New Records Added to Hebrides People Website

The website Hebrides People has added Lochs Parish to their main data-base. The database now includes Lochs and Stornoway parishes (basically the whole eastern side of Lewis) as well as Harris. This brings the database's the total number of ...entries to sixty-three thousand!

Most emigrants from Lewis ended up settling in Eastern Townships of Quebec, near the border with the USA, moving onto to Bruce County, Ontario (Kincardine to Goderich)

http://www.hebridespeople.com/

Hebridean Connections: A Great Resource for Hebridean Ancestry

If your ancestors originate from the Hebridean Islands along the west coast of Scotland, here is a website that will prove to be quite helpful to you: http://www.hebrideanconnections.com/

New Record Sets Added to Hebridespeople.com

The new records are for families connected with the Isles of Harris, Berneray and St Kilda. 

From the announcement: 

“The database also allows access to two further unique features - family

notes and family sheets. These take the researcher beyond research

into individual persons to research into whole families. The family

notes give a summary of the family history. They are based on the 1851

census as a datum-line, working back as far as possible – usually to

the generation born in about 1750/60, and forward as far as 1920. The

family sheets are hand-written work-sheets, compiled by Bill Lawson for

each family, showing the lines of descent in the male line, together

with cross referencing of the female line to their spouses’ family

sheets. There is also a gazetteer available, with a summarised history

of each township for those less familiar with Harris.” 

http://www.hebridespeople.com/ 

This is a pay-per-view site where you purchase and then redeem credits to view the documents.

New Hebridean Genealogy Website Coming Soon!

Northton Heritage Trust has been awarded a grant of £54,000 ($90,000) towards safeguarding the lifelong genealogical work of Bill Lawson, internationally known for his work on collecting and documenting the history of the Outer Hebrides. His collections include official records, oral histories and other local documents through which Bill has been able to re-tell the (his)story of the Western Isles of Harris, Lewis, North & South Uist, St. Kilda, Benbecula and Taransay.

The grant will see Lawson’s work being rewritten and updated and placed on a bilingual (English & Gaelic) website called hebridespeople.com Lawson’s books will also be available for sale through the website.

More information is available in the Stornoway Gazette article: www.stornowaygazette.co.uk/community/new_geneology_project_at_northton_announced_1_1712807

Looking for Family from Scotland's Outer Hebrides?

For over 40 years, Bill Lawson has been researching the families of the Outer Hebrides, including:

• Harris
• Lewis
• North Uist
• Benbecula
• South Uist
• St Kilda
• Taransay

Many of Bill's books list the names of the household members in far off villages in the Western Isles. Bill's books are a must for anyone researching ancestors in this part of Scotland. You can order his books at:

http://www.billlawson.com/books.htm

Happy Hunting!