Does anyone have in their family lines anyone who migrated from Forfarshire/Kincardineshire/Aberdeenshire to Ulster before 1730? Some contemporaries estimated that a 100,000 Scots migrated to Ulster 1690-1730. Does anyone know of any books that look at where all these migrants came from within Scotland and how it was organised? So far the only books I have found focus on what happened to the Scots when they arrived in Ulster and the subsequent emigtaion of many to what is now the USA. The reason for asking is that I am trying to prove that the James OFFICER who appears in Carnmoney in County Antrim in 1710/1720, and then emigrated to Pennsylvania in the 1740s/50s, is related to the Kincardineshire OFFICERs. It is possible that his father Alexander migrated to Ulster with some of his sons in the previous 20 years. I am assuming that he must have had some contacts with people with knowledge of Antrim e.g. neighbours, relatives, landlord's contacts, minister, etc, rather than just going off on his own. If there is a cluster of folk from a couple of adjacent parishes it might point me in the direction of estate papers in the National Archives, Aberdeen University Archives, etc., that could help. I have the excellent book 'Researching Scots-Ulster Ancestors' that helps in identifying some sources in PRONI, Belfast, if I get a chance to go there. Thanks John