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This booklet, based on research in mainly primary source material, attempts to identify many of the skippers and crews from the Lothians of the seventeenth century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993, 1995), 1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 97 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0034A\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":123055865872,"sku":"101-D0034A","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0034a-1500px.png?v=1776981904"},{"product_id":"101-d9589","title":"The Scots Overseas: Emigrants and Adventurers","description":"\u003cp\u003eCovers the areas of Aberdeen and North East Scotland; Fife, Moray and Banff; Angus and Perth; Southern Scotland, Glasgow and the West of Scotland; Orkney and Shetland, The Lothians, and the Northern Highlands. Originally published by the author in multiple parts.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2000), 2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 312 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781585495894\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D9589\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39321281855606,"sku":"101-D9589","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d9589-1500px.png?v=1776802672"},{"product_id":"101-d0041","title":"Scottish Soldiers, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland has had a long martial tradition stretching back many centuries. For virtually a thousand years, Scotsmen have fought in foreign wars as well as within the British Isles. Taken from the Commissary Registers of Testiments from the Scottish Record Office, this book lists men enlisted in the Scottish military between 1600 and 1800. Rank, regiment, and location of post are included.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1997), 2004, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 39 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265415\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0041\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41275815888,"sku":"101-D0041","price":6.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0041-1500px.png?v=1776981906"},{"product_id":"101-d0056","title":"Scottish Goldsmiths, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eTaken from a variety of Scottish archives, libraries and publications, the entries may name parents, apprenticeship and location.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 49 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0056\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320425680,"sku":"101-D0056","price":7.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0056-1500px.png?v=1776981922"},{"product_id":"101-d0040","title":"Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor virtually one thousand years, Scots soldiers have participted in foreign wars. From the 15th century onwards, thousands of Scots took service in European armies, as soldiers of fortune or in companies raised in Scotland by royal liscense for foreign service. This is part one of a series designed to identify Scottish soldiers in continental Europe before 1800.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 32 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265408\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0040\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320430544,"sku":"101-D0040","price":5.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0040-1500px.png?v=1776981906"},{"product_id":"101-d0033","title":"A Directory of Scots in Australasia, 1788-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy the 1830s, Australasia was receiving a steady flow of migrants from Scotland, and by the end of the century Australasia and New Zealand rivaled the United States and Canada as destinations for Scottish emigrants. The book provides alphabetical listings of emigrants, including such information as birth date, spouse, parents, and date and place of death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 47 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0033\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320430928,"sku":"101-D0033","price":13.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0033-1500px.png?v=1776981900"},{"product_id":"101-d0055","title":"Irish Wills and Testaments in Great Britain, 1600-1700","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese wills or testaments were probated with the Prerogative Court of Canterbury in England or confirmed by the Commissary Courts of Scotland, generally that of Edinburgh. Some of the documents may pertain to English or Scottish settlers in Ireland, others to residents of Ireland who died in the service of the English crown or aboard English ships, and others to native Irish. The original manuscripts can be located in the Public Record Office in London, or in the Scottish record office in Edinburgh. This is an essential tool in the search for an elusive ancestor in a period for which source material is generally lacking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1996), 1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 20 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0055\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435024,"sku":"101-D0055","price":4.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0055-1500px.png?v=1776981919"},{"product_id":"101-d0044","title":"The Mariners of the Clyde and Western Scotland, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe rise of transatlantic trade in the seventeenth century revolutionized the scale and importance of the shipping industry in western Scotland. This resource lists mariners and provides such information as rank, spouse, ship, and departure and arrival dates.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1994), 1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 64 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265446\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0044\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435088,"sku":"101-D0044","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0044-1500px.png?v=1776981913"},{"product_id":"101-d0049","title":"Scottish Schoolmasters of the Seventeenth Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eA directory of Scottish Schoolmasters between 1600 and 1700, part one. Includes spouse, type of instructor, and location and name of school.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 40 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265491\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0049\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435152,"sku":"101-D0049","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0049-1500px.png?v=1776981919"},{"product_id":"101-d0057","title":"Scottish Seafarers, 1800-1830","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmong the most important sources of information used by researchers are the various Registers of the Testaments of the 22 Commissary Courts. During the 1820s, under the Commissary Courts Act of 1823, this function was transferred to the Sheriff Courts with effect from 1824, with the exception of Edinburgh which had a Commissary Court until 1830. This booklet lists all those mariners for whom an inventory or the confirmation of a testament has been recorded with either a Commissary Court or with a Sheriff Court and is now held by the Scottish Record Office.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1998, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 33 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265576\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0057\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435216,"sku":"101-D0057","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0057-1500px.png?v=1776981925"},{"product_id":"101-d0042","title":"Mariners of Aberdeen and Northern Scotland, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eLists of seafarers, primarily ship captains, gleaned from records in the Scottish Record Office and numerous publications.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1993), 2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 90 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265422\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0042\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435600,"sku":"101-D0042","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0042-1500px.png?v=1776981907"},{"product_id":"101-d0043","title":"Burgess Rolls of Fife, 1700-1800 and St. Andrew's, 1700-1750","description":"\u003cp\u003eBurgesses were a self perpetuating oligarchy representing a minority of the population and comprised of merchants and craftsmen. Only the burgesses had the power to vote, operate businesses, and to trade within the burghs, while only the burgesses of Royal Burghs could engage in overseas trade. This book attempts to identify who were the burgesses of Fife of the 18th century on the eve of industrialization of the economy.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 154 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0043\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435664,"sku":"101-D0043","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0043-1500px.png?v=1776981910"},{"product_id":"101-d0045","title":"Mariners of Angus, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhile the overall pattern of Scottish trade in the early modern period is well known, very little information is readily available on the shipmasters, their vessels and crews. This publication attempts to bring together in a concise form such data as is available in archival or published sources and is based mainly on original research in Edinburgh, Dundee and Montrose.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1992, 1993, 1995), 2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, index, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265453\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0045\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435728,"sku":"101-D0045","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0045-1500px.png?v=1776981913"},{"product_id":"101-d0046","title":"Scottish Whalers","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published as three books, this book deals with Scottish whalers before 1800, Scots in the Arctic: Tales of Whalers, and the Whalers of Dundee, 1750 to 1850.