{"id":3237,"date":"2023-03-06T10:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T10:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/?page_id=3237"},"modified":"2026-10-14T16:30:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T16:30:22","slug":"bill-chris-lawson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/about-hebrides-people\/bill-chris-lawson\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill Lawson BL, ASGRA, FSA(Scot)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-head has-tertiary-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__cols is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__text is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><div style=\"--bb--crumb-gap:.4em\" class=\"hide-current-page wp-block-boldblocks-breadcrumb-block\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb-items\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item breadcrumb-item--current breadcrumb-item--home\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-item-name\">Dhachaidh<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<h1 class=\"hp-rule wp-block-post-title\">Bill Lawson BL, ASGRA, FSA(Scot)<\/h1>\n\n\n<p class=\"hp-lead\">Tha \u2018C\u00f2 Leis Thu?\u2019, st\u00f2ras sloinntearachd Hebrides People, st\u00e8idhichte air rannsachadh a rinn Bill Lawson thar c\u00f2rr is tr\u00ec-fichead bliadhna.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center hp-head__media is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped hp-pair hp-pair--head wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"5440\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Lawson at his desk among papers and files, with framed maps on the wall\" class=\"wp-image-5440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam30-1024x682-1-128x85.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" data-id=\"747\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu.jpg\" alt=\"Lesley Riddoch and Bill Lawson looking through a red folder in front of shelves of genealogy files\" class=\"wp-image-747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/Lesley-Riddoch-at-Co-Leis-Thu-128x85.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hp-two-up is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">Rugadh Bill Lawson ann an Sruighlea agus chaidh \u00e0rach ann an Inbhir \u00c0ir far an deach e dhan sgoil, ann an \u00c0rd Sgoil Phreastabhaig agus an uair sin ann an Acadamaidh Inbhir \u00c0ir. Cheumnaich e ann an Lagh bho Oilthigh Ghlaschu, agus thug e mach dreuchd mar suirbhidhear aig an aon \u00e0m. Airson ochd bliadhna deug bha e ri teagasg Lagh ann an Colaisde Ph\u00e0islig. Fad na h-\u00f9ine sin bha e ri cur seachad a l\u00e0ithean saora anns na Hearadh agus \u2019s ann an uair sin a th\u00f2isich e ri gabhail \u00f9idh ann an sloinntearachd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ann an 1981 fhuair e obair os cionn an IDP, pr\u00f2gram leasachaidh E\u00f2rpach airson an h-Eileanan an Iar. Thug seo dha cothrom gluasad dha na h-Eileanan agus an uair a chr\u00ecochnaich am pr\u00f2gram, ghabh e a-nall an Taigh-sgoile anns An Taobh Tuath anns Na Hearadh, agus rinn e leasachadh m\u00f2r air an togalach anns an robh an Taigh-sgoile agus an Sgoil uaireigin.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"hp-pull wp-block-paragraph\">Bha e mothachail gun robh na seann daoine, aig an robh na sloinnidhean air an teanga, ri b\u00e0sachadh, agus th\u00f2isich e ri cruinneachadh sloinnidhean bhuapa agus a\u2019 cur an fhiosrachaidh ris na cl\u00e0ran a bha air an cumail ann an D\u00f9n \u00c8ideann. Leudaich an obair gu Ceann a Tuath Ameireagaidh agus a dh\u2019Astr\u00e0ilia. Dh\u2019ionnsaich e a\u2019 Gh\u00e0idhlig \u2013 n\u00ec a bha gu math cudromach airson an obair a bha e a\u2019 d\u00e8anamh a\u2019 cruinneachadh eachdraidh theaghlaichean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Lawson with a walking stick in a book-lined room\" class=\"wp-image-5388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-1600x1066.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Seallam25-128x85.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec is-style-hp-print-tr hp-sec--dark has-base-color has-text-color has-contrast-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hp-two-up is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hp-gaelic-title\">C\u00f2 Leis Thu?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anns an t-seann taigh-sgoile th\u00f2isich e an companaidh \u2018C\u00f2 Leis Thu?\u2019, agus airson d\u00e0 bhliadhna deug bha e fh\u00e8in agus a bhean nach maireann, Chris, a\u2019 ruith a\u2019 chompanaidh rannsachaidh. Chuir e cuideachd seachad \u00f9ine air Coimisean nan Croitearan.