Scots-Irish : American History

Scotch-Irish: A Social History: Presents a comprehensive overview of a people, their geography and their faith - spanning centuries. Sheds light on the Scotch Irish role in the Revolutionary War, settling the American frontier, the spread of the Presbyterian Church in America and more.

Ulster and North America: Addresses the complex issues of Scotch-Irish history and identity and the process of migration, to North America, and the dynamic nature of Ulster society in the 17th and 18th centuries and the rapid changes occurring there, especially affecting Presbyterianism and community cohesiveness, which shaped the motives for migration to the New World.

Carolina Scots: Examines the social, political and religious aspects that form a rich culture, making a direct link from the Scottish Highlands to eastern North Carolina. it also provides a meticulous genealogy of three to five generations of 64 families who emigrated from Scotland to the Cape Fear Valley of North Carolina and the Pee Dee Valley of South Carolina from 1739 to the 1840s.

The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas: Absorbing stories of a race of people who created the civilization in the American wilderness and helped lay the solid foundations for the greatest nation on earth. The Scots-Irish Presbyterians settled in the American frontier during with the 18th century were a unique breed of people with an independent spirit which boldly challenged the arbitrary powers of monarchs and established the church.

Scots-Irish in the Hills of Tennessee: If you have ever wondered if your Tennessee ancestor was Scots-Irish, then this book will answer some of your questions, and one worth recommending to the relatives that want to know why their ancestors left Scotland, went to Ireland and ended up in the colonies. It provides some genealogical information and describes the historical perspective of the region.

How Scotland Changed the World: An illustrated book on Scotland's world impact and how their Norse ancestors began settling America soon after the Ice Age, shown by the genetic and linguistic identicalness among their native American relatives and many newly classified artifacts previously thought to be "Indian" pictographs.

Scottish Highlanders, Indian Peoples: This epic tale traces the McDonald family over a thousand years: starting with a ninth-century migration from Ireland to Scotland; taking in medieval warriors who battled for Scotland's independence from England; ending with these warriors' descendants on Montana's Flathead Reservation. This real-life family saga spans two continents, eleven centuries, and more than thirty generations to link the clans of Scotland and the native peoples of the American West.

Your Scottish Ancestry: Winner of NGS's 1998 Award for Excellence in Genealogical Methods and Sources, this book is a complete reference of records and techniques for Scottish research in North America. It presents the many research facilities and sources available for Scottish research in North America and includes how to access records in Scotland.

Ships From Scotland to America (Volume I, 1628-1828) Designed specifically to identify immigrant vessels, this work lists hundreds of ships that sailed from Scotland to North America between 1628 and 1828. As there are few official records of emigration for this period, the work is based primarily, though not exclusively, on contemporary newspapers published on both sides of the Atlantic.

Scottish-American Wills 1650-1900: Between the years 1650 and 1900, over 2,000 Scots, resident in North America, chose to have their wills registered and confirmed in Scotland rather than in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. This book is essentially an index to those wills, with supplementary data extracted from a government publication titled Index to Personal Estates of Defuncts, 1846-1866.