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1995, 1996), 2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 80 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0046\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435792,"sku":"101-D0046","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0046-1500px.png?v=1776981913"},{"product_id":"101-d0047","title":"Mariners of Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews, and Fife, 1600-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis booklet brings together information on the mariners of Kirkaldy and district largely to be found in documentary sources held in the Scottish Record Office, and is based on original research undertaken in Edinburgh and St. Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2000, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, alphabetical, 110 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781888265477\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-D0047\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41320435920,"sku":"101-D0047","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-d0047-1500px.png?v=1776981916"},{"product_id":"102-1467","title":"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883","description":"\u003cp\u003eNaming an additional 3,000 Scots immigrants to the mid-Atlantic region, this book covers the hundred-years immediately following the Revolutionary War and provides a series of sketches conveying such information as the immigrant's place and date of birth and death, occupation, date of arrival and place of settlement in the U.S., and names of spouse and children.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWho were these Scottish immigrants to the mid-Atlantic states? Little exists to record their departure from Scotland, but probably the most informative source of vital data on Scots who settled abroad are the birth, marriage, and death columns of local newspapers. This compilation depends heavily on such sources, together with certain documentary sources in the National Archives of Scotland, as well as a few other sources both printed and manuscript.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is another volume in Dobson's indispensable regional immigration series, which includes \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\" href=\"\/products\/102-1466\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, 1635-1783\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\" href=\"\/products\/102-1467\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in the Mid-Atlantic States, 1783-1883\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\" href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 1\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\" href=\"\/products\/102-9811\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas Volume 2\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\" href=\"\/products\/102-8095\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots on the Chesapeake, 1621-1776, Revised Edition\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\" href=\"\/products\/102-1471\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in Georgia and the Deep South 1835-1845\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e, and \u003ca rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Scots in New England 1625-1873\" href=\"\/products\/102-1469\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eScots in New England 1625-1873\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2002, paper, 150 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806317007\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1467\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29410823995510,"sku":"102-1467","price":19.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1467-1500px.png?v=1777309852"},{"product_id":"102-1483","title":"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, Volume 1","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn a trip here from Scotland, David Dobson searched the archives of North and South Carolina and found a mass of material proving the presence of a large number of Scots in the Carolinas before and after the Revolution. He located similar records in university libraries and historical societies, and he also found in the 1850 Federal Census more information on persons of Scottish origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this work-based on a systematic extraction of data from the above sources-Mr. Dobson presents, for the first time, a comprehensive list of Scottish settlers in the Carolinas from 1680 to 1830. In general, the details provided include age, place and date of birth, and often names of parents, names of spouse and children, occupation, place of residence, and the date of emigration from Scotland. About 6,000 Scots are identified in this book, and a small number are listed in Dobson's \u003ci\u003eScottish Settlers\u003c\/i\u003e series, but the majority-90% or so-are listed here for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(1986), 2009, paper, 322 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806311432\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1483\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":29505795522678,"sku":"102-1483","price":44.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1483-1500px.png?v=1777329815"},{"product_id":"102-8707","title":"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 3","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe links between Scotland and the countries lying along the southern shores of the Baltic can be traced back as far as the late medieval period, when Scottish knights accompanied the Teutonic knights on their Baltic Crusade. Since then, there have been economic links that led western merchants-Scots included-to settle in the main seaports of Eastern Europe, such as Danzig. The main period of Scottish settlement in Eastern Europe occurred from 1560 to 1650, when Scottish, German, Dutch, and Jewish entrepreneurs were lured to the Baltic by the promise of economic opportunity. According to one authority, by the 1640s as many as 30,000 Scots were resident in Poland alone. After 1650, Eastern Europe waned as a beacon for Scottish immigration, and some Scots returned to their Scottish homeland. The majority, however, became integrated into their adopted Baltic societies. In due course, many of their descendants would immigrate to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Part Three in this series, David Dobson examined scores of Scottish primary and secondary sources before producing a list of 1,000 additional Scots who settled in the Baltic (2,500 were identified in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9365\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850 Part 1\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ePart One\u003c\/a\u003e, and 2,000 more were identified in \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9977\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850 Part 2\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePart Two\u003c\/a\u003e). Arranged alphabetically, entries furnish the individual's name with variants, a place of residence in Eastern Europe, the date of the record, and the record's source. In some cases you may also find a reference to the individual's place of origin in Scotland, occupation, relationships to other persons named (i.e., parent, spouse, offspring), membership in a fraternal organization, etc. A significant feature of Part Three is the inclusion of a list of the vessels, their captains, and the routes taken between Scottish ports and the Baltic during the years this volume covers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 106 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358895\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8707\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318474526838,"sku":"102-8707","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8707-1500px.png?v=1777310556"},{"product_id":"102-9007","title":"The People of Moray, Banff, and Nairn","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book by David Dobson identifies roughly 1,200 Moray inhabitants, giving the name, occupation, a date and the source, and sometimes the names of family members, vessels, and other details.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoray lies between the Moray Firth and the Grampian mountains, and is composed of a fertile coastal plain with river valleys, such as the Spey. The district of Moray now includes the former adjacent counties of Banff and Nairn. The major families or clans in the district included Gordons, Grants, Innes, Dunbar, Rose, Leslie, Fordyce, Brodie, Geddes, and Ogilvie.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1130, the Mormaer [Earl] of Moray and his followers rebelled against the rule of King David I of Scotland based in Edinburgh. King David suppressed the revolt with the assistance of Flemish knights who had settled in Scotland. These knights, men such as Freskin and Berewald, were granted the lands of the rebels. The knights mostly adopted the names of the lands as their surnames, thus founding several notable Scottish families such as Murray, Innes, and Duffus, while some used Fleming as their surname. A branch of the Dunbar family from southeast Scotland also settled there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy the early modern period, the main settlements and burghs in Moray were Forres, Nairn, Auldearn, Findhorn, Spynie, and especially Elgin. Moray's economy was based on agriculture, fishing, and trade. Vessels traded from the ports of Moray to Scandinavia, the Baltic, the Netherlands, England, and on occasion to the Americas. These trading links facilitated emigration. The Moray inhabitants identified here may be the antecedents of persons living in those countries today.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 99 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358840\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9007\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318833795190,"sku":"102-9007","price":20.