We start with a couple of interesting facts: 8.3 million Americans (3% of the total population) claimed French ancestry in the 2000 US census, and 2.4...

Designed to cover the basic elements of genealogical research in just four pages, the Genealogy at a Glance series (GAAG) gives you as much useful inf...

No doubt your ancestors came to America from somewhere -- England, Spain, Germany, China, Africa. Can you imagine how they felt and what they left beh...

This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit.

Although Scots are known to have ventured to Latin America as early as 1540 (mostly as soldiers of fortune), emigration from Scotland to Latin America...

Naming an additional 3,000 Scots immigrants to the mid-Atlantic region, this book covers the hundred-years immediately following the Revolutionary War...

The political union of Scotland and England in 1707 led to a rapid expansion of Scottish economic links with the American colonies, especially on the ...

During the 17th century, as many as 100,000 Scottish Lowlanders relocated to the Plantation of Ulster (Northern Ireland). Within a few generations, th...

As early as 1575, a number of Scottish scholars and merchants gravitated to the cities of Holland, Zealand, and Flanders because of the educational an...

Since Finding Italian Roots first appeared in 1993, an ever increasing number of Americans have become interested in tracing their Italian heritage. T...

Essential reading and reference for newcomers to family history, a mine of practical information for researchers who have already started to work in the field.

The Scottish connection with the Caribbean started in 1611 with the voyage to the West Indies of the Janet of Leith. It was not until after 1626, howe...

While tradition and historical sources indicate a continuous link between the Chesapeake and Scotland from the early seventeenth century, the specific...

One of the most difficult challenges facing genealogists is establishing where and when their immigrant ancestors arrived from Scotland. This is parti...

Throughout the 17th century, there was a substantial emigration from Scotland to Ireland; this changed during the 18th century when the majority of Sc...

Although it is difficult to estimate the figure accurately, experts believe that 100,000 Scots emigrated to the United States or Canada during the mid...

Scottish merchants were in the vanguard of Scottish emigration to colonial America. In the 17th century, ships would leave Scotland bound for the Amer...

Endeavors to identify as many as possible of the Scottish men, women, and children who took part in this great migration.

One of the most difficult challenges facing genealogists is establishing where when their immigrant ancestors arrived from Scotland. This is particula...

Polish genealogy is almost completely defined by geography and history. Situated in the center of Europe, Poland has been foster mother to people of m...

The best history of the Scotch-Irish of colonial Pennsylvania ever written, Dunaway's classic is indispensable to the genealogist because it outlines ...

Filled with practical advice that will help anyone obtain the information they seek through Italian records, Italian Genealogical Records is a compreh...

Volume III of Erin's Sons extends the period of coverage to 1858 and lists approximately 7,000 additional Irish-born residents of Atlantic Canada. Lik...

From the time of the earliest European colonies, there were Irish settlers in the four provinces of Atlantic CanadaNewfoundland and Labrador, Prince E...

Vol 4 adds genealogical source information for an additional 7,000 Irish-born residents of Atlantic Canada, providing information up to 1863. Publishe...

The 2nd volume in this unique immigration series! Volume II of Erin's Sons covers the same time period as its predecessor and the same geographic area...

Based on materials found in the Nova Scotia Archives and the Public Archives of New Brunswick, this is the first volume of a series devoted to Scottis...

Based on materials found in the Nova Scotia Archives and the Public Archives of New Brunswick, this is the second volume of a series devoted to Scotti...

Historical maps of the European continent showing how national borders evolved during the 1700s, 1800s and early 1900s.

These passenger lists, which cover the period of the Irish Famine and its aftermath, identify the emigrants' actual places of residence, as well as th...