Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America

New Consolidated Edition: Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America (Including Introduction Sample)

Between 1997 and 2024, Genealogical.com published the nine-volume series, Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, by Dr. David Dobson. We are delighted to present those books in a new, fully indexed, consolidated edition.  This consolidation edition of Dr. Dobson’s nine-part series identifies over 10,000 Scottish soldiers who served in the Americas. The new comprehensive index of names[…]Read more

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Connections between the U.S., Canada, and Mother County Abound in Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America Consolidated Edition

Connections between the U.S., Canada, and Mother County Abound in ‘Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America Consolidated Edition’

Between 1997 and 2024, Genealogical.com published the nine-volume series, Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, by Dr. David Dobson. We are delighted to present those books in a new, fully indexed, consolidated edition. This new edition identifies over 10,000 Scottish soldiers who served in the Americas. Dr. Dobson has attached a detailed list of Scottish regiments[…]Read more

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O’Sullivan. The Earliest Irish Royal Family

O’Sullivan. The Earliest Irish Royal Family: Three Selected Bloodlines

William Randolph McCreight’s extraordinary family history traces the O’Sullivan sept a full 31 generations from the author’s Carolina origins to the family’s Irish roots in 170 AD. Based on examinations of archaeological, linguistic, and DNA evidence, Mr. McCreight shows that the O’Sullivans may be the oldest documented Irish royal family on record. At their height[…]Read more

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Now Three Consolidations of David Dobson’s Scottish, Scots-Irish, and Irish Books

Now Three Consolidations of David Dobson’s Scottish, Scots-Irish, and Irish Books

The publication in 2024 of the two-volume Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America, by Dr. David Dobson, marks the third consolidated edition of Dr. Dobson’s works issued in recent years. The Scottish Soldiers collection identifies over 10,000 Scottish soldiers who served in the Americas, many of whom fought in the French and Indian War and/or the[…]Read more

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New York Researchers’ New Resource for Genealogists

‘New York in 1698’, by Kory Meyerink Earns High Praise

Linda Stufflebean is one of the busiest genealogy bloggers on the Internet. She writes the blog, Empty Branches on the Family Tree, where not a week goes by without a significant new posting. In addition, she publishes, “Friday’s Family History Finds,” on her blog after combing  cyberspace for important articles about genealogy methodology, website updates,[…]Read more

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Explains and Itemizes Ulster Church Records

Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors Explains and Itemizes Ulster Church Records

Persons looking for Scots-Irish ancestors invariably discover that Ulster church records are a crucial source of information. Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors, by William J. Roulston, is the most comprehensive source in the field. Chapter 2 provides detailed coverage of Church of Ireland, various Presbyterian, Methodist, Moravian, Quaker, Roman Catholic, and Huguenot denominations. Excerpted below are the[…]Read more

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Thomas MacEntee Describes Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy

Thomas MacEntee Describes Uses of Artificial Intelligence in Genealogy

All the world is abuzz about the applications and potential uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI is widely used in education (personalized learning), healthcare (diagnosis and treatment recommendations), transportation (self-driving cars, optimizing traffic patterns), marketing (generating Internet content based on individual tastes.), entertainment (scriptwriting and simulation of living and deceased actors), and many more applications.[…]Read more

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