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Researching Scots-Irish Ancestor, second edition
William J. Roulston
Ulster Historical Foundation
c/o Genealogical Publishing Company
3600 Clipper Mill Road, Suite 229, Baltimore, MD 21211
www.genealogical.com
9781909556652, $34.95, PB, 640pp

https://www.amazon.com/Researching-Scots-Irish-Ancestors-essential-genealog= ical/dp/1909556653

Synopsis: When the first edition of "Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The=
essential genealogical guide to early modern Ulster, 1600-1800" appeared i=
n 2005 it was quickly recognized as an essential work of reference for fami=
ly historians researching Ulster ancestors in the seventeenth and eighteent=
h centuries. It filled an important gap in providing reliable guidance on s= ources for perhaps the most critical period in understanding a family's lin=
ks with the north of Ireland.

This is territory where some family historians fear to tread. But they need=
not. This newly updated and expanded second edition of "Researching Scots-= Irish Ancestors" opens up avenues for research; drawing attention to the ri= ches of archives inside and outside of the island of Ireland, demonstrating=
the benefit of often undervalued, rare, even quite unconventional, yet acc= essible sources if you know where to look which can help document your ance= stors back to the 1600s.

At more than twice the size of the original, this new second edition is a m= assively expanded version of the first volume. It includes additional infor= mation on church records and landed estate papers, as well as new chapters = looking at records relating to law and order, emigration, business and occu= pations, diaries and journals, and clubs and societies.

The extensive appendices to the book include a summary breakdown of the sou= rces available from this period for every parish in the historic nine count= ies of Ulster (including a listing of surviving pre-1800 church records); a=
detailed description of around 350 collections of seventeenth- and eightee= nth-century landed estate papers; and a listing of more than 500 towns and = villages in Ulster with parish locations.

Whether your ancestors are of English, Scottish or Gaelic Irish background,=
whether their religious affiliation was Episcopalian, Methodist, Presbyter= ian, Catholic or other, whether they were farmers, merchants or labourers, = this volume will be of enormous value to anyone wishing to find out more ab= out their Ulster roots.

Critique: An indispensable and essential reference and reserach resource fo=
r anyone researching Scots-Irish ancestors of the 17th, 18th, and 19th Cent= uries, "Researching Scots-Irish Ancestors: The essential genealogical guide=
to early modern Ulster, 1600-1800: 2nd Edition" is unreservedly recommende=
d for personal, professional, community, and academic library Genealogy col= lections.

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