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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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