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9007-1500px.png?v=1776888521"},{"product_id":"102-9008","title":"The People of the Windward Islands, Trinidad and Tobago, and Curacao, 1620-1860","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Windward Islands form part of the Lesser Antilles, which stretch from Puerto Rico to the fringes of Venezuela. Since the 17th century, these islands attracted immigrants from Europe, initially from Spain but soon also from the British Isles, France, the Netherlands, and Scandinavia. The Windward Islands include Guadaloupe, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, the Grenadines, Carriacou, Dominca, and Grenada. This volume covers 200 years of inihabitants of the Windward Islands, as well as those of Curacao, Trinidad, and Tobago, which lie close to the coast of Venezuela.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome of the early settlers to this region were transported there as prisoners of war or were escaping from persecution, including Jews and Huguenots. The economy and society of the West Indies was very much dependent on slaves brought from Africa. In due course some of the descendants of these various population groups chose to move to North America or to Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn all, Mr. Dobson identifies over 2,000 inhabitants of these islands between the years 1620 and 1860. For each, we are given a name, occupation, date and the source, and sometimes the names of family members, additional dates (marriage, death, etc.), vessels traveled upon, and other details.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is based on research into manuscript and published sources, mainly located in Great Britain, but also in the West Indies. A list of those sources is included at the back of the volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2019, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 194 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358857\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e102-9008\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318838349942,"sku":"102-9008","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9008-1500px.png?v=1777310622"},{"product_id":"102-9009","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The People of the Hebrides, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hebrides are those islands lying off the coast of the Western Highlands of Scotland. They form parts of the counties of Ross and Cromarty, Inverness, and Argyll, and contain thirty-six parishes. During the Seven Years War, 1756 to 1763, Hebrideans comprised part of the Highland regiments raised to fight in America, namely Fraser's Highlanders and Montgomery's Highlanders. They and the Black Watch played a significant role in the campaigns and afterwards many former soldiers chose to settle in the former French Canada and in America rather than return to Scotland. These military settlers with their friends and families formed a substantial portion of the Highlanders who settled in the years before the outbreak of the America Revolution in 1776.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGenealogical research in this region can be challenging because the parish registers, which are the backbone of Scottish genealogical research, only exist for about a quarter of the Hebridean parishes before 1800—and then only for Presbyterian ones. Such alternative sources as do exist include court records, estate papers, wills and testaments, services of heirs, registers of sasines, registers of deeds, port books, rent rolls, tax records, monumental inscriptions, and published works-on both sides of the Atlantic—and they comprise the basis for Dr. David Dobson's second volume of Hebridean source records. In all of the roughly 1,500 completely new entries for Volume 2, Dobson identifies a Hebridean by name, location, occupation, date, and source. In many instances the records also indicate an individual's kinsmen, intention to emigrate, military service, and other valuable characteristics. Since Celtic was still spoken in the Hebrides in the 18th century, researchers will find evidence of this in the surnames and place names that arise in the entries.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 150 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358871\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9009\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318843166838,"sku":"102-9009","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9009-1500px.png?v=1777310623"},{"product_id":"102-9016","title":"Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775, The People of the Grampian Highlands","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, Clearfield Company launched a new series of books by David Dobson designed to identify the origins of Scottish Highlanders who traveled to America prior to the Great Highland Migration that began in the 1730s and intensified thereafter. The first five volumes cover Scottish Highlanders from Argyll, Perthshire, Inverness-shire, the Northern Highlands, and the Northern Isles. This sixth and concluding volume pertains to the Grampian Highlands.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMuch of the Highland emigration was directly related to a breakdown in social and economic institutions. Under the pressures of the commercial and industrial revolutions of the 17th and 18th centuries, Highland chieftains abandoned their patriarchal role in favor of becoming capitalist landlords. By raising farm rents to the breaking point, the chiefs left the social fabric of the Scottish Highlands in tatters. Accordingly, voluntary emigration by Gaelic-speaking Highlanders began in the 1730s. The social breakdown was intensified by the failure of the Jacobite cause in 1745, followed by the British military occupation and repression in the Highlands in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden. In 1746, the British government dispatched about 1,000 Highland Jacobite prisoners of war to the colonies as indentured servants. Later, during the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763 (known as the French and Indian War in the North American colonies), Highland regiments recruited in the service of the British crown chose to settle in Canada and America rather than return to Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOnce in North America, the Highlanders tended to be clannish and moved in extended family groups, unlike immigrants from the Lowlands who moved as individuals or in groups of a few families. The Gaelic-speaking Highlanders tended to settle on the western frontier, whereas the Lowlanders merged with the English on the coast. Highlanders seem to have established \"beachheads,\" and their kin subsequently followed. The best example of this pattern is in North Carolina, where they first arrived in 1739 and moved to the Piedmont, to be followed by others for more than a century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother factor that distinguishes research in Highland genealogy is the availability of pertinent records. Scottish genealogical research is generally based on the parish registers of the Church of Scotland, which provide information on baptisms and marriages. In the Scottish Lowlands, such records can date back to the mid-16th century, but, in general, Highland records start much later. Americans seeking their Highland roots, therefore, face the problem that there are few, if any, parish records available that pre-date the American Revolution. In the absence of Church of Scotland records, the researcher must turn to a miscellany of other records, such as court records, estate papers, sasines, gravestone inscriptions, burgess rolls, port books, services of heirs, wills and testaments, and especially rent rolls. (Some rent rolls even pre-date parish registers.) This series, therefore, is designed to identify the kinds of records that are available in the absence of parish registers and to supplement those registers when they are available.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Grampian Highlands stretch from the Braes of Angus in the south, north-eastwards following a geological fault line known as the Highland Line to Aberdeenshire, then west as far as Strathspey. The region embraces the mountainous areas of Angus, Kincardineshire, Aberdeenshire, Banffshire, and Morayshire but does not include the fertile coastal plain nor Strathmore. The main clans associated with the Grampian Highlands were Davidson, Farquharson, Forbes, Gordon, Grant, Keith, Lindsay, Mackintosh, MacPherson, and Ogilvie. As northeast Scotland tended to be a stronghold of Jacobitism, many of its supporters from the Grampian Highlands were transported to America and the West Indies after 1715 and 1745. In the 18th century, there were small-scale emigrations from north-east ports, such as Aberdeen, as most of emigrants chose to leave via Clyde ports (such as the Grants from Strathspey, who left Greenock bound for New York on the George in 1774). From the late 18th century, the rise of the transatlantic timber trade enabled many from northeastern Scotland to emigrate via Aberdeen to the Canadian maritimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the present volume is not a comprehensive directory of all of the Grampian Highlanders, it does pull together references on 1,500 18th-century inhabitants from that region. In all cases, Mr. Dobson gives each Highlander's name, a locality within the Northern Isles (place of birth, residence, employment, etc.), a date, and the source. In some cases, we also learn the identities of relatives, the individual's employment, vessel traveled on, and so forth.