I have put together a database of families and occurrences of the surname Donald throughout Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire and Banffshire. It isn't online, because I want to share information, help people search as best I can, put cousins in contact with each other, and keep people up-to-date with developments if they so wish. If you send me a private message, I can give you access.
To give you some idea of what it contains:
- Nearly 2000 Donalds (limited to those born before 1851).
- 70% of individuals in the 1841 Aberdeenshire census linked to around 82 families.
- 64% of individuals in the 1841 Banffshire census linked to around 23 families.
- 55% of individuals in the 1841 Kincardineshire census linked to around 12 families.
- Several hundred individuals linked to the 1851 census (work in progress!)
- Half (1529) of the OPR baptisms linked to the 1841 census.
- The average tree goes back to 1767, the earliest to 1624.
- Hundreds of literature Donald records from 1432 onwards, including the 1696 and 1799 tax records.
- Statistical mapping of Donalds throughout Aberdeenshire.
- DNA profiling of three of the five major groups.
Please get in touch if you are researching a Donald ancestor born before 1851, or have information you can contribute, such as family trees, OPR transcriptions, death records, MIs, etc.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
Iain.
