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Jones, Henry Z., Jr. ''More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, 1717–1776, and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710.'' Universal City, California: Henry Z. Jones, 1991. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W2jo 973 W2jo].)  
Jones, Henry Z., Jr. ''More Palatine Families: Some Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, 1717–1776, and Their European Origins, Plus New Discoveries on German Families Who Arrived in Colonial New York in 1710.'' Universal City, California: Henry Z. Jones, 1991. (Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlehitlist&columns=*%2C0%2C0&callno=973+W2jo 973 W2jo].)  


'''Scots and Irish'''. In the early 1770s Scottish and Irish immigrants settled in the upper Hudson and Delaware valleys. Ulster Scots, or Scotch-Irish, settled near the Hudson River in Orange and Ulster counties in the late 1600s. Millions (approximately 3 million) Irish (mostly Catholic) immigrated into New York City in especially the mid to late 19th Century. Some stayed for a few years and then migrated into the rest of the United States. Their migration fanned out into the midwest, i.e. Chicago St. Louis, south (Alabama and Georgia and out west. Visit the Famine Emigrants website for a list of over 600,000 Irish Family Immigrants covering the years 1846-1851.
'''Scots and Irish'''. In the early 1770s Scottish and Irish immigrants settled in the upper Hudson and Delaware valleys. Ulster Scots, or Scotch-Irish, settled near the Hudson River in Orange and Ulster counties in the late 1600s. Millions (approximately 3 million) Irish (mostly Catholic) immigrated into New York City in especially the mid to late 19th Century. Some stayed for a few years and then migrated into the rest of the United States. Their migration fanned out into the midwest, i.e. Chicago St. Louis, south (Alabama and Georgia and out west. Visit the [http://aad.archives.gov/aad/fielded-search.jsp?dt=180&cat=GP44&tf=F&bc=sl Famine Emigrants' at the NARA website for an online search of over 600,000 Irish Family Immigrants covering the years 1846-1851].
 


A helpful publication listing immigrants from Scotland is David Dobson, ''Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625–1825'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984–, Volumes 1–7. Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=213085&disp=Directory+of+Scottish+settlers+in+North+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 970 W2d]). Each volume has its own index. Often the town or city of origin in Scotland is mentioned. About a quarter of the families settled in New York.  
A helpful publication listing immigrants from Scotland is David Dobson, ''Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625–1825'' (Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1984–, Volumes 1–7. Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=213085&disp=Directory+of+Scottish+settlers+in+North+%20%20&columns=*,0,0 970 W2d]). Each volume has its own index. Often the town or city of origin in Scotland is mentioned. About a quarter of the families settled in New York.  
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