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 133 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353845\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9016\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30318853652598,"sku":"102-9016","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/gpc-logo-102-9016-1500px.png?v=1777330000"},{"product_id":"102-1462","title":"Genealogy at a Glance: Scottish Genealogy Research, updated edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most popular publications in our \u003cem\u003eGenealogy at a Glance\u003c\/em\u003e series, \u003cem\u003eScottish Genealogy Research\u003c\/em\u003e, has now been updated to reflect the changes in Scottish genealogy research since the original edition of this work was published in 2010—for example, the merger of the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS) and the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) to form the National Records of Scotland (NRS); the release of the 1911 census; and the increase in searchable databases available online.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eGenealogy at a Glance: Scottish Genealogy Research, Updated Edition\u003c\/em\u003e, the renowned Scottish author Dr. David Dobson brings his expertise to bear in a shrewd distillation of facts about Scottish genealogical research. Because there are so many people of Scottish descent worldwide, he uses emigration history as a jumping off point, from there proceeding to tackle the immense body of unique Scottish records which includes Old Parish Records of the Church of Scotland; post-1854 statutory records of births, marriages, deaths, divorces, civil partnerships and same-sex marriages; and census returns from 1841 to 1911.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDobson then focuses on the remaining Scottish genealogical records, from traditional wills and testaments to the lesser known kirk session records and services of heirs. Along the way he seeds the text with research tips and references to key publications, concluding with an indispensable list of online resources, which are now the focal point of Scottish genealogy research.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese may be the best four pages you'll ever read on Scottish genealogy, and you can read them at a glance and with absolute confidence that your research is pointed in the right direction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, 8.5\" x 11\", laminated and folded, 4 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806321011\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1462\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":31837986127990,"sku":"102-1462","price":12.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1462-1500px.png?v=1777309850"},{"product_id":"102-8710","title":"Scots in Southern Europe, 1600-1900, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe countries of southern Europe attracted relatively few Scots in the early modern period. There were exceptions, of course. Those Scots who could be found in countries such as Spain and Italy in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were predominantly Roman Catholics who had been sent to colleges in Spain, Italy, or France to complete their education. Most of them joined the priesthood.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe failure of the Jacobite Risings in 1715 and 1745, however, resulted in a number of Jacobites, mainly Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, taking refuge in locations within Catholic Europe, especially Italy where the Court of King James Stuart was based. Other Jacobite refugees became merchants in locations such as Madeira and Lisbon. By the eighteenth century, aristocratic families were sending their sons on the Grand Tour of Europe, especially to Italy and Greece; subsequently, artists and scholars settled there, some permanently, others temporarily. The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries led to Scottish soldiers and sailors being stationed at places such as Gibraltar and Malta, while the Iberian campaign of the Napoleonic Wars brought many Scottish fighting men to Spain and Portugal, mostly in British service, but some in Portuguese service.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is an expanded and revised version of a book published in 2013 and contains much new data mainly derived from original research in the Regional Archives of Madeira in Funchal. Madeira was significant in transatlantic trade and emigration, as many vessels made it a main port of call prior to crossing the Atlantic or on the return journey. For each emigrant, we are given a name, place of residence, date, and a citation. Many of the entries also convey the identities of a parent, spouse, or other relation; occupation (student, soldier, merchant, professor, etc.); vessel traveled on; and so on. The author supports his list of travelers with a list of Scottish vessels, their captains, and the date and destination of at least one vessel sailing to Southern Europe. This book contains as many as 1,800 Scots found in Spain, Portugal, Italy, Madeira, Malta, the Balearic Islands, the Azores, and the Canary Islands-20% more than named in the original edition.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2019, paper, 184 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359021\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8710\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32148356006006,"sku":"102-8710","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8710-1500px.png?v=1777310559"},{"product_id":"102-8122","title":"People of Cork, 1600-1799","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe city of Cork lies on the south-west coast of Ireland, in the Province of Munster, and is one of the biggest cities on the island. From the 17th century onward the port of Cork had significant trading links with America and the West Indies and became a major port used by Irish emigrants. The port of Cork was where many convoys assembled before crossing the Atlantic during the wars of the 18th century. The motto of the city of Cork, \u003ci\u003estatio fida carinis,\u003c\/i\u003e which translated is \"a trustworthy anchorage for ships,\" symbolizes why Cork became the principal harbor of the region and was of supreme importance for trade and emigration. Cork was an important link with the colonies in America and the Caribbean, with Bristol and other British ports, and with major Continental ports as well.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, the latest in a series devoted to the 17th- and 18th-century populations of important cities in Ireland, has been researched and compiled from a range of primary sources, mainly in Ireland but also in England, Scotland, the Netherlands, and the United States. While it is in no way comprehensive, the book does identify several thousand inhabitants of the city of Cork during the 17th and 18th centuries whose families could have ultimately made their way to the Americas and often leads to documents that should facilitate the research undertaken by historians and genealogists interested in the people of Cork. Most entries identify the inhabitant by name, occupation, and a date. A number of them also provide such additional information as the names of family members, when emigrated, education, military service, and so on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2017, paper, 126 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358468\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8122\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32153753321590,"sku":"102-8122","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8122-1500px.png?v=1777310437"},{"product_id":"102-9754","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume I","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the largest number of Scots found in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch emigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor his latest book, Scottish emigration expert David Dobson has combed primary and secondary sources on both sides of the Atlantic in order to document these links between Scotland, the Netherlands, and America. Mr. Dobson provides over 2,000 separate references to this traffic. In each case, he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, attracted by Scotland's offer of full naturalization. The author cautions researchers to note that the names brought to America by these immigrants were generally modified by the Dutch and, on occasion, provide no clue to their actual Scots origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2004), 2006, paper, 161 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806352251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9754\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238863122550,"sku":"102-9754","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9754-1500px.png?v=1777310821"},{"product_id":"102-9515","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume II","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For example, Antwerp and Rotterdam were the great emporiums of northern Europe where colonial products from America, Africa, and Asia were distributed. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the majority of Scots in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone, many of them members of the famous Scots Brigade. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch immigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 2004, Scottish emigration expert Dr. David Dobson combed primary and secondary sources on both sides of the Atlantic in order to document these links between Scotland, the Netherlands, and America. The result was \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9754\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eScots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825\u003c\/a\u003e,\u003c\/i\u003e which provides over 2,000 separate references to this traffic. Now Dr. Dobson has assembled a second collection of Scots-Dutch links from primary and secondary sources. In each case, he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, lured by Scotland's offer of full naturalization. The author cautions researchers to note that the names brought to America by these immigrants were generally modified by the Dutch and, on occasion, provide no clue to their actual Scots origin.