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=== Immigration into Scotland === | === Immigration into Scotland === | ||
Immigration into Scotland has included people from elsewhere in the British Isles and from Continental Europe. Specific immigrant groups include refugees from wars (such as the French Revolution) | '''Groups immigrating:''' Immigration into Scotland has included people from elsewhere in the British Isles and from Continental Europe. Specific immigrant groups include: | ||
::refugees from wars (such as the French Revolution) | |||
::refugees from religious persecution (such as Huguenots and Jews). Throughout the nineteenth century in particular, | |||
::job seekers influenced of industrial development | |||
::refugees from the Irish Potato Famine.<br. | |||
No regular series of arrival records survives prior to 1836. The few surviving pre-1836 immigration records are not indexed. | '''Available records:'''No regular series of arrival records survives prior to 1836. The few surviving pre-1836 immigration records are not indexed. The following types of records may help you find information about an ancestor who immigrated into Scotland: | ||
The following types of records may help you find information about an ancestor who immigrated into Scotland: | |||
::'''British denization and naturalization records.''' If your ancestor immigrated to Scotland before 1836, check British denization and naturalization. Denization granted limited subject’s rights, and naturalization granted full subject’s rights. However, most foreign settlers did not bother to go through the legal formality and do not appear in these records. Denizations are indexed for the years 1509 to 1873 and naturalizations for 1509 to 1935. The indexes are included in the "Kew Lists," class HO1 (Family History Library {{FHL|942 A3gp|disp=book Ref. 942 A3gp; fiche 6092334-5}}). | ::'''British denization and naturalization records.''' If your ancestor immigrated to Scotland before 1836, check British denization and naturalization. Denization granted limited subject’s rights, and naturalization granted full subject’s rights. However, most foreign settlers did not bother to go through the legal formality and do not appear in these records. Denizations are indexed for the years 1509 to 1873 and naturalizations for 1509 to 1935. The indexes are included in the "Kew Lists," class HO1 (Family History Library {{FHL|942 A3gp|disp=book Ref. 942 A3gp; fiche 6092334-5}}). | ||