Over the past two years, we have published compendia devoted to two series of books compiled by Dr. David Dobson: Scots-Irish Links (16 parts), and Irish Emigrants in North America (10 parts). Both of these consolidated works improve upon their original components by adding full-name indexes and, especially for institutional buyers, by assembling all the various parts in one place.
As publishers we appreciate and promote the value of these compendia; however, it should not be lost on researchers that David Dobson has continued to travel to archives in Scotland, Ireland, and elsewhere in the British Isles and continental Europe for the purpose of assembling new books. In fact, just this month, we published Part Eight in David’s series, Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America. The new installment contains references to soldiers who were called back into service with the outbreak of the American Revolution. Many served in Loyalist regiments. After the war, large numbers of these soldiers were settled in Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Quebec. Scottish soldiers, thus, played an important role in settling the British colonies in the Americas.
Dr. Dobson has been quite busy compiling new titles in 2023 and the first part of this year, so if you are looking for a Scottish or Irish forebear, you might have missed our announcements for one or more of them. If so, here’s a complete listing of those recent books:
- The Covenanters of Scotland, 1638-1690
- The People of Edinburgh and Leith at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850
- The People of South East Scotland at Home and Abroad, 1800-1850
- Irish Soldiers in Colonial America, ca. 1650-1823
- The People of the Grampian Highlands, 1600-1699
- Irish Emigrants to North America: Consolidated Edition.
Parts One to Ten Complete in One Volume (see above) - Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, Part Seven (see Part Eight above)
- The People of Argyll, Bute and Dunbarton, 1600-1699
- The People of the Northern Highlands, 1600-1699
