SCOTS COLONIST ORIGINS

More than 150,000 natives of Scotland came to the New World before the
Revolution, and finding their origins has challenged genealogists for
decades. Most may never be traced, but the noted Scottish researcher
David Dobson has given a hand to the possible descendants of more than
7,000 immigrants in ``The Original Scots Colonists in Early America,
1612-1783.''

This 370 page compendium, recently issued in its second printing
by Genealogical Publishing Company, contains data extracted from such
sources as family and estate papers, probate records, registers of
sasins and deeds, several courts' records, port books, customs
registers, newspapers, diaries, journals, school records, church
records, and many other sources.

Up to 23 different pieces of data may be available on any of the
people listed, including date and place of birth, occupation, cause of
banishment (where applicable) residence, parents, emigration date,
port, destination, ship, place and date of arrival, place of
settlement, spouse, children, and -- of course -- the source.
Destinations include not only the colonies, but also such Caribbean
Islands as Jamaica and the Barbados.

Here's a sample of one of the McKenzies (there are 10 pages of
M(a)cKenzies, incidentally):

``McKenzie, Gilbert, b. 1740, farmer, res. Kintyre Argyll, sh. Sept
1774 fr. Greenock to Wilmington N.C. in Diana, m.
Margaret...(PRO.T47.12)'' (The cited source there is the Public Record
Office, London.)

Some you may not want to learn about: ``Smart, John, vagrant and
thief, res. Huntly Aberdeenshire, tr. Feb. 1766...'' or ``Lawson,
Mary, infanticide...'' or ``Laurie, Andrew, rapist...'' or ``Hutton,
Barbara, whore...''

But, of course, there are plenty of clergymen, educators, merchants,
carpenters, and persons of higher standing who generally have more of
the 23 items provided than are available for those who were
transported for crimes.

The book, which took author Dobson several years of research, is done
in dictionary fashion, with 7,180 people covered. There is also an
index of spouses and an index of ships.

Anyone seriously researching Scottish ancestry should have access to
this reference, and its wealth of clues to Scottish roots. If it's
not at your library, the hardbound edition can be ordered from GPC,
Dept. SM, 1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, Md., 21202-3897
(toll-free order number is 1-800-727-6687) at $28.50 plus $2.50
postage and handling.

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