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James Alexander MacDougall
« on: Sunday 22 October 23 05:02 BST (UK) »
According to what little I’ve gleaned online, which isn’t much, James apparently was born in 1623 in Portree (?) and reportedly died at Killiekrankie Pass in 1688/1689.

I am trying to find his parents as I am trying to get to know my clans and where I come from.

There’s not much I’ve come across in terms of original sources.

Thanks for your help!

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Re: James Alexander MacDougall
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 22 October 23 09:41 BST (UK) »
If James died at Killiecrankie he is almost certain to have been killed in the Battle of Killiecrankie - see https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/killiecrankie/highlights/battle-of-killiecrankie

If you have exhausted the surviving records at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, and checked the online catalogue at www.nrscotland.gov.uk, then realistically there is little no of getting any further back without going to archives to seek out information that is not (yet) digitised and available online.

As for clans, why look any further than Clan MacDougall?
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: James Alexander MacDougall
« Reply #2 on: Monday 23 October 23 01:16 BST (UK) »
Quote from: Forfarian on Sunday 22 October 23 09:41 BST (UK)
If James died at Killiecrankie he is almost certain to have been killed in the Battle of Killiecrankie - see https://www.nts.org.uk/visit/places/killiecrankie/highlights/battle-of-killiecrankie

If you have exhausted the surviving records at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, and checked the online catalogue at www.nrscotland.gov.uk, then realistically there is little no of getting any further back without going to archives to seek out information that is not (yet) digitised and available online.

As for clans, why look any further than Clan MacDougall?

Thanks for your help. I had read some history that had indicated that perhaps James’ mother was a MacClellan(d) but I haven’t found any actual evidence for that. (That’s why I was looking into other clans.)
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