The best history of the Scotch-Irish of colonial Pennsylvania ever written, Dunaway's classic is indispensable to the genealogist because it outlines the circumstances behind the settlement of Lowland Scots in Ulster, their life in that Province for two or three generations, and the reasons for their emigration to America, further tracing the important migratory movements of the Scotch-Irish from Northern Ireland to Pennsylvania, and from Pennsylvania down the foothills of the Appalachians through the Great Valley of Virginia to the Carolinas and Georgia.
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So, Scotch is a drink. Big deal. Genealogists have grown up with the term "Scotch-Irish" and it will probably stay that way. [Yes, it should be Scots-Irish] This book gives an excellent understanding of this group of people, why they came to America and especially why they headed for the "back country" - westward and southward to the Valley of Virginia. This book clearly explains why these people were so important to the colonization of America. [I apologize to the Native Americans, but this group was instrumental in expanding the white man's territory.]
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I would advise anyone researching their Scottish Roots to buy this book. It is repetive and could have said the samething in lots less words but .... this book has helped me understand my roots connected to the Gillespie families. I now believe that they were lowlanders who migrated to Ireland. Conditions there were bad d/t landlords in outlaying territory. There was religious persecution and a famin. There was a question in my mind as to why they would come to America during the times of Indian and British unrest.I understand why they moved in America as they did and I understand the route they took. Big help!!
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PURCHASED THIS BOOK SINCE THE AUTHOR IS A DISTANT RELATIVE IN MY GENEALOGY. EXCELLENT RESOURCE TO UNDERSTAND SCOTCH-IRISH IMMIGRATION IN THE EARLY DAYS. AS WELL, GOOGLE THE AUTHOR'S HOME WHICH STILL STANDS AS A BED AND BREAKFAST FOR FURTHER BACKGROUND. EXCELLENT BOOK FOR GENEALOGY LIBRARY WHETHER SCOTCH-IRISH OR DUNAWAY DESCENDANT.
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