Scottish Genealogical Research Consultant and Emigration Specialist

David Dobson MPhil (St Andrews) PhD (Aberdeen)

8 Lawhead Road West, St Andrews, KY16 9NE, Fife, Scotland
Tel: 01334 476555
Tel (from abroad): +44 (0)1334 476544
Email:lds.dobson@btinternet.com

Scottish historian, researcher and author with 30 years experience, undertaking commissions on behalf of those wishing to source information on their Scottish roots prior to 1850.

Best-selling books:

• The Original Scots Colonists of Early America 1612-1783 (Genealogical Publishing Company, Baltimore, 1989) - the standard source of reference on early Scottish emigrants
• Scottish Emigration to Colonial America, 1607-1785 (University of Georgia Press, 1994, 2004) - the most wide ranging narrative overview of the subject in print.

Forthcoming publications: Scottish Merchants

Areas of Special Knowledge:

• Emigration and Movement of Scottish people, covering places of origin and likely places of settlement in America and Europe, 1600-1800
• Factors influencing emigration from Scotland between the years 1600-1800
• Maritime history, 1600-1800
• Parish, Court, Burgh, Family and Estate Papers, and Govenment Records
• Extensive knowledge of location of information sources, at home and abroad