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SCOTCH-IRISH MIGRATED FROM NORTHERN IRELAND
Beginning about 1717
until the time of the American Revolutionary War thousands of people, we, in the United States, call Scotch-Irish came to Pennsylvania, South Carolina and several of the other American colonies. The migration
of the Scotch-Irish began about 1607, during the British scheme of "plantations". Many Scotsmen from the lowlands of Scotland were enticed to settle as farmers in Northern Ireland. They remained there several generations until
their hundred year land leases expired. It was about the same time that the Irish economy changed from a crop growing agriculture to a pastoral one of raising sheep for wool. When the hundred year leases on the
farms expired land owners tripled and quadrupled the rents on the land. The Scotch-Irish were forced off the land due to the exorbitantly priced leases. Many migrated to Pennsylvania and other colonies in America and the British
Empire. The term Scotch-Irish is one coined in the United States during the early eighteenth Century to describe these Scotsmen who came from Ireland. The term was never used in either Scotland or Ireland. In
Ireland they are known as Ulster Scots. Modern Scottish groups in the United States like to refer to them as Scots-Irish.
IRISH INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET
Two of the best websites on the Internet where more information on the Irish and the British Isles may be located are Cyndis List and the UK and Ireland Genealogical Information Service, called GENUKI. Cyndis List is located at http://www.CyndisList.com and at http://www.genuki.org.uk . Both sites have links to a multitude of other informative websites on the Internet.
SCOTCH-IRISH SYMPOSIUM
The 2000 Scottish Family History Symposium sponsored by the Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games will be held in
conjunction with the festival and Highland Games from 8 A.M. TO 4 P.M. Friday, June 2 at the LaQuinta Conference Center, SH 360 and Six Flags Drive in Arlington, Texas. One of the foremost experts on the
so-called Scotch-Irish, Dr Jack Weaver of Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina will be the featured speaker. Weaver will discuss the historical background, unique cultural characteristics and migration patterns of the
Scotch-Irish. He will also discuss the resources and techniques in tracing Scotch-Irish families in Ireland and the United States. Other presenters at the symposium will be James McDonald of Savannah, Georgia,
genealogist for Clan MacDonald; Jill Clark of Dallas, expert on the Internet; Scott Buie and Deborah McVean, TSF&HG genealogists. To learn more about the symposium, the Highland Games and to register
for the symposium, contact Scott Buie at 817-654-2293.
FAMILY HISTORY CONFERENCE IN IRELAND AND SCOTLAND
Sponsored by the Ulster Historical Foundation, the "Searching for that Elusive Irish Ancestor" Family History Conference will be held September 19 through 26 in Belfast and Dublin,
Ireland. The central focus of the conference is to give attendees practical research experience in the main archives in Ireland. Guided by a team of professional researchers, attendees are able to explore their
Irish family history trail. The conference offers a comprehensive program of lectures, optional tours and entertainment. In addition, the conference caters to companions of attendees who have no interest in family history. For
those interested, an optional post-conference tour to Scotland is scheduled from September 26 through October 1. For more information on the conference email the UHF at
NEWS FROM THE BOOKSHELF
During Ireland's 1921 Rebellion the Irish National Archives burned.
Because so few records survived the fire pre-1921 records are considered "sugar coated" and are savored by researchers. The Genealogical Publishing Company has recently published on CD-ROM two unique pre-1921 records land records.
Irish Flax Growers, 1796 is available for $33.49, postpaid and Tithe Applotment Books 1823-1838 is available for $53.49, postpaid. Both may be purchased from GPC at 1001 North Calvert Street, Baltimore, MD 21202.
The Irish Flax Growers, 1796 is a list of nearly 60,000 individuals across Ireland who received awards for planting between one and five acres of flax. Those who grew one acre were awarded four
spinning wheels and those growing five acres were awarded a loom. Included in the list is the name, county and civil parish of the grower. Created and maintained between 1823 and 1838, the Tithe Applotment
Books are the result of a unique land survey taken as a way to determine the amount of tax payable by landholders to the Church of Ireland. Contained in nearly 2,000 hand written registers the Tithe Applotment Books list nearly
200,000 individuals and represent a virtual census for pre-Famine Ireland. This CD-Rom covers only the counties that make up Northern Ireland: Antrim, Armagh, Derry, Down, Fermanagh and Tyrone.
