From the North of Ireland to the North River of the Shenandoah

A family history article by Lee K. Ramsey published in the FAMILIA Ulster Genealogical Review, Number 21, 2005. As Ulster Scot emigrants to America, James and Margaret Ramsey established a new ancestral home in the wilderness settlement of Augusta County, Virginia. The article includes sections on Emigration and Settlement, The First Family, An Ulster Scot Farming Family, Some Genealogical Cornerstones, Reading Between the Lines, and A Revolutionary War Soldier. Primary and secondary sources are included as end notes.