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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…
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Wardhill Estate Records Project
As you may know, the Leslie Global Diaspora Foundation is a research-preservation-publication and information sharing organization intended to benefit Leslies worldwide. The Foundation has investigated the location of numerous important Leslie documents. In keeping with our mission, The next significant project will be the digitizing and preservation of perhaps hundreds of Leslie documents related to…
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Leslies in Aberdeenshire Part 11: Conclusion
Now we find ourselves near the end of this wonderful account of lives and history of the Leslies of the Garioch. In the early 1700’s, while Presbyterian Kirks became the center of religious life there continued to be Catholic or Romanist families in the area. In the Garioch. Consequently, only two Leslie families were Romanists…
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The Leslies in Aberdeenshire Part 10: The Counts Leslie
Walter was the second son of John Leslie, the 10th Baron of Balquhain, by his third wife. Walter entered the Austrian army (Bohemia) and by 1632 he held the rank of major in a body of soldiers made up of Scottish and Irish musketeers under Colonel Gordon. This was the army of King Ferdinand II’s…
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Leslies of Aberdeenshire: Part 9: Troubles in the Garioch
Information Source: Inverurie and the Earldom of the Garioch by Rev. John Davidson, D.D. (1878). Available at: https://archive.org/details/inverurieearldom00davi The Solemn League and Covenant was first signed on the first day of March 1638 on tables erected in the churchyard of the Greyfriars in Edinburgh. Commissioners or Apostles of the Covenant were then sent out across…