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===== Mariners series  =====
===== Mariners series  =====
*''Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century.'' [Edinburgh]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, 1992. {{FHL|708135|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U2dd}}
*''Scottish Seafarers of the Eighteenth Century.'' n.p.: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, 1996. {{FHL|688345|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U3d}}
*''Scottish Seafarers 1800-1830.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: David Dobson, 1997. {{FHL|1196093|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U3dda}}


*''A Directory of Seafarers of the East Neuk of Fife 1580-1800: A Genealogical Source Book.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 2008. {{FHL|1607307|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.33 U2d}}  
*''A Directory of Seafarers of the East Neuk of Fife 1580-1800: A Genealogical Source Book.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 2008. {{FHL|1607307|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.33 U2d}}  
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*''The Mariners of Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews and Fife: 1600-1800.'' Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2000. {{FHL|2330652|item|disp=Menlo Park FHC Book 941.33 D656mk}}  
*''The Mariners of Kirkcaldy, St. Andrews and Fife: 1600-1800.'' Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2000. {{FHL|2330652|item|disp=Menlo Park FHC Book 941.33 D656mk}}  
*''The Mariners of the Lothians, 1600-1800.'' n.p.: Willow Bend Books, 1998. {{FHL|1058513|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.445 U3d}}  
*''The Mariners of the Lothians, 1600-1800.'' n.p.: Willow Bend Books, 1998. {{FHL|1058513|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.445 U3d}}  
*''The Mariners of St Andrews and the East Neuk of Fife.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: Historical & Genealogical Research, 1992. {{FHL|683240|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.33/S2 U2d}}  
*''The Mariners of St Andrews and the East Neuk of Fife.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: Historical & Genealogical Research, 1992. {{FHL|683240|item|disp=FHL British Book 941.33/S2 U2d}}
*''Scottish Seafarers of the Seventeenth Century.'' [Edinburgh]: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, 1992. {{FHL|708135|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U2dd}}
 
*''Scottish Seafarers of the Eighteenth Century.'' n.p.: Scottish Association of Family History Societies, 1996. {{FHL|688345|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U3d}}  
*''Scottish Transatlantic Merchants, 1611-1785.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007. {{FHL|1430229|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 F2ddm}}
*''Scottish Seafarers 1800-1830.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: David Dobson, 1997. {{FHL|1196093|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U3dda}}
 
*''Scottish Whalers before 1800.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1995. {{FHL|750248|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 U2dda pt. 1}}


===== Scots Abroad series  =====
===== Scots Abroad series  =====

Revision as of 15:58, 6 February 2015

David Dobson is a recognized authority on the Scottish origins of American colonists.

Guides[edit | edit source]

Dobson has published several guides to genealogical research in Scotland:

He has also published a history of Scottish emigration to the American colonies:

  • Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785. Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1994. FHL US/CAN Book 970 W2dd

Scots Abroad, Maritime, and Shipping Books[edit | edit source]

Americans mentioned in Scottish records[edit | edit source]
  • American Data from the Aberdeen Journal, 1748-1783. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1998. FHL British Book 941.25/A1 B3d
  • American Data from the Records of the High Court of the Admiralty of Scotland, 1675-1800. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2000. FHL British Book 941 P2a
  • American Vital Records from the Gentleman's Magazine, 1731-1868. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing Company [GPC], 1987. FHL US/CAN Book 973 V22d
  • "Genealogical Gleanings in the British Isles," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 76 (1988):230-234.
  • "Genealogical Gleanings from Scotland," National Genealogical Society Quarterly (with Peter Wilson Coldham)
  • Vol. 73 (1985):8-14, 291-293
  • Vol. 74 (1986):171-173
  • Vol. 81, No. 2 (June 1993):139-140. FHL Book 973 B2ng [includes 1807 ship's passenger list, New York City found in the National Archives, U.K.]
Mariners series[edit | edit source]
Scots Abroad series[edit | edit source]

Arranged by destination

Arranged by Scottish region

  • The Scots Overseas: Emigrants and Adventurers from Aberdeen and North East Scotland, Fife, Moray and Banff, Angus and Perth, Southern Scotland, Glasgow and the West of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland, the Lothians, and the Northern Highlands. Westminster, Md.: Willow Bend Books, 2000. FHL British Book 941 W2da
  • The Scots Overseas: Emigrants and Adventurers from Argyll and North Highlands. 2 vols. St. Andrews: David Dobson, 1993-2000. FHL British Books 941.38 W2d pt. 1-2
  • Scots Overseas: Emigrants and Adventurers from the Lothians. St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1995. FHL British Book 941 W2ddob
  • Scots Overseas: Emigrants and Adventurers from Southern Scotland. St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1994. FHL British Book 941 W2ddb

Arranged by religion

Shipping[edit | edit source]

"This book attempts to bring together evidence of voyages from Scandinavia, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands to North America and the West Indies and is based on both primary and secondary sources in Europe and America." -- Introd.:

Scottish People[edit | edit source]

Dr. Dobson has compiled a large number of books designed to help researchers identify people who lived in Scotland in the 1600s and 1700s. He uses many sources that supplement more commonly-used parochial records and testaments.

Burgess Rolls[edit | edit source]
Hearth Taxes[edit | edit source]
Jacobites[edit | edit source]
The People of Scotland series[edit | edit source]
Occupations[edit | edit source]

Irish Abroad[edit | edit source]

Irish People in British Sources[edit | edit source]

Jews in Great Britain[edit | edit source]

Other American Colonists[edit | edit source]

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