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
