About 9.2 million Americans claim Scottish descent. When speaking of Scottish ancestry, it is helpful to separate the population into Highlanders, Lowlanders, and the Scots-Irish, as each group has a ...

If you have Irish or Scottish heritage, you might want to check out a couple of research guides that have been revised. Leading Irish genealogy expert Brian Mitchell covers a lot in the latest edition ...

Genealogical Publishing Company has recently issued a Quicksheet that will be of help to many researchers. It is titled “Scots-Irish Genealogy Research” at a glance. The actual number of Americans ...

The Indiana Historical Society, in partnership with the Genealogical Society of Marion County, announces an Irish and Scots-Irish Family Research Seminar to be conducted in the Frank and Katrina ...

“To understand me," wrote JD Vance in his bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, "You must understand that I am a Scots-Irish hillbilly at heart”. Though he has never lived in Appalachia - a region ...