I have started researching about the haaf fishing, the Disaster of 1881, and the creation of the Shetland Fishermen’s Widows’ Fund, and I...

The first time I visited my great-grandfather’s birthplace of North Roe, I walked into the little Methodist church, still standing after...

Remembering a journey with my friend, Magnus, to Roermill, North Roe, where my Shetland ancestors worked and walked.

It’s Robbie Burns day, so to commemorate I thought I'd share the following story. My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster (1879-1958) of...

One day in 2005 I visited the late Douglas and Bertha Murray at their Isbister home, eager to track down local historic images to include...

See that house peaking over the hill in the first photo? My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster was born there, at the Haa of Skelberry, in...

AS A ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS DOCTOR on the front lines of the Salonika Campaign, Alex Bremner was often in as much danger as the...

SOMETIMES WHILE RESEARCHING and writing my family history I find a person whose story resonates with me. This is one of those. Alex...