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2011, paper, 136 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355528\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9515\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238863712374,"sku":"102-9515","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9515-1500px.png?v=1777310782"},{"product_id":"102-8119","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume III","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational and commercial opportunities they offered. For example, Antwerp and Rotterdam were the great emporiums of northern Europe where colonial products from America, Africa, and Asia were distributed. For their part, Scottish Covenanters went to the Netherlands to flee persecution under the Stuarts and to live among their Calvinist brethren. Probably the majority of Scots in the Netherlands were soldiers fighting in the service of the United Provinces in its 80-year struggle for independence against the Spanish Habsburgs and later France. The Scottish presence in the Netherlands was such that by 1700 about a thousand Scots lived in the city of Rotterdam alone, many of them members of the famous Scots Brigade. Over the course of the 17th and 18th centuries, some of these Scots or their descendants participated in the Dutch immigration to America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Dobson here has assembled a third collection of Scots-Dutch links from primary and secondary sources. In each case he states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Volume III contains a significant number of marriages of Scottish immigrants that occurred in Rotterdam, often with local residents. Most occurred in the Scots Kirk or church there but others were held in other Protestant churches. There are also entries based on 17th-century Dutch wills or deeds of Scots, some of whom were bound for the Dutch colonies. Another source was the Court Book of the Scottish Staple at Veere, which identified Scots resident or trading there.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2016, paper, 139 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806358208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8119\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238864662646,"sku":"102-8119","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8119-1500px.png?v=1777310433"},{"product_id":"102-8716","title":"Scots-Dutch Links in Europe and America, 1575-1825, Volume IV","description":"\u003cp\u003eScotland has had strong economic, social and military links with the Netherlands since the medieval period, but the main period of Scottish settlement in the Low Countries occurred in the 17th century. Scottish scholars and merchants had long been attracted by the opportunities available in the universities and cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders, especially by courses in law and medicine. Scottish merchants and craftsmen could be found in towns and cities throughout the Netherlands, especially in Veere, Middelburg, Amsterdam, and Rotterdam. During the 17th century, Scots communities, with their own churches, could be found throughout Holland and Zealand in particular, and by 1700 around 1,000 Scots lived in Rotterdam alone. Some of the Scots found in the Netherlands were religious or political refugees, such as the Covenanters, who fled persecution under the Stuart kings to live among their Calvinist brethren. A small number of Dutch merchants and craftsmen also settled in Scotland during the period, some of whom had been attracted in 1672 when the Scottish government-with the incentive of full naturalization-invited inhabitants of the United Provinces to come across.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor eighty years the Dutch fought to maintain their independence from Spain, and aiding them in their struggle were thousands of Scottish soldiers, who formed the Scots Brigade. The Scots Brigade in Dutch Service was founded in 1572 and continued in existence until 1782, during which time a significant number of men from Scotland fought and later settled in the Netherlands. A number of them and their descendants immigrated to the Dutch settlements in America, stretching from the Hudson River to the West Indies and Surinam.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book, the fourth in the series, identifies some of the Scots with links to the Low Countries, especially seafarers and merchants, but also planters in the Dutch colonies in and around the Caribbean. It is based mainly on primary sources, notably the records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland. In each case, Dr. Dobson states the individual's name, occupation (soldier, merchant, student, etc.), date of the reference, and the source. Marriage entries typically give the Scot's name and place of origin, those of his spouse, and sometimes the name(s) of parents, or more. In a few cases, the references are to Dutch persons who migrated in the opposite direction, lured by Scotland's offer of full naturalization.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, paper, 140 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8716\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238865809526,"sku":"102-8716","price":25.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8716-1500px.png?v=1777310561"},{"product_id":"102-8717","title":"People of the Hebrides at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Hebrides are a small group of islands off the west coast of Scotland. The second half of the 18th century saw a significant increase in the population of the Scottish Highlands, one greater than the ability of the local economy to sustain. This pressure contributed to an outflow of population from the Highlands—of which the Hebrides were a part-to the burgeoning industrial towns of Lowland Scotland and England, as well as to the Americas and Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA major source of employment for these Highlanders was in military service with the British Army, commencing with the Seven Years War [the French and Indian War] from 1756 to 1763, the American War of Independence from 1776 to 1783, and the French Wars from 1789 to 1815. Many of these veterans, encouraged by the British government, decided to stake their futures in the U.S. and Canada.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the same time, the Industrial Revolution was creating a demand for wool for the textile industry. This demand resulted in a restricting of agriculture in the Hebrides. By abandoning traditional farming-either by raising rent or by \"clearing the land\"-landowners could generate more income, but at a social cost. Exacerbating the new agricultural practices, the potato blight and the famine of 1837 and 1838 meant that many families were living in poverty. In the end, unemployment, destitution, and the large-scale evictions were the main reasons for emigration from the Highlands and notably from the Hebrides.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book attempts to identify early-nineteenth-century residents of the Hebrides, especially those from the islands of Skye, Islay, Mull, Lewis, and Harris, and Hebrideans who chose to immigrate to the Carolinas, Maritime Canada, and Australia. Most modern Hebridean place names are Anglicized versions of the original Gaelic place names. The Hebrideans were Gaelic speakers, so the Gaelic place names that they would have used have been added. What is different about Highlander emigration is that people-including the Hebrideans-emigrated as family groups, settling together where they could maintain their Gaelic language, culture, and religion, often in frontier locations such as Cape Breton or the Cape Fear Valley.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn all, this work, drawing upon primary sources in Scotland and abroad, identifies close to 1,500 heads of household from the Hebrides by name, a date, a place in the islands, and the source. Since most of these travelers were accompanied by family members, the listings provide the names and relationships of three or four times as many persons overall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, paper, 162 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8717\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238870331510,"sku":"102-8717","price":26.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8717-1500px.png?v=1777310562"},{"product_id":"102-8718","title":"Irish Emigrants to North America, Part 10","description":"\u003cp\u003eIrish immigration to North America can be said to have commenced in earnest with the \"Scotch-Irish\" in 1718. By comparison, significant numbers of Irish people could already be found in the English colonies in the West Indies, and to a limited degree in the Dutch West Indies. By the early 18th century, however, the Irish were the largest immigrant group to settle in the thirteen American colonies. During this period, most immigrants to America were Presbyterians from the north of Ireland, though this would change dramatically in the 19th century. The greatest Irish exodus to America occurred between the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 and the conclusion of the potato famine in 1851. During that span around one million left Ireland, mainly for North America, but also in smaller numbers for Australia, as well as for the industrializing towns of Britain. Most of those bound for North America sailed from Irish ports, though others went via Liverpool or Glasgow.