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AMERICAN
DATA FROM THE ABERDEEN JOURNAL 1748-1783, by David
Dobson, 49 pp. $10.00. 750 references, subjects covered are
banishment of felons to the Plantations, shipping links,
advertisements for indentured servants, news of events in the
colonies, details on Scottish regiments fighting in the French
and Indian Wars or Revolutionary War, reports of privateers,
letters from America and obituaries of American emigrants.
Colonists from Scotland: Emigration to North America, 1707-1783
 , Emigration in North America, 1707-1783, by
Charles Cargill Graham, 213 pp., indexed, paper. $23.00. Chapters
devoted to Lowland and Highland emigration, forced transportation
of felons and the drafting of Scottish troops to the colonies,
etc.
Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America
1625-1825, Vol.
VII $17.50, Although the sixth volume of the Directory of
Scottish Settlers in North America was said at the time of its
publication in 1986 to be last in the series, subsequent research
has brought to light sufficient new material to warrant this
seventh volume. Largely a miscellany, this volume draws upon
printed books and manuscripts, church records, burgess rolls,
probate records, state records, and public records of every
description. All 2000 entries refer to Scots who emigrated to
North America or who are reported to have lived or died there,
and they include some or all of the following: place and date of
birth, place of residence, names of parents, occupation, name of
spouse, date of emigration, place and date of settlement and date
of death.
An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Prior to the Peace of 1783
- by John P. McLean,
455 pp., illus., paper, $36.50. Interesting account of Highland
emigration, with an overview of the Highlanders, then a
description of the events, resettlement schemes, emigration,
history of settlements in America. Focuses attention on the
Highlanders in North Carolina; with lists of petitions for
patents of land (1740); heads of families (1767); and Highland
Royalists (1776); Highlanders in Georgia with a list of
petitioners; in New York with a list of grantees (1764); on the
Mohawk with a list of petitioners (1779/80); Royalists in New
York (1777-1783); and in Lower Canada, Nova Scotia and Prince
Edward Island. Biographical sketches included.
The Historic Families of Scotland
By James
Taylor. 2 vols. in one. 410 & 431 pp., indexed. 2nd ed. (1889),
repr. Balto., 1995. $55.00. One of the great genealogical
compendia of Scottish families, Taylor's Historic Families of
Scotland has been in constant demand since its original
appearance at the end of the 19th century. According to one
review, it would be welcome by those who valued high standards of
genealogical research and delighted in the romance of history.
Equally important, from the genealogist's point of view, is the
fact that the fifty or so main families selected for inclusion
are thoroughly representative in character and are the
progenitors of untold numbers of people living today. As might be
expected of such a work, the narrative traces the families from
their earliest recorded origins all the way up to the end of the
19th century. "Dr. Taylor has written a work fitted to
interest and fascinate a public as wide as the Scottish people. .
. ."-- The Scotsman
THE
HISTORICAL FAMILIES O F DUMFRIESSHIRE AND THE BORDER WARS,
second edition, by C. L. Johnstone, 213 pp., illus., indexed,
paper, $24.00. Account of the long-established families of this
region of Scotland and of the so-called Border Wars that were
waged from the 12th century between dominant Scottish families of
South Dumfriesshire and the English in North Cumberland. Families
include: Armstrong, Baliol, Bell, Boswell, Bruce, Carlile/Carlyle,
Carruthers, Clark, Corry, Crichton, Cummings, Douglas, Dinwiddie,
Fergusson, Fleming, Gladstone, Gordon, Grahem, Irving, Jardine,
Johnstone, Kennedy, Kerr, Kirkpatrick, Laird, Maitland, Maxwell,
Murray, Scott, Sharp, Stuart/Stewart, Trumble and Wallace.
THE
ORIGIN AND SIGNIFICATION OF SCOTTISH SURNAMES, Clifford
S. Sims, 122 pp., paper. (1862), repr. 1995. $17.50. Mentions
name of family founder, coat-of-arms. Sims' surname derivations
are based on localities, baptismal names, trades, offices,
professions, etc.
