Scots Episcopalians at Home and Abroad 1689-1800

For his latest book genealogist and historian Dr. David Dobson has surveyed a variety of primary and secondary sources for the purpose of assembling a list of baptism marriage and death records in the absence of official registers. Many records are in original manuscript form in churches or diocesan libraries some are in typescript or manuscript sources in the National Archives of Scotland while a handful of others have been published in full or in part. All of Dr. Dobson's entries identify the Episcopalian by name location a date and the source. Many attest to the individual's confirmation spouse or other relative occupation and even destination in the colonies. While he would be the first to claim that his efforts are far from comprehensive the compiler has nonetheless rescued the religious affiliation of about 2000 18th-century Scots men women and children that might otherwise have eluded researchers for years if not decades to come.