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume is based on primary sources located in Ireland, the United States, Canada, Scotland, England, and the West Indies. Such primary sources include manuscripts, newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and government records. The author has arranged the list of roughly 1,000 new persons in this volume alphabetically by the emigrant's surname and, in the majority of cases, provides most of the following particulars: date of birth, name of ship, occupation in Ireland, reason for emigration, sometimes place of origin in Ireland, place of disembarkation in the New World, date of arrival, number of persons in the household, and the source of the information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2020, paper, 114 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8718\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32238874787958,"sku":"102-8718","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8718-1500px.png?v=1777310564"},{"product_id":"102-1459","title":"Scottish Genealogy, The Basics and Beyond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eScottish Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond\u003c\/em\u003e is the culmination of over fifty years of historical and genealogical research by Dr. David Dobson in archives and libraries throughout Scotland. As one would expect in a Scottish genealogy guidebook, this publication identifies the major sources and repositories for those just getting started on their research. But what makes this book stand out from all the rest is its focus on the other, less commonly used, sources that exist, which will allow more advanced researchers to put the basic facts they have gathered into context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith an emphasis on publications, manuscript sources, and archival records, Dr. Dobson highlights ways to trace Scottish ancestors using alternative sources, primarily those covering the years between 1550 and 1850. For each research topic—including statutory registers, church records, tax records, sasines and land registers, court records, military and maritime sources, burgh and estate records, emigration records, and much more—Dr. Dobson has compiled an extensive list of the publications and archival records that will enable family historians to advance their research. It would take years for any individual to compile such a far-reaching bibliography and compilation of relevant records in Scottish archives.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnother unique feature of this guidebook is the inclusion of numerous excerpts from publications and archival records, which will help lead researchers to the sources most applicable to their research. All surnames that appear in these examples are listed in the surname index at the back of the book.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2021, paper, 172 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806321134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-1459\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39299821437046,"sku":"102-1459","price":29.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-1459-1500px.png?v=1777309847"},{"product_id":"102-8720","title":"Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725, Part 11","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the 17th century, as many as 100,000 Scottish Lowlanders relocated to the Plantation of Ulster (Northern Ireland). While the majority of settlers were from the Scottish Lowlands, some, especially in the late 16th century, were Highlanders. It should also be noted that although the Presbyterians were in the majority, a sizable minority were Episcopalians, and a few were Roman Catholic. Also, though the main area of settlement was in Ulster, it is evident that a number of Scots settled further south.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Eleven of \u003cem\u003eScots Irish Links, 1575-1725\u003c\/em\u003e attempts to identify more of these Scottish settlers. It is based on research carried out into both manuscript and published sources found in Scotland, Ireland, and England. This volume is heavily based on documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the National Records of Scotland, especially those that establish the economic links of the period, such as the contemporary port books of both Scotland and Ireland, and records from the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland. Such records identify the ports and trading links that facilitated immigration to Ireland. Within a few generations, the descendants of these Ulster Scots emigrated in substantial numbers across the Atlantic where, as the Scotch-Irish, they made a major contribution to the settlement and development of Colonial America.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2021, paper, 130 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8720\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39299829825654,"sku":"102-8720","price":22.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8720-1500px.png?v=1777310567"},{"product_id":"102-9705","title":"Scots Episcopalians at Home and Abroad, 1689-1800","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Registers of the Church of Scotland represent the single most important genealogical source for Scottish family historians prior to the statutory registration of vital records in 1855. The records of the Episcopal churches in Scotland are among the handful of denominational records to which this statement does not apply, however, and history tells us why.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1688, Episcopalians comprised about 25% of Scotland's population and, along with Presbyterians, were members of the Church of Scotland. Following the overthrow of James VII of Scotland (James II of England) in that year, the Episcopalians endured a century-long period of disestablishment, persecution under the Penal Acts of the 18th century (partially as punishment for their participation in the Jacobite wars of 1715 and 1745), immigration, and\/or exile to the Americas. Not until the death of Bonnie Prince Charlie in 1788, when the Scottish bishops agreed to pray for King George III, were Episcopalians able to operate without restriction. The genealogical legacy of this history was the disappearance of parish registers comparable to those of the contemporary Church of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor his latest book genealogist and historian Dr. David Dobson has surveyed a variety of primary and secondary sources for the purpose of assembling a list of baptism, marriage, and death records in the absence of official registers. Many records are in original manuscript form in churches or diocesan libraries, some are in typescript or manuscript sources in the National Archives of Scotland, while a handful of others have been published in full or in part. All of Dr. Dobson's entries identify the Episcopalian by name, location, a date, and the source. Many attest to the individual's confirmation, spouse or other relative, occupation, and even destination in the colonies. While he would be the first to claim that his efforts are far from comprehensive, the compiler has nonetheless rescued the religious affiliation of about 2,000 18th-century Scots men, women, and children that might otherwise have eluded researchers for years, if not decades, to come.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2011, paper, 170 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355238\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9705\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39403107287158,"sku":"102-9705","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9705-1500px.png?v=1777310810"},{"product_id":"102-9811","title":"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, Volume 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe great 18th-century Scottish emigration to the Carolinas was a response, in large part, to the failure of the Jacobite rebellion in 1715, a phenomenon which set in motion a chain emigration of Scottish Lowlanders, followed by one of Highlanders. Publication of David Dobson's \u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-1483\" title=\"Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eDirectory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e in 1986 was the first attempt to build a comprehensive list of Scottish settlers in that region. Since 1986, Mr. Dobson has gathered an overwhelming amount of new information on early Scottish immigrants to North and South Carolina based on his research in Scotland, England, and the U.S., but especially at the National Archives in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis sequel to the 1986 volume encases those findings. In all, the compiler has found evidence on nearly 1,000 Scots not mentioned in the original work and, for the most part, not found in his other publications on Scottish emigration. As one might expect from such a disparate body of sources, the descriptions of these Scots vary considerably, though there is a solid foundation of genealogical detail: age, place and date of birth, and often names of parents, names of spouses and children, occupation, place of residence, and date of emigration from Scotland. This is an important addition to the literature of Scottish emigration to colonial America, and, given the difficulty of identifying the participants in this extraordinary emigration, one worth waiting for.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(2004), 2009, paper, 164 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806352312\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9811\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39490384756854,"sku":"102-9811","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9811-1500px.png?v=1777310837"},{"product_id":"102-9518","title":"Scottish-German Links, 1550-1850, Second Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlthough Scottish links with Germany can be traced back to the medieval period-primarily taking the form of commerce at ports such as Hamburg, Bremen, and Lubeck-the majority of Scots who were found in the various German principalities during the early modern period arrived as soldiers of fortune, especially during the Thirty Years War. Students also were attracted by the educational opportunities available in Germany, and Warzburg and Ratisbon in particular attracted the sons of Catholic families. Some immigration traffic also flowed in the other direction, as reflected in the entries found in the second edition of Dr. David Dobson's book \u003ci\u003eScottish-German Links, 1550-1850\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhile the contents of these transcriptions vary considerably, each one of them nonetheless identifies a Scots-German by name, date, and city of residence, and gives the source of information. In many instances, we learn something about an individual's parentage, spouse, vocation, or more. 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In the majority of cases, Mr. Dobson's transcriptions provide some or all of the following: name of passenger, date of birth, name of ship, occupation in Ireland, reason for emigration, and, sometimes, place of origin in Ireland, place of disembarkation in the New World, date of arrival, number of persons in the household, and the source of the information.