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Part Three
Chapter 6: Throughout the world
SOOTHILLS DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
There are several ways to provide a framework within which I can focus on the Soothills who are distributed throughout the world. One way is to consider the issue chronologically, but this may be difficult to follow as the narratives involve Soothills in various parts of the world. An alternative approach is to consider each country separately, but this makes the account rather fragmented. I have tried to accomplish a mixture of these two approaches.
First, I want to give an overview by providing a chronological account of the Soothill pioneers in each country. In other words, who are the ones who made the break from England to set up home in other parts of the world? It will become evident that not just one of the various groupings I have discussed in the previous chapters is involved in these escapes from England. Several of these groupings can be identified among these pioneers.
Having established the chronological order in which Soothills entered these various countries, I then go on to consider each of these countries in turn in order to bring the story up to the present and to try to establish the contemporary scene. Finally, I consider two putative censuses – again 1961 and 2011 – to consider all those who would not be captured by the two censuses in England and Wales.
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