Hugh, That's a good example of why it's important to find the original quotes, as I would like to know if it referred only to the Laggan say which might represent a higher proportion of Scottish settlers or the poorer western districts which might be more native and Catholic in character.  Linda also previously made mention of the 'Earl of Donegal' in one of her posts on this subject. This might be a reference to p155 where he discusses Lord Donegall in the 1770s imposing 'large fines for the renewal of leases on his huge estates in eastern Ulster'? http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/scotch-irish/1999-03/0921907664 apologies for digging this far back! Joe ----- Original Message ----- From: Hugh Nevin <hnevin@nycap.rr.com> To: scotch-irish@rootsweb.com Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter Joe and Linda, I happened to be online as Linda's reply came in.  I've just looked quickly at the County Donegal listings in the Index of Irish Immigrants.  I didn't see the specific phrase.  Of the two references that caught my eye, the following (p. 107) seems a possible reference:  "By at least the 1720s the fertile parishes of east Donegal,...were a major source of Presbyterian emigration that continued and perhaps accelerated after the American Revolution." Hugh Nevin On Jan 21, 2012, at 10:07 AM, lmerle@comcast.net wrote: > Hi Joe, actually it is from that book. I am busy and cannot promise you that I will find the time to research this for you. Perhaps try again. Google books is not likely to be useful for searching a book that is in copyright. The traditional way -- reading the book -- or using the index may help and if I get some time, I will try the index. > > Linda Merle > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe Flock" <joe.flock@yahoo.com> > To: SCOTCH-IRISH@rootsweb.com > Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 6:04:17 AM > Subject: Re: [S-I] Thoughts on replying to an American etc letter > > Hi Linda, > > Is this in Emigrants and Exiles? Do have the page reference or even the exact phrase? I have the book and have searched it several times but can't find this quote. I even tried using Google books to search it then reading the paper pages for the ones Google isn't displaying and still no luck. > > > Joseph Flock III > > Linda wrote: > > Besides all that, Kirby Miller says in his book on Irish emigration that Donegal lost much of its population long before the (recent) Potato Famine. > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SCOTCH-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message