Links

Visit the following links to get a more in-depth insight in to our Genealogy Research

www.BillLawson.com

Bill Lawson Publications – website selling books online

www.seallam.com

Seallam! Visitor Centre

www.globalgenealogy.com

Genealogy enthusiasts web site

Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet

Huge list of worldwide genealogy sites

http://www.veritasprep.com/genealogy-resources-by-veritas-prep/ 

Gaelic sites

www.faclair.com

A great online Gaelic and English dictionary, incorporating Dwelly’s.

www.smo.uhi.ac.uk

Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, Scotland’s Gaelic college, part of UHI, offering short, summer and online courses as well as full undergraduate and graduate degrees through the medium of Gaelic.

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ainmean/ainmean.html

Gaelic personal names

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/gaidhlig/ainmean/sloinnidhean.html

Surnames in English and Gaelic

http://www.carmichawlwatson.lib.ed.ac.uk

Transcriptions, articles and information on folklore collected by Alexander Carmichael between the years 1832 and 1912.

http://learngaelic.net

The one-stop shop for learning Scottish Gaelic

Tourism Information

Accommodation in Harris

www.borvelodge.com

Borve Lodge Estate offers luxury self-catering accommodation for couples in its two award winning buildings, ‘The Broch’ and ‘The Rock House’. Also family self-catering in ‘The Beach House’and ‘Laxdale Cottage’. All located on the stunning west coast of the Isle of Harris.

www.stay-hebrides.com

Self-catering Cottages in Scarasta

www.grimisdale.co.uk

B&B Accommodation in An t-Ob and Car Hire

www.scotland.org.uk/hotels_scotland.htm

TravelScotland offers an exciting range of holiday hotels all over Scotland.

http://www.walkhighlands.co.uk/outer-hebrides

Outer Hebrides Walks

Coach and Travel Operators

www.cne-siar.gov.uk/travel/

Hebrides Travel Information

Currency Conversion

www.xe.com/ucc/

Currency Converter

Genealogy Societies

www.asgra.co.uk

Professional Researchers

www.scotsancestry.co.uk

Edinburgh based researchers

Links Overseas

museum.gov.ns.ca/hv/

Highland Village, Cape Breton

www.gov.mb.ca/chc/archives/hbca/

Hudson Bay Archives

carolinascots.com

Celebration of the emigration from Skye in 1803

www.waipumuseum.com

Waipu House of Memories, New Zealand – Museum dedicated to the emigration from Scotland and Cape Breton of Rev Norman MacLeod and his followers

http://www.NovaScotiaAncestors.ca

Genealogical Association of Nova Scotia

http://gaelstream.stfx.ca/

St Francis Xavier University/Sruth nan Gaidheal

http://www.archives.gov

National Archives and Records Administration’s (NARA) Electronic Records Section USA

http://www.veritasprep.com/genealogy-resources-by-veritas-prep/

Tourist Information and Hebridean Sites

www.VisitScotland.com

VisitScotland – Scotlands main tourism portal

www.southuist.com

South Uist information

www.theislandsbooktrust.com

The Islands Book Trust

www.kildacruises.co.uk

Trips to St Kilda and other islands

www.hebrideanconnections.com

Online archive of people, places and stories of the Hebrides

www.tolsta.info

Information on the Tolsta area of Lewis

www.hebtember.co.uk

New Hebridean Festival - September 2014

Scottish Information

www.RampantScotland.com/genealogy.htm

Information on all things Scottish