure trove of information about our proud heritage, from ancient battles and alliances to the intricate details of our tartans and crests.
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People
The Douglas Archives contains biographies of
many people of interest, both the living and the
dead. They are listed by various categories to
assist with searching. New contributions
welcome!
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Places
The Douglases have created their mark on the
landscape around the globe, from the Arctic
to the Antarctic. Each place is linked to the family members associated with that place.
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Heraldry
Crests, coats of arms and cyphers can tell a story about the family
members who bear them. Our extensive collection
can link those people.
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What we do
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. |
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How we do it
This is a digital archive and so we are not able to
preserve manuscripts, artefacts, buildings or other
tangible assets. It is regretful that there is no
international clan centre that is able to do this.
However, we recognise that the great Douglas families,
the Dukes of Buccleuch and Hamilton, and the Earls of
Home and Morton, do much to protect their family
heritage, and that the Museum in the town of Douglas, in
Lanarkshire, also plays its part. |
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Where we are
The Douglas Archives are, at the time of writing, a
collection of 13,300+ files containing material, some
still un-edited, from a wide variety of sources. New
material is included almost daily, though not
necessarily published immediately. The result is a
dynamic archive of biographies, anecdotes and historical
material about the Douglas family. |
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Recently revised pages
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What's new?
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| John Douglas and Eddi Reader | 08/06/2026 | | | Richard William Glode Douglas, 1798-1862 | 07/31/2026 | | | Gourock Castle | 07/22/2026 | | | Major William Douglas, d1818 | 07/21/2026 | | | Major General Sir William Douglas, 1858-1920 | 07/11/2026 | | | Strathaven Castle | 07/09/2026 | | | Heraldry of Italy | 07/07/2026 | | | Francis Wingfield "Frank" Douglass, 1875–1972) | 07/05/2026 | | | HMS Zedwhale | 06/30/2026 | | | Lordship of Annandale | 06/28/2026 | | | Gen Sir James Dawes Douglas, 1785-1862 | 06/27/2026 | | | Battle of Halidon Hill, 1333 | 06/15/2026 | | | The Waco sword of Sir Douglas | 06/04/2026 | | | Morham Castle | 05/30/2026 | | | James Douglas, 9th Earl of Douglas, d1491 | 05/14/2026 | | | Archie Douglas, 1867-1953 | 04/11/2026 | | | Douglas of Dornock | 04/08/2026 | | | Douglas of Castlemilk | 04/08/2026 | | | Douglas of Cashogle | 04/06/2026 | | | Doune Castle | 03/25/2026 | | | Loddington Hall | 03/24/2026 | | | Archibald Douglas of Whittinghame, c1540-c1587 | 03/16/2026 | | | Francis Douglas, Baron of Barloch, 1889 - 1980 | 03/15/2026 | | | Douglas of Barloch | 03/15/2026 | | | Alasdair Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton, b1939 | 02/26/2026 | | | Robert Douglas, b1982 | 02/26/2026 | |
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Douglas Archives Genealogy Database |
Douglas Community Network |
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Approaching 200,000 individuals, the Douglas Archives database
is an ever growing record of Douglases, and those connected by
marriage. It's dynamic structure allows for easy
searching, with descendancy and ancestral charts.
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Family history research can be a lonely pastime - but it needn't
be! Our Community Network allows those with mutual
interests to interact, share their 'brick walls' and knowledge. |
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Douglas DNA |
The Glenfunan Games |
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We have collected together research conducted in a now defunct
forum so that it remains accessible. Here you will find links to
the DouglasDNA project, and more. |
Researching history can be a dry process. The Glenfunan Games is
a light hearted way to look, play and learn. Can you complete
the Quickfire Quiz? |
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Our map of Douglas places of interest is far from complete. But as a 'work in progress' I felt that is has a place here.
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Errors and Omissions
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The Forum
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What's new?
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We are looking for your help to improve the accuracy of The Douglas
Archives.
If you spot errors, or omissions, then
please do let us know
Contributions
Many articles are stubs which would benefit from re-writing.
Can you help?
Copyright
You are not authorized to add this page or any images from this page
to Ancestry.com (or its subsidiaries) or other fee-paying sites
without our express permission and then, if given, only by including
our copyright and a URL link to the web site.
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If you have met a brick wall
with your research, then posting a notice in the Douglas Archives
Forum may be the answer. Or, it may help you find the answer!
You may also be able to help others answer their queries.
Visit the
Douglas Archives Forum.
2 Minute Survey
To provide feedback on the website, please take a couple of
minutes to complete our
survey.
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We try to keep everyone up to date with new entries, via our
What's New section on the
home page.
We also use
the Community
Network to keep researchers abreast of developments in the
Douglas Archives.
Help with costs
Maintaining the three sections of the site has its costs. Any
contribution the defray them is very welcome
Donate
Newsletter/Magazine
You can subscribe to our periodic magazine and
newsletters here>>>.
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