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2008, paper, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806353937\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9976\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710387077238,"sku":"102-9976","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9976-1500px.png?v=1777310933"},{"product_id":"102-9978","title":"Scots-Irish Links, 1825-1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eThroughout the 17th century, there was a substantial emigration from Scotland to Ireland; this changed during the 18th century when the majority of Scottish emigrants were bound for North America and relatively few moved over to Ireland. The late 18th century witnessed the rise of a counter-migration, namely, Irish settlement in Scotland. In fact by the mid-19th century the emigration of the Irish to Scotland had become substantial inasmuch as these migrants were attracted by the economic opportunities available in the rapidly expanding industrial and mining areas, particularly in west central Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDespite the foregoing change in demographic patterns, there was still some movement from Scotland to Ireland during the Victorian period, albeit on a small scale. This book identifies some of these migrants, and others with links to Scotland, as well as graduates of the University of Glasgow with Irish links. Mr. Dobson undertook the research for this volume in documentary sources in the National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh, as well as some published contemporary materials in the Library of the University of St. Andrews.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor each of the roughly 1,300 alphabetically arranged Scots of Irish origin found in this book we are given a location (oftentimes a street address), date, and source of the information. In some instances Mr. Dobson has, much to our delight, identified one or more of the following: the individual's parent(s), sibling(s) and\/or spouse; military service; occupation; education, or more.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 120 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354064\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9978\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710427709558,"sku":"102-9978","price":25.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9978-1500px.png?v=1777310934"},{"product_id":"102-9977","title":"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe links between Scotland and the countries lying along the southern shores of the Baltic can be traced back as far as the late Medieval period, when Scottish knights accompanied the Teutonic knights on their Baltic Crusade. Since then there have been economic links which led western merchants-Scots included-to settle in the main seaports of Eastern Europe, such as Danzig. The main period of Scottish settlement in Eastern Europe occurred from 1560 to 1650, when Scottish, German, Dutch, and Jewish entrepreneurs were lured to the Baltic by the promise of economic opportunity. Still other Scots left in pursuit of religious freedom, as soldiers of fortune who ultimately settled on lands granted for service rendered, or as itinerant cramers (pedlars). According to one authority, by the 1640s as many as 30,000 Scots were resident in Poland alone. After 1650, Eastern Europe waned as a beacon for Scottish emigration, and some Scots returned to their Scottish homeland. The majority, however, became integrated into their adopted Baltic societies. In due course, their Polonised descendants would emigrate to America and elsewhere, some no doubt as part of the wave of Polish refugees which settled in North America in this century.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor the concluding volume in this series (\u003ca href=\"\/products\/102-9365\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Scots in Poland, Russia, and the Baltic States, 1550-1850, Part 1\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ePart One\u003c\/a\u003e was published in 2000), Mr. Dobson examined scores of Scottish primary and secondary sources before producing a list of 1,000 additional Scots who settled in the Baltic (Part One identified 2,500). Arranged alphabetically, entries furnish the individual's name with variants, a place of residence in Eastern Europe, the date of the record, and its source. Given the widely disparate character of the subject matter, one may also find a reference to the individual's place of origin in Scotland, occupation, relationships to other persons named (i.e., parent, spouse, offspring), membership in a fraternal organization, etc. A significant feature of Part Two is the inclusion of verbatim transcriptions of documents that illustrate the kinds of sources that are available to researchers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2009, paper, 100 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806354002\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-9977\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39710431543414,"sku":"102-9977","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-9977-1500px.png?v=1777310933"},{"product_id":"102-8729","title":"The People of Inverness at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe book contains references to people from Inverness, at home and abroad, between 1800 and 1850. Inverness itself was, and continues to be a bastion of Gaeldom, and the home of several important clans, such as the McKenzies, the Frasers, the Grants, the McIntoshes, the McPhersons, the McGillivrays, the McBeans, the McQueens, the Davidsons, the Camerons, and other members of Clan Chattan. The burgh of Inverness was the administrative and commercial centre for the county of Inverness; it was, and is, a major route centre for road and rail traffic. The population of the burgh was around 10,000 people in 1800 and rose to around 13,000 by mid-century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe information herein is derived from a wide range of sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. Three published sources consulted are worthy of special mention: the Statistical Report of Scotland, compiled between 1791 and 1799; the New Statistical Report, researched between 1832 and 1845; and the publications of the Gaelic Society of Inverness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe entries in this volume bring together emigrants, their destinations especially in North America, the West Indies, and Australasia with their kin who remained in Scotland, and provide the resident's name, specific location, a date, and the source. In many cases the abstracts also identify the names of kin, occupations, and other pertinent facts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2022, paper, 180 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359410\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e102-8729\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39800759615606,"sku":"102-8729","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8729-1500px.png?v=1777310574"},{"product_id":"102-8732","title":"The People of North East Scotland at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book identifies people from the old counties of Nairnshire, Morayshire, Banffshire, Aberdeenshire, and Kincardineshire for the period 1800 to 1850. The information derives from a wide range of contemporary sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. The main clans or families found in this region were Arbuthnott, Barclay, Brodie, Burnett, Douglas, Dunbar, Farquharson, Forbes, Fraser, Gordon, Grant, Hays, Innes, Irvine, Keith, Leslie, Ogilvie, Rose, and Skene.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe society and economy of North East Scotland was rural and depended on industries such as farming, fishing, whaling, distilling, quarrying, and forestry. The most important burgh in this region was, and is, Aberdeen, which is covered in Mr. Dobson's book, \u003cem\u003eThe People of Aberdeen at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850\u003c\/em\u003e. The North East population were largely Presbyterian, with a significant Episcopalian presence and a few Roman Catholic enclaves.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best sources for historical context are the Old Statistical Reports of the 1790s and the New Statistical Reports compiled between 1832 and 1845. These Reports were produced by parish ministers and covered a wide range of subjects such as geography, education, history, the economy, agriculture, shipping, population, and religion. They are available on the website of the National Library of Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, paper, 176 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359458\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8732\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39800872894582,"sku":"102-8732","price":26.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8732-1500px.png?v=1777310577"},{"product_id":"102-8731","title":"The People of Aberdeen at Home and Abroad","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the medieval period until the Victorian era, Aberdeen was comprised of two separate burghs, Old Aberdeen and New Aberdeen. Old Aberdeen was centered on St. Machar's Cathedral when King David I established a new bishopric there around 1125. New Aberdeen, a burgh since 1214, was an important regional market town and port. The two burghs in Aberdeen each had their own burgh council, burgess roll, court, college, and other institutions that maintained their own records. The two burghs merged in the mid-19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century to establish a unified city. Aberdeen became the major city in north-east Scotland, with its economy based on industries such as shipbuilding, whaling, herring fishing, woolens such as stocking-making, and papermaking.