The book is arranged by country of origin and thereunder alphabetically by surname. Each individual is identified by name, age, sex, occupation, country of birth, county of residence in South Carolina, and household enumeration number assigned by the census taker. The front matter of the book includes an author’s Introduction and a list of South Carolina county codes. The book concludes with a name index, an occupation index, and a place index. Mrs. Motes transcribed her information from thirteen reels of microfilm covering the 29 South Carolina counties in 1850.

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In 1689 Presbyterianism became the established form of church government in Scotland and those people who wished to retain Episcopacy withdrew from the parish churches to form their own congregations. The Episcopalians were generally in favour of the House of Stuart and the Jacobite Cause, which led to Penal Laws being introduced from 1712. As a result, two distinct Episcopalian churches developed: the Qualified Episcopal Church, which prayed for the Hanoverian monarchs, used the English liturgy and prayer book, and employed Anglican clergy; and the other, which was under severe restrictions and retained the Scottish Episcopal practices.

In Dundee both churches existed and retained their independence until the early nineteenth century. The existence of records of baptisms, marriages, and deaths for Episcopalians are virtually non-existent in Dundee until around 1810. To identify who were members of the churches it has been necessary to use other sources, such as the vestry records and financial records, where available. The outcome of that effort is this partial compilation, which cites many, though not all, members of the church during the period 1715 to 1835. It is clear from the data in this book that most members were from Dundee and surrounding counties, but there were a substantial number from England and Ireland, as well as a handful from Germany and the Netherlands. A number of these Episcopalians had family links to Jamaica and India. This book is designed as an aid to genealogists and historians and is overwhelmingly based on records in St. Paul’s Cathedral and in the Dundee City Archives.

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In addition to an individual’s age and whereabouts, the ads tell a great deal more about the character and physical appearance of runaways than we are accustomed to learning from most source records. While many of the physical descriptions found in the ads are generic, some stand out. One was Michael Toole with “fore teeth like a hog’s tusks.” Irishman Daniel Dunleavy had a scar on his face “and marked with gunpowder all over it, by firing a blast in his hands”. A Black slave named Joe “has a remarkable seam on one side of his head, occasioned by the cut of a hand-saw.” Advertisements by men whose spouses “eloped” from them are included. Francis Brumfield reported that wife Elizabeth “eloped from my bed and board without any provocation” and forbad anyone to deal with her. Adam Strickstroke’s wife, Otillow, eloped and “carried with her my Bed, Furniture and several other Articles.” Black slaves and Indians listed in these advertisements are listed by race as well as by surname, when one is given.

In preparing this latest volume in the series, Mr. Boyle consulted more than twenty late 18^th-century newspapers from New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, as well as from Maryland. Indeed, some runaways made their escape from places beyond their base in Maryland. The roughly 1,000 ads found here name close to 4,000 persons.

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The scope of this work covers wills of the Mosquito Shore and Belize; original wills at the Belize National Archives; wills and estates at the Belize City Registry and at the Archives; private records that include wills, estates, deeds, and manumissions; magistrate’s minutes such as court records, estates, and manumissions; extensive records and journal articles on ending the slave trade; shipping lists; the Abolition Act of 1833 and the records created from it; slave registers and sales 1823-1830; index to the 1834 registry of slaves; Belize slave compensation claims and awards; Belizeans in British censuses; the Honduras Land Titles Act; the lost 1861 census; baptisms at St John’s parish, 1868-1880; notes on early families; index to the registry of wills 1760-1900, and a comprehensive index to persons mentioned in the records.

In this work, Mrs. Murray has not only transcribed the source material, she has also added lengthy and erudite annotations that shed light on the events and persons who figure in the records. This work is especially valuable for everyone who holds a serious interest in Caribbean history and the genealogy of Belize.

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This 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.

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The 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.

Most 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.  Most entries bring together emigrants, their places of origin and destination, especially in North America and Australasia, with their kin who remained in Scotland.

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The 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.

The 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.

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The Plantation of Ulster by Scots in the seventeenth century is a well-known established fact; however, family historians, require very specific reference material which is generally missing from the published accounts of the migration and settlement of thousands of Scots beginning in 1606. While most of the settlers were from the Scottish Lowlands, some, especially in the late sixteenth century, were Highlanders.  It should also be noted that although Presbyterians were in the majority, there was a sizable minority who were Episcopalians, and a few Roman Catholics.  Also, although the main area of settlement was in Ulster, it is evident that a number settled further south, including in Dublin.  The emphasis of Scottish emigration changed in the eighteenth century, from European destinations such as Ireland and the Netherlands, to North America and the Caribbean. This century also saw the marked increase of emigration from Ireland to North America, notably of the Scots-Irish, the subject of this consolidated edition.

In order to accumulate references into the Scots-Irish, alias the Ulster Scots, the author undertook research in the National Records of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland, the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland, the National Archives of the UK, and the University of St Andrews.  Specific sources included wills, testaments, deeds, sasines, port books, rent rolls, family papers, burgess rolls, apprenticeship records, estate papers, church records, monumental inscriptions, university registers, contemporary journals, newspapers, government records and various publications. Dr. Dobson’s references to those sources identify the manuscript or published work, volume and folio number, or the archive, as well as the documentary details.

Take the entry under John Crichton dated 1694 which reveals that he was residing in Achlane, County Armagh, the son of Robert Crichton of Ryehill in Dumfriesshire, and his wife Agnes McBrair, who was involved in a property transaction in Dumfriesshire. The source citation reads SRO [i.e. Scottish Record Office, now the National Records of Scotland], RS22 [signifies the Register of Sasines, for the Sheriffdom of Dumfries], volume 5, folio 174, while the document details the land or building involved, the names of the vendor and purchaser, and the value of the property, possibly with names of neighbouring proprietors and witnesses – all items of interest to a family historian.

This consolidated edition improves upon the original booklets in a number of respects. These contents were originally published in 15 parts as follows: Scots-Irish Links, 1575-1725 (11 parts); Later Scots Irish Links, 1725-1825 (3 parts), and Scots-Irish Links, 1825-1900 (1 part). Staying abreast of announcements of all books in the series has posed a problem for some genealogists.  Also, Dr. Dobson arranged the roughly 15,000 Scots-Irish subjects found in the original volumes in alphabetical order; consequently, he did not add an index at the end of each volume. As the two series grew, the omission of indexes posed three problems for researchers: (1) The necessity of searching multiple volumes for the identity of an ancestor and (2) The inaccessibility of the identities of other persons named in the alphabetically arranged entries, e.g., spouses, parents, children, ships captains, and so forth. To rectify these shortcomings, we have now attached a full-name index to the back of each of these consolidated volumes, providing the reader with an easy way of identifying everyone found therein and–especially in the case of institutional collections–assembling all the information in one convenient place. Finally, this consolidated work represents the single greatest compilation of the participants in the Plantation of Ulster and their descendants. It is available as a two-volume set at a discounted price, or by individual volume.

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