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 Consolidated Edition: Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America
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. Although Scottish soldiers could be found in the Americas during the seventeenth century—oftentimes originally transported as prisoners of war and subsequently recruited into[…]Read more
New Year Ushers in Reviews of Recent Publications
We were pleased to receive positive feedback on three of our most popular titles of the second half of 2021: DNA for Native American Genealogy, by Roberta Estes; Scottish Genealogy: The Basics and Beyond, by Dr. David Dobson; and List of Free African Americans in the American Revolution, by Paul Heinegg. We are happy to[…]Read more
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
More New Books from David Dobson
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[…]Read more
Now Available! ‘Scottish Baronial Families, 1250-1750’ by Dr. David Dobson
(View Book Details) From the Introduction . . . “From the 11th century onwards, Scottish kings increasingly favoured the feudal system as a method of ruling and controlling the kingdom. By about 1200, the kings established administrative units known as baronies. These baronies were supervised by lords known as Barons, whose function included ensuring that[…]Read more
Irish and Scots-Irish Consolidations Identify Immigrants & Possible Forebears
Over the last year and a half, Genealogical.com has consolidated two series of books by Dr. David Dobson that were originally published in multiple installments. The first of these was Scots-Irish Links, 1525-1825: Consolidated and Indexed Edition. In Two Volumes, originally published in 15 parts but lacking an index. To rectify these shortcomings, we re-numbered[…]Read more