THANK YOU, Linda, for the names of those 2 books--Bailyn & Eckert! Off to track 'em down. Ruth Sent from my iPod On 2010-04-01, at 2:42 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hi folks, if you actually do wish to do family history in this > period then you must learn something about it. You are going to > screw up bigtime (to be blunt -- you're Scotch Irish so you can deal > with this <grin>) if you don't. You will make a bad assumption and > start researching people who never lived. Or a world no one ever > lived in. > > Two good books are Bailyn's "The Peopling of America", which won a > Pulitzer Prize. Another is Eckert's series of narratives on the > 1700s. They are comprised of contemporary material , woven into > intense drama. For example "Wilderness Empire" which describes the > French and Indian War in vast detail. It describes the rivers they > used to travel on (no roads) and the Indians and the cases of > diarhea the soldiers got in upstate New York. Vast detail. Gripping > too. Some schools use them as textbooks. Just go to Amazon and > search for Eckert. You can pick up a copy for 47 cents or borrow one > from the library. Or for those who email me about how their library > has nothing, dude! Talk to your librarian about Interlibrary loan. > Don't ask me, I don't know how to do it (I am not your librarian > <grin>). You'll be learning valuable research skills too ...how to > find books. And libraries <grin>. Things we must do to do family > history. > > These books I mentioned are not fiction. They are fact and the > authors documented where they got the info. So if a letter by one of > YOUR ancestors is mentioned and you wonder if there are more, > there's a footnote that will tell you where the author got the info. > We should be doing that when we write family history too. You can > really win big here > if you know what a bibliography is and how to use it to find more > information. > > Eckert's books are fascinating. You'll learn and have a great time > as well. His books are hard to put down. > > Linda Merle > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sarah" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, April 1, 2010 1:45:04 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: Re: [S-I] 1718-1719 S-I Emigration > > In regard to the Scotch-Irish coming over in early 1719-1730 I have > records on my family coming into Delaware and then going to Maryland > and > across into PA early CO.s like Lancaster and then Chester.......my > early > Fleming Line had sons born in Prince George Co.MD and daughters born > in > PA.....It doesnt seem like was too far to go and come > back.........MAYBE > using ferries across the river and creeks and they built Forts and > communities and farms near water sources........just an idea. > Sarah > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lee K. Ramsey" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 6:56 PM > Subject: [S-I] 1718-1719 S-I Emigration > > >> For those pursuing the 1718-1719 Scotch-Irish emigration to Boston or >> Philadelphia from Ireland, I have one ship which has two documented >> voyages >> from Londonderry, Ireland. >> >> >> >> The MACCALLUM arrived at Boston from Londonderry with 100 >> passengers 2 >> Sept >> 1718, (Capt. James Law). >> >> >> >> The MACCALLUM arrived at Philadelphia from Londonderry with >> passengers and >> servants 15 Oct 1719, (Capt. Linn). >> >> >> >> The large contingency aboard the Maccallum to Boston was led by James >> Woodside, Presbyterian minister. These settlers went directly to >> Casco >> Bay >> (Maine). >> >> >> >> Sources thus far are not able to address the problematic migration >> problem >> from New England to Pennsylvania. Hopefully, someone on this list >> will be >> able to make a breakthrough with a positive I.D. showing their >> ancestor's >> move to the Penn Colony. >> >> >> >> I am not familiar with any overland migrations during the period in >> question, but there was "The Boston Post Road" which ran from New >> York to >> Boston starting in 1673. This was a two week trip by horseback and >> had 3 >> routes and was constantly used for mail. >> >> >> >> There is a lot of local history publications for Pennshylvania >> counties >> and >> townships on Google Books. >> >> >> >> Lee Ramsey >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> [email protected] 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 [email protected] > 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 [email protected] > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message