The Scots-Irish

McCain's Corner: Irish & Scots Female Ancestor Names in Primary Sou... : As you progress with your genetic genealogy research you wi...

Three centuries of life in a Tyrone parish A history of Donagheady from 1600 to 1900 Many of the Scots-Irish that migrated to the...

McCain's Corner: Y-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available ... : This post will again address genetic genealogy for Irish, Scots...

Below is a list of families participating in the Scots-Irish DNA Project as of November 2015.  There are now over 900 participating familie...

McIntosh and Menawa Real history is always more complex and multilayered than the history told by the modern media and even in most basic ...

Henry McWhorter 1760-1848 was born in New Jersey son of Gilbert McWhorter (1742 -1767) who was a linen-weaver by trade, hailed from No...

McCain's Corner: Iníon Dubh : Iníon Dubh (said, Nee-an doo) is one of the most remembered and beloved heroines in Irish history.  Iníon ...

Barry R McCain (Update.... a Rugby match on BBC is running long, our program rescheduled for  Wednesday 30th at 19.30 hour UK time an...

McCain's Corner: BBC Ulster, the Kist o' Wurds program : Barry R McCain on the Thacker Mt Trail My BBC interview will be on today,...

McCain's Corner: Celtic Life Internation Magazine : A note to one and all; there is a review of my new book Finding the McCains in th...

McCain's Corner: Highlanders in West Ulster, 1569-1630 : In the sixteenth century Scottish Highlanders settled in the Laggan district of...

McCain's Corner: Epigenetics : Epigenetics is the study, in the field of genetics, of cellular and physiological phenotypic trait variat...

Ulster Heritage Magazine: Ohio Celt Fest, August 7-9 : The 4th Annual Ohio Celtic Festival Welcome to the Ohio Celtic Festival! We...

McCain's Corner: SNP Testing, Summer Sale from Family Tree DNA... O... : Some good news from Family Tree DNA regarding SNP testing.  The...

McCain's Corner: Anglicized Surnames; the many forms of John : Knowing the Gaelic form of our surnames is a very helpful in genetic gene...

The humble hand axe, or tomahawk, is an iconic tool of the Scots-Irish.   It was the multi-tool of its day, of use around the camp for cutt...

McCain's Corner: The Second Sight among the Scots Irish : Sarah Pearl Tweedy circa 1905 The phenomenon of Second sight has fascinated...

McCain's Corner: Summer Sale on Finding the McCains, a Scots Irish ... :   Loughcrew, County Meath Finding the McCains, a Scots Ir...

McCain's Corner: Y-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available ... : This post will again address genetic genealogy for Irish, Scots...

The Scots-Irish DNA Project now has 761 participating families.  Below is a roster of the participating families.  As you can see the fami...

McCain's Corner: Autosomal DNA Test Sale :   Autosomal DNA tests utilize DNA from the 22 pairs of autosomal chromosomes. Autosom...

Dr William Roulston is the Research Director of the Ulster Historical Foundation. He holds a PhD in Archaeology from Queen’s University ...

Ulster Heritage Magazine: Gaelic Language Festival 26-28 June in Ontario : OIREACHTAS GAEILGE CHEANADA A Festival of Gaelic Language and C...

McCain's Corner: Gaelic Female Ancestor Names pre 1600 in Genetic G... : As you progress with your genetic genealogy research you will e...

McCain's Corner: DNA Match Group & Derbhfine Names : If your Y-DNA match group has developed a strong geographic pattern this will a...

For members interested in a case study of a Family Tree DNA family project that located their cousins in Ulster and eventually located...

Ulster Heritage Magazine: Books : Finding the McCains Finding the McCains , is an account of a man’s 40 year odyssey to find the McCa...

Ulster Heritage Magazine: Y-DNA testing... When No Paternal Relative Is Avai... : Y-DNA test When No Paternal Relative Is Available A fr...

McCain's Corner: Irish and Scottish Clan Surnames : Clan Surnames     Many people with Gaelic origin surnames are interested i...

McCain's Corner: Genetic Genealogy of Irish, Scots, and Scots-Irish... : There are several firms that do DNA testing for individuals and...