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The Hebrides People Genealogical Database

At the moment our extensive records of Hebridean Emigrants are available through the site.

We have an even more extensive database of records for all the families that stayed behind in the Hebrides.

We will be adding these records parish by parish over the coming months.

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an-taobh-tuath Bill Lawson has been specialising in the Family and Social History in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland for over 40 years, and is widely recognised as an authority in the area. Browse our site to find your history.

Emigrants Database Live

As part of an extensive project to put the data and years of expertise and research in genealogy at your fingertips, our Emigration Database which details tens of thousands of records of families that left the islands is now available for searching and retrieval.