The Scotch-Irish Society, in 1949, organized the Scotch-Irish Foundation, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation, to collect and preserve for public, educational, and research use, books, documents, family histories, letters, journals, and historical material relating to the origin and history of the Scotch-Irish people in the United States, and in Northern Ireland, Ireland, Scotland, and elsewhere.

The Foundation is also empowered to receive gifts and legacies, which are tax deductible. The Foundation's historical collection, which continues to be enlarged by purchase and donation of books, documents, and genealogies, is maintained at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, phone (215) 732-6200, e-mail www.HSP.org

The Foundation's archives contain a wealth of genealogical information. Those seeking information regarding their Scotch-Irish forebears are requested to employ a professional genealogist who may use the Foundation's library and archives to research the subject. The Society and the Foundation do not conduct research on individual family trees.

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