Why Shipsview? I have no idea! I think this Username was just allocated to me, and I quite like it
Who is Shipsview? A Scot with an interest in family history and Scottish history, and the people and places associated with that history.
Why Wikipedia? I gain much from Wikipedia, so feel it only fair I contribute something back.
How long? The widget thingy says that I have been a Wikipedia user for so many years, months and days - but it cannot count. I have been contributing since (almost) Wikipedia opened, 20+ years ago. That counter only records my entries as Shipsview. I note, with pleasure, how my early one paragraph/one sentence entries have grown through community involvement into extended and detailed articles.

WikiProjects to which I belong:
None - yet!
General info about me:
enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.
♂This user is male.
ScotlandThis user lives in Scotland.
This user drinks coffee.
This user has been on Wikipedia for 15 years, 8 months and 1 day.
vn-1This user page has been vandalized once.
This user has a website, which can be found here.
This user maintains a blog at The Douglas Archives Community.
This user is interested in his local history.


This user is always fascinated as he searches his family history and build a family tree to see what black sheep will turn up next.
Map of Scotland This user is a Scottish Wikipedian.

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My Contributions edit

Useful scripts edit

Fort William Governors edit

A list of Governors of Fort William, Scotland, which requires further information before it can be published.

Vice-Admiral Sir Hector MacLean

Books edit

Wikipedia books = This function has been withdrawn.

The Earls of Douglas

The Douglas Earls of Morton

The Douglas Earls of Angus

John Douglas, Architect