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Ulster American Folk Park
As an add-on to the Emigration Experiences blog posting, there is a unique opportunity to experience what it was like to emigrate from Ireland to America as so many of our ancestors did. At the Ulster American Folk Park the visitor can see reproductions of Irish homes of the 18th and 19th century and learn…
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Week 8: Emigration Experiences
This week in the course the topic was emigration experiences of Scottish emigrants going to Canada, the USA, and to Australia and New Zealand. Leaving home was not for the weak of heart. The experience began with sadly saying goodbye to family and friends, and watching the land disappear on the horizon. In the early…
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The Battle of Guilford Courthouse and Alexander Leslie
On Saturday March 15, 2025, a group of Revolutionary War reenactors took to the field and marked the anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Court House in Greensboro, NC. The events of the day start with tour of both the British and Patriot Militia and Continental Army encampments near the Guilford National Military Park. This…
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Week 6: Emigration Recruitment
The people of Scotland have been the subject of recruitment ventures since the first effort to populate Ulster, Ireland with English and Scottish peoples in the 1540s, before the time of the Plantation. Later, in about 1609, English were given land in what is now Ulster with the intention of populating the land with Protestants.…
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Week 4: Emigration from the Highlands
This week emigration from western Scotland, considered the highlands, was examined in the course. This is such a complex topic for a week’s study when entire courses are taught on the highland clearances and the famine in Scotland. This week’s study led me to look at the Leslie population on the western coast. But first,…
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Week 3: Northeast Scotland Emigration
Last week the topic of the blog was on the Scottish Emigration to the Wilmington, North Carolina area. This is a region of the USA that had and still has many people with Scots-Irish ancestors. This week the focus of the blog is shifted to the area associated with the beginnings of the global Leslie…
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Scottish Emigration 1730-1780
This week we studied the Scottish Emigration of the 1730-1780 Podcast: Highland Charge: Scots in Cape Fear The North and South Carolina is well known as the epicenter of Scottish immigration during the mid-1700s. In this podcast the listener gains an understanding of the reasons for the influx of Scots into the North/South Carolina region…
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Week 1: What is the Scottish Diaspora?
Week 1 University of Aberdeen course, The Scottish Diaspora. Taught by Dr. Marjory Harper. Diaspora: ( di-az-por-a ) The Scottish Diaspora is a term used to describe both: 1. the Scottish people and their descendants who left Scotland, and 2. the act of leaving (emigration) of the Scottish people. The Scottish Diaspora can be thought…
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Traveling to the United Kingdom (Scotland, England, Northern Ireland, Wales)
A friend told me she was going to Scotland next week. I asked if she completed the ETA process. She was unaware of the new requirement. Luckily, I asked or she would have to do the process in the airport As of January 2025, visitors to the UK will need to register their travel with…
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2024 Foundation Annual Report
This is the Annual Report of the Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation (LGDF) It is presented as a blog posting to be displayed on the Foundation website to maintain our commitment to transparency and accountability our mission to serve Leslie descendants worldwide. The Foundation will not post its financials until the IRS publicly posts our filing.…
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Day 2 Report of the Scottish North American Community Conference
The SNACC conference is a two-day annual conference held in Washington, DC and available online through webinar. It is sponsored by the American Scottish Foundation, the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA), and the Chicago Scots. Saturday’s sessions included discussions on challenges of societies and organizations as well as challenges of highland games. Our…
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Day 1 Report of the Scottish North American Community Conference
The SNACC conference is a two-day annual conference held in Washington, DC and available online through webinar. It is sponsored by the American Scottish Foundation, the Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA), and the Chicago Scots. Friday’s sessions included a report on the process of becoming a clan chief as explained by Sir John…
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The Uniqueness of the Scottish Diaspora
The Scottish Diaspora consists of Scottish people and their descendants who emigrated from Scotland to locations around the world. A few people have asked what is the diaspora and how does this relate to the Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation (LeslieGDF). While many countries and ethnic groups have made migrations from their home country or region…
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The Aberdeen & North-East Scotland Family History Society
The Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation (LGDF) is a member of several organizations both here in the USA and in Scotland and Ireland. From time to time, these organizations host webinars and other presentations which we attend. The information gained enhances our ability to serve our subscribers. The Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation is taking a long-term…
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St. Ninian’s Roman Catholic Church
St. Ninian’s Roman Catholic Church While writing the 10-part blog series based on the book Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch, there was reference to a church on the Fetternear Estate in Aberdeenshire. Further research revealed that there is a church ruin, St. Ninian’s Roman Catholic Church, located there. The church ruins are not…