Maine Ulster Scots Project

The Maine Ulster-Scots Project (MUSP), chaired by John T. Mann, is sponsored by the St. Andrews Society of Maine. It explores the struggle of the Ulster-Scots against religious and governmental persecution, their strong reliance on self and family, and the founding of a radically new independent country.

Ulster-Scots (also called Scots-Irish) have been coming to Maine since before the American Revolution. The hardships of the paths forced upon them have been under-reported; being made essentially invisible by a lack of acknowledgement by the English, they were used as a human buffer against the Indians and the French in their new country of America.

Visit the website of the Maine Ulster-Scots Project for more information. There is also a new MUSP Forum here. This is a very new Forum and I encourage you to visit, log on and join us for discussions on the Maine Ulster-Scots history and genealogy. There are also categories for Canadian Maritime Ulster-Scots. With your help this Forum will become a valuable resource for genealogists and historians researching the Ulster-Scots of Maine.

"Ulster-Scots on the Coast of Maine, Volume 1", a book written by John T. Mann, is available to order by downloading the order form here.

Slainte,
Dianne

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