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book contains references to people from Aberdeen at home and abroad between 1800 and 1850. The entries bring together emigrants, their destinations, especially in North America, the West Indies, and Australasia, with their kin who remained in Scotland. The information is derived from a wide range of sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. The Statistical Report of Scotland (OSA), compiled between 1791 and 1799, and the New Statistical Report, conducted between 1832 and 1845, are especially helpful for understanding the rapid changes in Scottish society brought about by the agricultural and industrial revolutions during this period. This work should enable researchers with roots in Aberdeen to put their family into a historical context.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, paper, 176 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359434\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8731\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39800944263286,"sku":"102-8731","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8731-1500px.png?v=1777329887"},{"product_id":"102-8092","title":"The People of Glasgow, 1725-1775","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs with the other books in his \"Scottish People\" series, Dr. David Dobson's \u003ci\u003eThe People of Glasgow, 1725-1775,\u003c\/i\u003e identifies thousands of individuals who were living in a Scottish burgh at the time of significant Scottish immigration to North America. In Glasgow's case, the political union of Scotland and England in 1707 resulted in a major expansion of the town's overseas trade and the stimulation of industry in and around it. By 1740, Glasgow merchants dominated the Virginia tobacco trade; their merchant companies had settled personnel along the American eastern seaboard and in the West Indies, distributing Scottish goods and transhipping tobacco for the continental market. The colonies also attracted individual farmers, physicians, tutors, and other professional workers and skilled craftsmen, who, along with the Glasgow merchant class, dominated the town council as burgesses.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRepresentative of the roughly 2,500 referenced persons named by Dr. Dobson in this publication, any number of whom undoubtedly settled in the New World, is the following:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cblockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraham, John, son of Robert Graham and his wife Jean Luke, a tailor from Glasgow, emigrated by 1756, settled in Albemarle County, Virginia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2012, paper, 162 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806355740\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8092\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39802945339510,"sku":"102-8092","price":24.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8092-1500px.png?v=1777310421"},{"product_id":"102-8734","title":"The People of Glasgow and Clydesdale at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book identifies the people resident in Glasgow and in neighboring Clydesdale (alias Lanarkshire), as well as persons abroad who originated in these locations, during the first half of the 19\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century. The information derives from a wide range of sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. The entries bring together emigrants, their origins, and destinations—especially in North America, the West Indies, and Australasia—with their kin who remained in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best sources for those researchers with their roots in or around Glasgow are two Family History Societies: the Glasgow and West of Scotland FHS and the Lanarkshire FHS. The best single genealogy library in the area is the Mitchell Library, Glasgow, which claims to be one of the largest reference libraries in Europe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy 1800, the economy of Glasgow, already dependent on transatlantic trade, had begun to industrialize. Capital increasingly was invested in collieries and iron mines, engineering, shipbuilding, and textile factories to produce goods for export. The burgeoning population of Glasgow, partly stemming from immigrants from the West Highlands and from Ireland, also caused an expansion of agriculture along the Clyde Valley. The expanding population, however, gave rise to poverty, social unrest, and the spread of diseases such as typhus and cholera, which in turn fueled emigration to North America, the West Indies, and Australasia. Glasgow's skilled, white-collar work force was in demand abroad, especially in the rapidly industrializing United States, thus also contributing to emigration for this more affluent economic class.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Dobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2022, paper, 176 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780806359489\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e102-8734\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Genealogical Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39802947600502,"sku":"102-8734","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/102-8734-1500px.png?v=1777310579"},{"product_id":"102-8730","title":"The People of Argyll, Bute, and Dunbarton at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book contains references to people of the counties of Argyll, Bute, and Dunbarton, at home and abroad, between 1800 and 1850. These counties lie roughly north-west of Glasgow from the Firth of Clyde to the Firth of Lorne, together with Mull and some smaller islands. The major families or clans found in this region were the Campbells, McDonalds, McLeans, MacAulays, Galbraiths, McLachlans, Malcolms, McMillans, McEwans, McDougalls, McQuarries, McKinnons, McGregors, McIntyres, McFarlanes, Colquhouns, Lamonts, and Buchanans.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe early nineteenth century was a period of restructuring and development resulting from the Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution. Small farms were formed into larger, more efficient, units which created a labour surplus. Some of the displaced persons opted the emigrate to the colonies or the United States while other moved to the burgeoning factory towns and collieries of the nearby industrial districts. The rise in transatlantic trade in the eighteenth century, furthermore, generated industrial development in Scotland, especially in the vicinity of Glasgow. Overall there was an expansion of burghs functioning as market and administrative centres. This book, among other things, identifies many of the burgesses of the burghs of Dunbarton and Inveraray.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMost of the nearly 2,000 Scots and their kinsmen identified here were recorded in contemporary sources, such as court records, newspapers, journals, and monumental inscriptions. 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South West Scotland originally contained about 150 parishes, some of which subsequently merged. The main burghs were Renfrew, Greenock, Largs, Kilmarnock, Paisley, Ardrossan, Troon, Ayr, Stranraer, Wigtown, Kirkcudbright, Sanquhar, Dumfries, and Annan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe information derives from a wide range of sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. The entries bring together emigrants, their origins, and destination—especially in North America, the West Indies, and Australasia—with their kin who remained in Scotland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe south west regional economy was based on farming, fishing, mining, iron and steel manufacture, engineering, textiles, and it possessed trading links especially with Ireland and North America. Emigration from South West Scotland to Ulster was substantial in the 17\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, but by the 19th century the destination shifted increasingly to North America and Australasia.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best sources for historical context are the Old Statistical Reports of the 1790s and the New Statistical Reports compiled between 1832 and 1845. These Reports were produced by parish ministers and covered a wide range of subjects such as geography, education, history, the economy, agriculture, shipping, population, and religion. 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Angus, which is in the east of Scotland, is divided by a geological fault known as the Highland Line, with the Highlands to the north-west and the Lowlands to the south-east. From the medieval period to the Victorian era, Forfar was the administrative centre of Angus, or Forfarshire while Dundee, still within Angus, was fast becoming the main industrial and port city. By the late nineteenth century Dundee had become one of the biggest cities in Scotland, famous for its 'jam, jute, and journalism'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe late 18th and early 19\u003csup\u003ethe \u003c\/sup\u003ecenturies marked a period of rapid changes in this part of Scotland. The Agricultural Revolution and the Industrial Revolution led to the formation of larger farms, forcing the surplus rural population to drift to the rapidly expanding factory towns. For example, in Angus the land-loom weavers, who produced textiles in their homes, were replaced by textile mills in Dundee or Arbroath. The textile industry, which produced linen and canvas, was dependent on imported flax which mainly came from Russia and the Baltic countries, and was supplied to markets in Britain, America, and the West Indies. Jute, brought from India, became the main raw material used in the local textile mills later in the century. For their part, Dundee, Arbroath, and Montrose were fishing and whaling ports and centres of shipbuilding.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book contains references to people from Dundee and Angus, at home and abroad, between 1800 and 1850. The information is derived from a wide range of sources such as court records, contemporary newspapers and journals, monumental inscriptions, and documents found in archives. The entries bring together emigrants, their destinations, especially in North America, the West Indies, and Australasia with their kin who remained in Scotland, and provide the resident's name, specific location, a date, and the source. 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