Harriet I agree totally from my own travels in Scotland that: "Scotch is what we drink, Scots is who we are" But DON"T make the mistake of joining the Scotch-Irish mail list here in the US and trying to change anyone's mind over what the correct designation for that mail list is! One thing you can always depend on is that the Scotch-Irish/Scots-Irish are ALWAYS ready for a fight. Nothing makes that list owner more angry than to restart that hoolabaloo.... Again thanks for sharing all of your good information! I have added it to my files on migration in early times. Marsha Moses PS By the way, I meant to share one thing that was in the Rouse book on the Great Wagon Road that I forgot to share at the Homecoming. In 1735 two Moravians began a journey down the Great Warrior's Path which brought them five months later to Georgia. One of them, Leonhard Schell kept a diary that is said to give a faithful picture of the difficulties of traversing the Path. I had mentioned at the Homecoming that the Germans and Quakers tended to settle in the northern portion of the Shenandoah Valley (now near Winchester, Woodstock) while the Scotch-Irish settled in the rougher southern part of the valley (now near Staunton, Lexington). What Rouse recounts: Schell and his companion stayed with Jost Hite and while there agonized over trying to avoid the "dreaded Scotch-Irish" settlement to the south of the German/Quaker area. .....While detouring around the Scotch-Irish, Schnell and Hussey encountered a German family near Warrenton, Virginia.... I thought that was particulary interesting! Sorry that I forgot to say that at the Homecoming. Harriet Imrey wrote: >..... > > > > >BTW, I generally use the term "Scots-Irish", no matter what has become >common usage in U.S. genealogy. Just prior to landing in Glasgow in 1985, I >was informed by the nice elderly lady sitting next to me that she hoped I >would avoid the mistake that most American visitors make: I should remember >that "Scotch is what we drink, Scots is who we are". I certainly didn't >want to offend anybody while visiting that lovely country! > > > >