{"id":2104,"date":"2019-02-06T17:28:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T00:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/?p=2104"},"modified":"2019-02-06T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T00:28:05","slug":"five-specific-behaviors-that-tag-your-ancestors-as-scots-irish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/06\/five-specific-behaviors-that-tag-your-ancestors-as-scots-irish\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Specific Behaviors that tag your Ancestors as Scots-Irish\u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>These five markers confirm your family traditions and lore that your ancestors were Scots-Irish. They left footprints for you to follow&#8211;clues to document your genealogy. These clues will peg your ancestors and set them apart from others who have the <em>same name<\/em> or the <em>same migration<\/em> pattern as your Ancestors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Kinship by blood or marriage.<\/strong>&nbsp;The primary commitment in life of persons with Scots-Irish background is kinship.&nbsp;When family called, your ancestors answered.&nbsp;Examine your family charts\u2013brothers marry sisters, become business partners, and settle in clusters together.&nbsp;Relatives serve in the same militia units and attend the same church congregation sitting side by side on the same bench&#8211;(your ancestors were Protestant by <em>covenant<\/em>.)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Cousins perpetuated family feuds (called \u201cblood feuds\u201d), even when they no longer remembered what the fuss was all about.&nbsp;Recall the Hatfields and McCoys in Kentucky. Your Scots-Irish ancestors kept their assets and their lineage in the family: when the estate was divided, family wealth descended to family members.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"457\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2105\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image.png 457w, https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-118x150.png 118w, https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/image-237x300.png 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\" \/><figcaption><br \/><strong>Use these sources to locate proof:<\/strong><br \/>  <strong>family Bibles <\/strong>with genealogy pages filled in <br \/>  <strong>family<\/strong> <strong>histories and genealogies<\/strong> including pedigree charts and ancestors\u2019 interests lists published by local genealogy societies. Leonardo Andrea Collection of Families or South Carolina<br \/>  <strong>genealogy periodicals, <\/strong>especially those published by local societies<br \/>  <strong>correspondence<\/strong>\u2014including business letters, business and partnership <strong>minutes,&nbsp; account books, store ledgers<\/strong><br \/>  <strong>militia lists\u2013<\/strong>cousins served together; watch for the same surnames\u2014who were related by blood or marriage; these surnames will also match passenger lists and bounty land lists<br \/>  <strong>voters\u2019 registers<\/strong> <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These five markers confirm your family traditions and lore that your ancestors were Scots-Irish. They left footprints for you to follow&#8211;clues to document your genealogy. These clues will peg your ancestors and set them apart from others who have the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/06\/five-specific-behaviors-that-tag-your-ancestors-as-scots-irish\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1729,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1729"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2104"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2106,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2104\/revisions\/2106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.arleneeakle.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}