Schottisch-irische Vorfahren

Schottisch-irische Vorfahren

During the Plantation of Ulster in the 17th Century, land confiscated from the native Irish was divided among Scottish and English planters who were encouraged to settle there as part of King James 1st’s Plantation project.

Throughout the 18th Century, faced with high rents, low wages and religious oppression, the Scots Irish, or Ulster Scots as they are also known, emigrated from Ulster and went in particularly high numbers to colonial America.  

The impact made by the Scots Irish immigrants upon their new homeland was great, with no less than 14 of the US Presidents of Scots Irish descent, as were many of the signatories on the American Declaration of Independence.

So take a step in your ancestor’s shoes and retrace the footsteps of your Scots/Irish ancestors – you won't be disappointed and you never know who you might meet!