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Doug J. Laidlaw
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Son of John Laidlaw
and Irene (Richardson) Laidlaw
Brother of
Andrew Laidlaw and [private sister (1940s - unknown)]
Father of
[private daughter (1970s - unknown)],
[private daughter (1970s - unknown)] and
[private daughter (1980s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 7 Jan 2014 | Last significant change: 14 May 2021
00:28: Doug Laidlaw uploaded Murdoch.ged for GEDCompare [Thank Doug for this]
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The Laidlaws are an accepted sept of Clan Scott. The Australian Clan Scott Association went defunct, and the current one is not very active (their Secretary died in Feb 2021,) but I have been accepted for membership.
Biography
[NOTE: I must re-write this profile, but major depression hampers most of my activities.]
Douglas was born in 1943, now married almost 50 years, with 3 married daughters. Douglas is still living, if only just. Was a first baby, and a breech birth resulted in neurological deficiencies. As well, he inherited major depression from his Boykett ancestors, (descended from [Boykett-4].) At 75+, he is becoming confused and forgetful. If anything looks wrong, please speak up.
Born at the wrong end of time:
The magician Merlin said he was born at the wrong end of time, and was younger every year. My cousin Russell Benton died in 2016, aged 62. In 2020, my younger brother Andrew died, aged 74, and I, who was refused life insurance, am still very much alive today at 77.
John Bernie (living) is my wife's first cousin. Initially, genealogically speaking, his mother was my gateway to the world outside Australia. Now I have several closer relatives as links.
Research Notes
I seem to have added as many as possible from my own trees. Many were created by others, when the site's requirements were different. I need to revise as many trees as possible.
There are "Golden Rules" of genealogy. There are many sets available by a Web search. I still use the 10 Rules published every month in Australian Family Tree Connections (now defunct.)
The fundamental rule is: "Never accept another genealogist's work implicitly." Any genuine researcher will thank you for alternative info, with evidence to support it. Ancestry.com will give you the results with the largest "copy and paste" brigade, regardless of accuracy. familysearch.org has records, which are reliable, and family trees, which are contributed and not verified. The latter are no more reliable than trees found elsewhere. Euclid told the King of Syracuse that there is no "royal road" to geometry. The same is true of genealogy.
Another Rule is "Never believe everything in a BDM certificate." They are not certified as accurate. Some of the people mentioned were unable to write. Birth and death information is only the best belief of the informant. Even in a court of law, certificates are only "evidence," alongside other evidence.
To believe, either (a) that there is no country in the world besides the USA; or (b) that connections can be established within 100 degrees between all the people in the world, many of whom don't speak English, and many of whom have no or inadequate documentation; or even (c) that the population is not in a constant state of flux is no more than an American fantasy.
Sources
Personal knowledge.
- Bernie tree
Only the Trusted List can access the following:
- Doug's formal name
- full middle name (J.)
- e-mail address
- exact birthdate
- birth location
- personal memories about Doug (1)
- images (2)
- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Doug or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Doug:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Doug or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Doug:
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Doug Laidlaw:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch NH6167464 [compare], Ancestry member laidlaws
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Doug is 26 degrees from Michael Collins, 29 degrees from Judith Resnik, 31 degrees from Ellison Onizuka, 41 degrees from Michael Phillip Anderson, 30 degrees from Sally Ride, 31 degrees from Wubbo Johannes Ockels, 29 degrees from Neil Armstrong, 26 degrees from Virgil Grissom, 28 degrees from Christa McAuliffe, 27 degrees from Dick Scobee, 26 degrees from Edward White and 24 degrees from Frances Piercy-Reins on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Categories: Clan Scott
Cheers, Margaret
edited by Doug Laidlaw
The Australia Project leadership team are carrying out a check-in to see how you are going in the project and especially to thank you for all your work on Australian profiles on WikiTree. We really value your participation.
Please could you get back to me by private message to let me know if you are happy with your current role and team involvement within the project or if you would like to do something additional or different. Currently we have you down as a member of the South Australia team, although you don't seem to be listed on the page. I can fix that up for you. If you would like a change, you can check on the Australia Project page to see what other options there are.
It would also be great to hear any feedback and any suggestions that you have to improve the project.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Gillian, co-Leader, Australia Project
The ships added page is working well, thanks for adding your requests. Stay safe, regards, Margaret
Edited to add link to Trove article.
edited by Margaret (Gale) Haining
If you are happy to continue using the ships added page, I will continue to put my requests there. I want to save you as much work as possible.
Doug
Cheers, Margaret
Wilson-35952 is not matched up with anyone now
I don't know who suggested it or who set them as a reject match but it wasn't Ancestry.
I have no idea what you mean by
"Whoever matched the two Wilsons? Since one was in the USA and one in Scotland, only Ancestry.com could have suggested it."
Which Wilson in USA is matched to what Wilson in Scotland?
I refer to your recent comment on the Australia Project and Convicts after the Third Fleet. It is my understanding and experience of Wiki Tree and DNA Genealogy is that all and any participation is completely voluntary. Take care, Shoshanah
Plus: an answer is provided here from the Wikitree GtoG forum that I see you have been an active participant of in the past.
https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/863193/how-do-i-add-categories-to-a-profile
I hope that this helps
Wikitree suggests that I prove that my parents really are my parents by further testing. That sounds like trying to prove that DNA has a use, even an unnecessary one. One woman did just that, and it backfired: her mother's husband wasn't her biological father!.
I have sent off my DNA sample, not because I believe in it, but because everybody wants me to. DNA can confirm the paper trail, but it can never be a replacement, as some seem to think. According to DNA research, no men existed before the 18th cent. It is a bit like the Mad Hatter's watch: "I told you butter wouldn't suit the works." March Hare: "But it was the _best_butter!" Or more accurately: "If the data doesn't support the hypothesis, discard the data."
On behalf of the Australia Project leadership team, we're carrying out a Project Members Check-in to see if you are still interested in being involved as an active member of the project. In particular, we are ready to launch our new teams for the project. Please could you let me know what team/s you would like to contribute to. A list of teams is on the Australia Project page. Please respond by private message.
We really appreciate your enthusiasm in working on Australian profiles on WikiTree, and thank you for all the work you have been doing. We look forward to hearing back from you and that you will decide to be part of the project as we move forward with the new teams for the project. Regards, Gillian