THE
SCOTCH-IRISH IN AMERICA, Henry Jones Ford. 607 pp.,
indexed, paper. (1915), repr. 1995. $42.50. Commences with a
discussion of the Scottish migration to Ulster in the 17th
century, followed by causes of Scotch-Irish emigration to North
America...settlement in New England, New York, the Jerseys, and
Pennsylvania.
SCOTS-IRISH
LINKS 1725-1757. In Two Parts, David Dobson. 2
vols. in one. 59 pp., paper. (1994,1995), repr. 1997. $9.00. The
purpose of this book is to help person make the linkage first to
Ulster and then back to Scotland. Identifies some 12000 Scotsmen
(in two alphabetically arranged lists) who resided in Ulster
between early 1600s and early 1700s.
SCOTTISH
FAMILY HISTORY - A Guide to Works of Reference on the
History and Genealogy of Scottish Families. By Margaret Stuart.
To which is prefixed an essay on How To Write The History Of A
Family. By Sir James Balfour Paul. 386 pp. (1930), repr. Balto.,
1994. $25.00. This book is a timesaving and comprehensive guide
to family histories contained in books, pamphlets, periodical
articles, and manuscript collections up to the year of its
original publication in 1930. The coverage is exhaustive,
embracing references to approximately 6,500 families. The
families are listed in alphabetical order and, thereunder, where
necessary to distinguish families of the same name, by residence,
seat, or estate, the citations giving the title of the
publication in which the genealogy is found, the author, date of
publication, and, where appropriate, volume and page number.
Scottish Quakers and Early America, 1650-1700
, 1650-1700, by David Dobson, 52
pp., illus., paper. $10.95. Identifies many of the Scottish
Quakers who settled in east Jersey in the 1680s. Describes 500
Quakers, name of parents, marriage, spouse, etc.
THE
SCOTTISH SETTLERS OF AMERICA--The 17th and 18th
Centuries, by Stephen M. Millett, 234 pp., paper. $25.00.
Originally published in thirteen installments of U. S. Scots
magazine, Dr. Millett's account of Scottish emigration to
Colonial America is the best introduction to its subject.
A
TOPOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF SCOTLAND, By Samuel Lewis. 2
vols. 2nd edition. 1,233 pp. (1851), repr. Balto., 1989. Low in
stock. $75.00. Every fact of importance that illustrates the
local history of Scotland is in this book. Arranged
alphabetically by place (village, parish, town, etc.), it has an
accurate description of all Scottish localities as they were at
the time of publication (1851), showing where a village was
located in relation to its parish, or the nearest town or towns,
where a parish was located in relation to its nearest district,
and the names of villages in it, the number of inhabitants of an
area, the main landowners, and chief topographical features. This
work enables you to identify a given locality in relation to a
parish and thus the identification of the parish records. So, if
you know the place of origin of your ancestor--the village or
town--this gazetteer will show you, in effect, which parish
records to search for births, marriages, and deaths. Modern
gazetteers are useless for this purpose. The civil registration
of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1855, at which time all
the old parish registers were called in. The LDS Church has
copied the parish registers of every parish in Scotland, from the
earliest up to 1855, and has indexed virtually all of them--all
the more reason to know your ancestor's parish.
TRACING
YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTRY, By Kathleen B. Cory. 228 pp.,
indexed, wrappers. 2nd edition, Balto., 1997. $16.95. This is the
most practical, the most up-to-date, and the most informative
guide to Scottish ancestry ever to come on the market. Packed
with information and advice on basic research techniques, it
focuses on the holdings of the two principal Scottish record
repositories, the General Register Office at New Register House
and the Scottish Record Office, both in Edinburgh. With records
of births, marriages, and deaths before and after 1855 and census
returns from 1841 to 1891 at the first-named location, and wills,
testaments, deeds, and church records at the other, the author
guides you, record by record, to a successful conclusion of your
search. With chapters on other records and repositories, five
useful appendices (including one that lists every parish in
Scotland by district number, county and commissariat), and
various maps, this publication will be welcomed by everyone
interested in Scottish genealogy.
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