The Scots-Irish: The Thirteenth Tribe

The longer I live in the south the more questions I get asked about Ireland, specifically the "Scotch-Irish". Yesterday during our question and answer session at our local genealogy group my mind went completely blank when asked for resources and unfortunately I did not have my resources book with me :( (It's at the Franklin FHC if anyone is interested in looking.)

Northern Ireland (Belfast)
PRONI - Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
http://www.proni.gov.uk/

Southern Ireland (Dublin)
General Register Office
http://www.groireland.ie/research.htm

National Library of Ireland
http://www.nli.ie/

Find My Past Ireland (new)
http://blog.findmypast.ie/

I have issues with the term "Scotch-Irish" and consider it a purely American "tag" made for convenience sake. Having said that it did originate with the Protestant Irish to separate themselves from the newer Catholic Irish immigrants. Here's some sources about the history.

The Scots Irish - The Thirteenth Tribe
www.ulsterancestry.com/ulster-scots.html

Tracing the Scots Line
http://barlowgenealogy.com/Resources/scots-irish.html

Scottish and Scotch-Irish Americans
http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Pa-Sp/Scottish-and-Scotch-Irish-Americans.html

Scotch Irish Emigration to America
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mcclell2/homepage/migrate.htm

The Irish Story
http://www.theirishstory.com/

This wee Scots lass with Irish ancestry is currently trying to work out why her ancestor moved from Ireland to Scotland. I guess I better hit the history books again. Looking at the time period 1790'ish thru 1815.

Looking after your records

Living in one of the southern states subjects us to humidity, pollution, mold, and dust (amongst other icky things). Here's a really good concise article about looking after your records. http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/your_records/looking_after_your_records.htm
I'm off to a lecture about libraries and Andrew Carnegie :)