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==Scottish Immigrants== | ==Scottish Immigrants== | ||
Beginning in 1815, immigration from the British Isles was encouraged. One source for Scottish immigrants who settled in the Eastern Townships between 1838 and 1890 is: | Beginning in 1815, immigration from the British Isles was encouraged. | ||
*One source for Scottish immigrants who settled in the Eastern Townships between 1838 and 1890 is: Lawson, Bill. '''''A Register of Emigrant Families from the Western Isles of Scotland to the Eastern Townships of Québec, Canada.''''' Eaton Corner, Québec Canada: Compton County Historical Museum Society, 1988. {{FHL|420923|title-id|disp=Family History Library}} [https://www.worldcat.org/title/register-of-emigrant-families-from-the-western-isles-of-scotland-to-the-eastern-townships-of-quebec-canada/oclc/123405566 WorldCat] | |||
Lawson, Bill. '''''A Register of Emigrant Families from the Western Isles of Scotland to the Eastern Townships of Québec, Canada.''''' Eaton Corner, Québec Canada: Compton County Historical Museum Society, 1988. {{FHL|420923|title-id|disp=Family History Library}} [https://www.worldcat.org/title/register-of-emigrant-families-from-the-western-isles-of-scotland-to-the-eastern-townships-of-quebec-canada/oclc/123405566 WorldCat] | *Another source is the [http://hebridscots.com/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec History and Genealogy] website. | ||
Another source is the [http://hebridscots.com/ Hebridean Scots of the Province of Quebec History and Genealogy] website. | |||
Passenger lists before 1865 for the province of Québec are extremely scarce. A few passenger lists of families from the counties of Donegal, Derry, and Tyrone in Ireland who sailed from Derry to Québec are included in: | Passenger lists before 1865 for the province of Québec are extremely scarce. A few passenger lists of families from the counties of Donegal, Derry, and Tyrone in Ireland who sailed from Derry to Québec are included in: |
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