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While most early voyages between Scotland and North America were trading voyages, the majority of American-bound cargo ships carried a small complement of passengers, and a number of these passengers are named in newspaper accounts and in records of the Exchequer now housed in the National Archives of Scotland.
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Feb 8, 2021 · The “plantation” of Ulster, in Northern Ireland, with Scottish immigrants, took place from roughly 1606 through 1700. The “Great Migration” of Scotch-Irish to America took place from 1717 through 1776. An estimated 200-250,000 Scotch-Irish migrated to America during this period.
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If you have an ancestor who emigrated to another country you could look for immigration records in the country of their arrival. These are usually held by the national archives or equivalent organisation in that country.
Within the UK, the Board of Trade had responsibility for official ship passenger lists for outward journeys from 1890 and these are held by the National Archives(London). They also hold any existing passenger lists before this date. There are also various published lists, many of which are held by the Library and available for consultation in the G...
Some Scots took part in assisted emigration schemes such as the scheme organised by the Highland and Island Emigration Society (1851-1859) to Australia and the state-aided scheme from the 1880s to help emigrants to settle in Canada. The records of these particular schemes are available in the National Records of Scotland. At the National Library we...
For Scots who migrated within the British Isles, there are very few records in existence. Information about the movement of people within the UK usually has to be found from other sources, such as records of poor relief. For Scotland, these records are held by the National Records of Scotland. One published resource we hold covers emigration from S...
The majority of Scotch-Irish Americans originally came from Lowland Scotland and Northern England before migrating to the province of Ulster in Ireland (see Plantation of Ulster) and thence, beginning about five generations later, to North America in large numbers during the eighteenth century.
Mar 17, 2015 · In the summer of 1718, five ships of Scots-Irish immigrants from Ulster arrived in Boston to an uncertain welcome. The Puritan leaders sympathized with their fellow Protestants who also endured Anglican intolerance. But the newcomers came from an impoverished land, and many Puritans questioned whether they could support themselves.
Scots in the West Indies, 1707-1857. Scots in the USA and Canada. This index contains data on approximately 70,000 immigrants to the United States and Canada. The information originates from numerous North American and Scottish locations and would be difficult to access otherwise.
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However, many of them later came to America from Canada. A total of 478,224 Scots entered the United States between 1852 and 1910 according to official figures. Most Scots settled in the Southern and Middle Atlantic states in the 17th and 18th centuries.
