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My name is William Henry Lindsay Sr.

To whom it may concern : I would like to speak with someone regarding this matter After extensive research My findings have lead me to believe that I am a legitimate direct male decident of the 1st Earl of crawford (Sir David Lindsay)1398. documents to prove my claim in hand. Please Wright back for more detail. Thank you Sincerely William Henry Lindsay Sr.

Answer 1

Hi William!

Welcome to WikiTree! I am Dave Draper and I am delighted to see you join our community. Here, we are passionate about building a single family tree and discovering our ancestry. I hope you find WikiTree as exciting and rewarding as I have. There is a learning curve so here is a link that might help you get started. WikiTree How To Here is How To Do IT

As you add your family pedigree to the community tree, amazing things start to happen!  Connections and discoveries who else you are related to will be revealed! 

Please feel free to ask anyone about anything on this G2G forum!

I hope your questions about 1st Earl of Crawford (Sir David Lindsay)1398 gets a reply.  Sir David Lindsay's Profiel is here:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lindsay-154

David Draper and Sir David Lindsay are 8th cousins 17 times removed

Helewise the 24th great grandmother of David Draper

Helewise the seventh great grandmother of David Lindsay

See the magical things that happen in WikiTree!  

I'm sure hundreds of others on this site are also related, and are cousins to you an me.  

WikiTreers:  Please run the Connection finder between you and Lindsay-154 an answer below. Thanks!

Answer 2

Have you shared your info with Clan Lindsay? See the two links under External References. 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan_Lindsay

Answer 3

I am Cindy Draper, (using my husband Dave Draper's computer)  and I am the 20th Great Granddaughter of sir William Lindsay!  Hi Cousin William!

Answer 4

Hi William, Kevin here. Just for an example, I am a 1st cousin 16 times removed from Sir David Lindsay. My guess is you will have many interesting connections between you and Sir David. Last night, I discovered my 3rd gr aunt (Mary Ann Shirley) who married my uncle, was Belle Starr's sister. Good luck in you research, happy hunting and welcome to WikiTree.

Answer 5

Welcome aboard, William!

Here's the profile of the ancestor you mentioned:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Lindsay-154

Your next step is to upgrade to family member. Then you can start adding your family branches and digging into the research. Eventually, you will connect to existing profiles and can collaborate with other members on those profiles. Hopefully, you will be able to connect with this ancestor.

Once you start working on older profiles, you will need to work with the appropriate project. Projects are fun to get involved with and a great way to learn more. The project list can be found under the Find drop down menu.

Good luck with your research and come back here to the forum if you have any questions along the way.