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David Dobson is a recognized authority on the Scottish origins of American colonists.  
David Dobson is a recognized authority on the Scottish origins of American colonists. His list of publications exceeds 100 books. Many focus on connections between Scots who went abroad and their motherland.
 
He has also 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 to give a broader picture of who was living there at the time that many emigrants boarded ships to the American colonies.


=== Guides  ===
=== Guides  ===
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*''Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785.'' Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1994. {{FHL|278068|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 970 W2dd}}
*''Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785.'' Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, 1994. {{FHL|278068|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 970 W2dd}}


Dobson has also compiled a list of Scottish surnames found in early America:
Dobson has also compiled a list of Scottish surnames found in early America:  


*''The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2003. {{FHL|1323601|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 D46d}}
*''The Scottish Surnames of Colonial America.'' Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2003. {{FHL|1323601|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Book 973 D46d}}


=== Scots Abroad, Maritime, and Shipping ===
=== Scots Abroad, Maritime, and Shipping ===


===== Americans mentioned in Scottish records  =====
===== Americans mentioned in Scottish records  =====
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===== Soldiers  =====
===== Soldiers  =====


*''Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America.'' 4 parts. St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1995-1997. {{FHL|687464|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 M2d 1997}} and {{FHL|1040919|item|disp=FHL British Books 941 M2d v. 3-4}}
*''Scottish Soldiers in Colonial America.'' 4 parts. St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1995-1997. {{FHL|687464|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 M2d 1997}} and {{FHL|1040919|item|disp=FHL British Books 941 M2d v. 3-4}}  
*''Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1997. {{FHL|821068|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 M2dd pt. 1}}
*''Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe.'' St. Andrews, Scotland: D. Dobson, 1997. {{FHL|821068|item|disp=FHL British Book 941 M2dd pt. 1}}


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*''Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850.'' 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1999-2010. {{FHL|983987|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Books 973 W3ds v. 1-3}}
*''Ships from Ireland to Early America, 1623-1850.'' 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 1999-2010. {{FHL|983987|item|disp=FHL US/CAN Books 973 W3ds v. 1-3}}


=== Irish People ===
=== Irish People ===


*''The People of Ireland: 1600-1699.'' 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007-11. {{FHL|1430279|item|disp=FHL British Books 941.5 D2d v. 1-3}}
*''The People of Ireland: 1600-1699.'' 3 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007-11. {{FHL|1430279|item|disp=FHL British Books 941.5 D2d v. 1-3}}

Revision as of 16:22, 6 February 2015

David Dobson is a recognized authority on the Scottish origins of American colonists. His list of publications exceeds 100 books. Many focus on connections between Scots who went abroad and their motherland.

He has also 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 to give a broader picture of who was living there at the time that many emigrants boarded ships to the American colonies.

Guides[edit | edit source]

Dobson has published several guides to genealogical research in Scotland:

The University of Georgia published his 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

Dobson has also compiled a list of Scottish surnames found in early America:

Scots Abroad, Maritime, and Shipping[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

Soldiers[edit | edit source]
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]

Burgess Rolls[edit | edit source]
Hearth Taxes[edit | edit source]
Jacobites[edit | edit source]
The People of Scotland series[edit | edit source]
Scotland During the Plantation of Ulster series[edit | edit source]
Scottish Highlanders series[edit | edit source]
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Argyll. 2 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2005-12. FHL British Books 941.38 D2d v. 1-2
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775: The People of the Grampian Highlands. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2008. FHL British Book 941 D2dd
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775: The People of Highland Perthshire. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2006. FHL British Book 941.32 D22d
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration, 1725-1775: The People of Inverness-shire. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007. FHL British Book 941.21 D2d
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration 1725-1775: The People of the Northern Isles. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2008. FHL British Book 941.1 D2d
  • Scottish Highlanders on the Eve of the Great Migration: The Northern Highlands. Baltimore, Md.: Clearfield, 2007. FHL British Book 941 D22dd
Occupations[edit | edit source]

Irish Abroad[edit | edit source]

Irish People[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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