|
Date |
Item |
Comments |
| 6th December
2008 |
Returning to someone I researched some time ago, I feel I am a little
closer to identifying the Governor of Jersey - a man who had not
just a ship named after him, but a coin as well. |
Was
Major General Sir Robert Percy Douglas, Lieutenant Governor of
Jersey, also the 4th baronet of Carr? Can anyone help? |
| 22nd November
2008 |
Trawling through Amazon for something, I came across a second-hand book
on sale for just 4p. |
Douglas's tale of the Peninsular & Waterloo makes a good read (1st four
pages, anyway!). A sergeant when he retired, he is clearly well educated
with a good sense of humour. I guess he needed it. |
| 17th November
2008 |
The
Douglas Archives now has in excess of 2000 files, and is fast
out-growing this format. The trouble is, that I do not have the
time to re-organise the format into something that will work better.
Oh dear! What to do? |
I am
also aware that I need to re-organise the
genealogical database
as well - not to mention irradicate more of those duplicate entries that
creep in.
One thing I can do is build a better sitelog. This format
is also out-growing the format. I think I will use the
MyBlogga.com service - it's free! |
| 10th November
2008 |
Oh
dear! If I thought the gap between March and may was a long time, what's
this? |
But,
dear reader, please don't think I have been idle during the intervening
period - far from it. many pages have been added, or improved. many
names have been added to the database as well. Contributions from around
the world continue to make my life interesting - and challenging!
Keep them coming. |
| 23rd May 2008 |
It
seems like a long time - well it is! - since I last posted an update,
but life has been going on in the Douglas Archives. |
We have
been hacked again, and so, once more, I have had to replace the TNG
software. I am still working on Retrospect, the chosen
replacement, so apologies for the lack of consistency.
I have also been revising the home page, to make it a bit more
interesting. I hope it works for you? |
| 23rd March |
Happy
Easter, everyone!
I was disappointed to see that there were no entries in the What's New
in the genealogy section. |
And
then realised that I have no uploaded any new data for a month!
I'll try to fix that this weekend! |
| 14th March |
As if
it is not confusing enough, I have added a new What's New? list. There
is not much in it yet, because I have been diverted by other projects,
and the Douglas Archives have had to be a lower priority. |
What's
New? for the historical section is now
here...>>> and
What's New in the genealogy section is
here...>>> |
| 14th March |
Thanks
to Leigh Douglas, I have been able to tie up some loose ends, and
reconcile entries in the genealogy section with biographies in the
historical section. |
These
are around Admiral Billy Douglas.
It would be good to get a fuller biography of him. He sounds as
though he might have had an interesting life.
The other admiral I have been researching is
Archibald Douglas, who helped
set up the Japanese navy. I have still to write this up. |
| 19th February |
Oh
dear! I have been remiss about keeping this entry up to date - and
there has been lots of activity. |
Most
recently, I have been working on
occupants of the poorhouses, as recorded in census records of 1881.
I came upon this via a story of George
Edward Douglas, who was mster of Marylebone Poorhouse, and then
found any records of unfortunates who found themselves fallen on hard
times. |
| 24th January
2008 |
A
couple of interesting stories came to light during the work I have been
doing in the past week. One was about Alexander Douglas, a soldier
captured at the battle of Dunbar. He was lucky to survived being held
prisoner - many of his compatriots died of starvation when their gaolers
stole and sold their food. He was then shipped off to Virginia. |
The
other story was about Hugh Douglas of Longniddry, who employed john Knox
as tutor to his sons. I had not come across this familly before, and am
now looking for more about them |
| 23rd January
2008 |
I have
been working away updating pages, amking corrections and researching new
material. |
Didn't
think much of it til I realised that I have just uploaded 40 pages. |
| 5th January 2008 |
There
have been some interesting developments in the Douglas DNA research
project, and I have incorporated some of these here. One development has
been disproving the ancestry of Domini Douglas. It now seems unlikely he
was a son of the 13th earl of Morton. |
See the
DNA section for further details of results
to date. There has also been correspondence about Douglas links with
the West Indies, which is
throwing up some useful new knowledge. |
| 6th January 2008 |
I have
been updating various historical records and biographies, and also
developing further trees in the genalogy section.. |
See the
barons of Mordington. I have not yet
uploaded a GEDCOM, which will add hundreds of new names into the
database as I still have some work to do in this area. |
