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The Douglas Archives brings together biographies, accounts of battles, and the histories of the places where members of the Douglas family lived, worked, and left their mark. While each of these records stands on its own, the fuller story of the clan emerges in the connections between them.

Here is where some of those connections come to life. You’ll find essays that weave together people, events, and landscapes; explorations of themes that span centuries; and reflections that place individual stories within the wider tapestry of Douglas history. These articles help bridge gaps, highlight relationships, and offer deeper context for researchers, family historians, and anyone curious about the legacy of the Douglas name.

A collection of historical articles:

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Argyll's Rebellion, 1685
Attainder of the Black Douglas
Barony of Bothwell
Black Bull Dinner
Black Line Dispossession of Indigenous Tribes
Cavers and religion
Declaration of Arbroath
Documents in National Library of Scotland
Douglas and the Act of Union
Douglas and the Act of Union, 1707
Douglas castles in England
Douglas heart
Douglases and the slave trade
Douglases and the slave trade - South Carolina
Drysdale document
How the Douglases came to Walton County
Irish slaves
Knights Templar
Mary's escape from Lochleven
Mary, Queen of Scots
Origins of the Douglas Familiy
Origins of the Douglas family in Italy
Origins of the Douglas family in Italy
Ragman Roll
Rulers of Scotland
Sir William Douglas captures Edinburgh Castle
The Black Douglas
The Covenanting Wars 'The Killing Time'
The Douglas Larder
The Early History of the Douglases in Tennessee
The Scottish Wars of Independence
Treaty of Berwick, 1357
Treaty of Berwick, 1560
Treaty of Berwick, 1586


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•  Our articles section

SR Crockett's book, Black Douglas, is not 'history', yet it is a historical record, and is worth the reading.  It can be found in the Project Gutenburg.

Jounalist Hamish MacPherson's series of articles The mightiest Scottish clans gives an interesting perspective. [pdf]

 



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