Books and Links on the Scotch-Irish

I will post more family history tonight, but if anyone wants to know more history of the Scotch-Irish (or the Scots-Irish, Ulster Scots - whatever you want to call them!), here are a few books and links that I have used in my research:

Books:

Born Fighting: How the Scots-Irish Shaped America by Jim Webb - Very readable and entertaining as well as informative. Mr. Webb's family took a different migratory route from ours, but I'm sure there are similarities regardless.

Women of the Frontier (Scots-Irish Chronicles) by Billy Kennedy - This is another entertaining but still informative book. It gives personal stories of individual women who would otherwise have been lost to history. The men weren't out there on their own, after all!

The People with No Name: Ireland's Ulster Scots, America's Scots-Irish, and the Creation of a British Atlantic World, 1689 - 1764 by Patrick Griffin - This is a more academic, less entertaining book, but still worth reading. The Rev. Craig (who you may remember from the story of William Baskin, Sr.) is mentioned. This book emphasizes how the church structure and politics of the time affected these people, our ancestors, lives.

Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish_American

Good for a quick overview...

http://www.tinklingspring.org/

I've emailed the museum here for any genealogical information they may have for us - I'll let you know what I find out, of course! William Baskin, Sr. and his family attended services here and 3 of his children were baptized by Rev. Craig here. Check the "History" section under "About Us" for more information and drawings of the old church.

http://augustastone.org/templates/System/default.asp?id=41485

I'll have to make a pilgrimage to get info from this church. This site explains how this church and Tinkling Springs are related. The Baskin family may have attended services here as well.