The following book reviews were written by Bobbi King:
The Genealogical Publishing Company continues to publish extensive compilations from David Dobson.
Irish Emigrants in North America, Consolidated Edition, Parts One to Ten. 2023. 835 pages.
The earliest Irish immigrant to America likely arrived to Roanoke, Carolina, in 1586, signaling the flow of Irish immigrants into the 1600s and 1700s, comprised mostly of indentured servants and prisoners of war banished to the plantations. In the 1600s, forced transports of Irish sent them to the West Indies. After the Napoleonic Wars of 1815, the British Government sent former soldiers and their families to Canada. Through the 1800s, the growth of transatlantic trade and the sufferings of the potato famine solidified Irish emigration into American ports and inland communities wherever their labors were needed.
This one book holds the ten editions of the Irish Emigrants in North America books published from 1994 to 2020. Each book is reproduced exactly as originally published.
Jana Broglin’s very comprehensive index of names covers all ten editions, including persons within the emigrant entries who might be otherwise overlooked, such as spouses, other next of kin, signatories, ship captains, and others.
Scottish Trade with Colonial Charleston, 1683 – 1783. 2018. 369 pages.
Charleston, or “Charles Town” then, dominated commerce of the southern region of South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia during America’s colonial years. During the 1700s, the Scotch-Irish and the German peoples were predominant emigrants settling the Thirteen Colonies.
This is a study of the trade between Scotland and Charleston, focusing on examinations of the slave trade; types, quantities, and origins of goods shipped; the importance of family connections and networking in the success of trade; and the sizes and types of ships.
Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part Six and Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part Seven. 2023.
Scottish soldiers were present in the Americas during the 1600s, serving in English regiments as well as Netherlands or other European power militias. Former soldiers, after the wars, settled in the colonies and Canada well into the 1800s. These books contain names of settlers, the units in which they served, and their places of settlement.
The Covenanters of Scotland, 1638 – 1690. 2023. 263 pages.
In 1638, Scotland enacted a National Covenant, demanding Scottish parliaments and assemblies completely free of the royal control of King Charles I. The Covenanters, supporters of the Covenant, were soldiers and countrymen who formed an army that confronted the regiments of King Charles. This book contains names of Covenanters who participated in the conflicts. Entry examples:
DUNBAR, ROBERT, born 1634, son of Ninian Dunbar of Georgehill, a prisoner of war who was transported to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1650, died on 19 September 1693.[Source].
DUNGALSTONE, NICOLL, in Larg, was accused, in Kirkcudbright in October 1684, of conversing with rebel John Carsan in June 1684. [Source].
Scots-Irish Links, 1575 – 1725, Part Eleven. 2021. 125 pages.
This volume continues the compilation of names of Scottish settlers in Ireland. This volume sources documents in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland and the National Records of Scotland where records document the economic links and shipping ports that facilitated emigration to Ireland.
Anglo-Dutch Links, 1560 – 1860. 2020. 104 pages.
This book identifies English people who settled in the Netherlands, as well as Dutch or Flemish people who settled in England. Religious refugees, traders and craftsmen, and the establishment of universities facilitated settlement of populations between the two countries.
The People of Argyll, Bute, and Dunbarton, 1600 – 1699. 2023. 174 pages.
This book identifies persons living in the regions of Argyll, Bute, and western Dunbartonshire during the 1600s, families mostly of Gaelic origin. A rural area with few burghs, conflicts ensued among Scottish clansmen and the English kings. The documents in the National Records of Scotland in Edinburgh are largely the sources for this compilation.
David Dobson continues to assemble a substantial set of collections serving the Scottish and Irish researchers.
Mr. Dobson’s books are available from the publisher, Genealogical.com as well as from Amazon.com.