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East Jersey Bound New!

Website dedicated to Scots immigrants to East New Jersey in the 1680s. Genealogical database giving details of 600 emigrants and over 2,000 of their kin and associates in Scotland and the Middle Colonies. Site summarises postgraduate research (University of Glasgow) and continues to be developed (pen portraits, etc)

Italo-Scottish Research Cluster

The Italo-Scottish Research Cluster studies Italian immigration in Scotland and promotes relations between Scotland and Italy. The project brings together Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh University, Glasgow University, Strathclyde University, Dundee University, St. Andrews University and Aberdeen University.

Olive Tree Genealogy: Ships Passenger Lists, Scottish Immigrants to America

Scottish Emigration Database

Online searchable database containing the records of over 21,000 passengers who embarked at Glasgow and Greenock for non-European ports between 1 January and 30 April 1923, and at other Scottish ports between 1890 and 1960.

The Scotch-Irish in America

Book by Henry Jones Ford. A truly fascinating account of the (mainly) Ulster Presbyterians who emigrated to America in the 18th century. As well as useful genealogical information contained therein, the book provides a wealth of detail on the social and political conditions that the immigrants faced during that period. An extensive index is included which provides a useful means of locating names easily.

The Scottish Emigration Blog

History, reviews, and reading lists for those interested in the Scottish diaspora.