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-2 is-cropped hp-pair wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" data-id=\"5446\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1.jpg\" alt=\"The Old School House, with hills behind and its sign on the gate\" class=\"wp-image-5446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Seallam33-1024x682-1-128x85.jpg 128w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"5701\" src=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Old newspaper photo: a woman sitting on the grass with five children in front of a school building\" class=\"wp-image-5701\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-96x64.jpg 96w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262-128x85.jpg 128w, https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/FB_IMG_1549529849262.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<\/figure>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns hp-two-up is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center has-tertiary-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"hp-lead wp-block-paragraph\">Tha an gn\u00ecomhachas seo a-nis air a ruith le Urras Dualchais an Taobh Tuath, a tha st\u00e8idhichte ann an Ionad-tadhail Hebrides People anns an Taobh Tuath anns na Hearadh. Seach gu bheil Bill na chomhairliche don Urras, tha e a\u2019 toirt cothrom dha leantainn air le rannsachadh \u00f9r ann an sg\u00ecrean eilthireachd Chanada agus Astr\u00e0ilia agus tha e cuideachd ri toirt cothrom dha sgr\u00ecobhadh agus cl\u00f2-bhualadh bho dhachaigh fh\u00e8in anns an Taigh-sgoile.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center hp-extra has-custom-color-1-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons hp-pillrow hp-extra is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/product-category\/books\/books-by-bill-lawson\/\">Books by Bill Lawson<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/product-category\/books\/books-by-bill-lawson\/croft-histories\/\">Croft Histories<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--5\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/product-category\/books\/books-by-bill-lawson\/history-and-legend-series\/\">History and Legend Series<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline hp-pill is-style-outline--6\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/product-category\/books\/books-by-bill-lawson\/emigration-and-marriage-registers\/\">Emigration and Marriage Registers<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull hp-sec hp-explore has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading hp-explore__title\">Ionnsaich tuilleadh<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"hp-related hp-related--cards wp-block-hp-related\"><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/\">Sloinntearachd nan Eilean Siar<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">Aon de na trioblaidean as motha a tha againn ann a bhith rannsachadh teaghlaichean anns na h-Eileanan Siar \u2019s e cho gann... <a class=\"gb-dynamic-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/\" aria-label=\"More on Western Isles Genealogy\">Tuilleadh<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/about-hebrides-people\/\">Mu Dheidhinn Hebrides People<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">Hebrides People Visitor Centre tells the history of the people and landscapes of Harris and the Western Isles. The genealogy resource at Hebrides People, known &#8230; <a class=\"gb-dynamic-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/about-hebrides-people\/\" aria-label=\"More on About Hebrides People\">Tuilleadh<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/names\/\">A' Toirt \u00d2rdugh Air Ainmean<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">In using any written sources, it is essential to bear in mind that the people of the islands were overwhelmingly Gaelic speaking. These records were &#8230; <a class=\"gb-dynamic-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/names\/\" aria-label=\"More on Name Standardisation\">Tuilleadh<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><article class=\"hp-related__item\"><div class=\"hp-related__body\"><h3 class=\"hp-related__title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/oral-tradition\/\">Beul-Aithris<\/a><\/h3><div class=\"hp-related__excerpt\">Le beul-aithris tha fiosrachadh agad bho eachdraidh-teaghlaich, \u00f2rain, sgeulachdan, agus tha e cuideachd a\u2019 cumail lorg air c\u00e0irdeas... <a class=\"gb-dynamic-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/hebridespeople.com\/gd\/find-your-family\/genealogy-of-the-western-isles\/oral-tradition\/\" aria-label=\"More on Oral Tradition\">Tuilleadh<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The genealogy resource at Hebrides People, known as \u2018C\u00f2 Leis Thu?\u2019, is based on over 60 years of research by Bill Lawson. 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