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The first recorded emigrations from the islands took place in the mid-1700s.<\/h4><\/div><\/div>\n\n

The first recorded emigrations from the islands took place in the mid-1700s in the aftermath of the Battle of Culloden and amidst the unpredictable climate of the late Little Ice Age. <\/p>\n\n

Since then, people have been leaving the islands in waves, from Barra and Uist to Prince Edward Island and Cape Breton, from Harris and North Uist to Cape Breton and Australia, and from Lewis to Ontario and Quebec, to mention a few of the largest emigrations.<\/p><\/div>

Stories<\/h2>
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Ewen Gillies<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
St Kilda<\/a><\/div>\n\n
St Kilda My name is Ewen Gillies \u2013 and if you asked me where I am from, I would find it difficult to answer! I was born on Hiort \u2013 the Island of St. Kilda, but I am now in Vancouver \u2013 and I have been in most of the world in between times. My […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Rachel Martin<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Scadabay to Cape Breton My name is Raonaid a\u2019 Bhreabadair, and you can tell from my name that my father was a weaver. Now that they are starting to keep records in the English language, they are calling us Martins, and as for my own name \u2013 sometimes they are making it Rachel or Ronalda […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Donald Morrison<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Pabbay to Cape North I am Donald Morrison, and I was born in Baile na Cille, on the Isle of Pabbay in the Sound of Harris \u2013 and you will easily find the ruins of my father\u2019s house, for there is a well just at the corner of the house \u2013 Tobar Fhionnlaidh \u2013 and […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Caitriona Aonghais Ruaraidh<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Horgabost to Australia They say that if you once leave home it doesn\u2019t matter how far you go \u2013 and that surely must apply to me, for I am right on the opposite side of the world from where I was born in Cuidinish. I am Catriona Aonghais Ruairidh, and my people came originally from […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Margaret MacKinnon<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Seilebost to Manitoba My name is Margaret MacKinnon \u2013 Mairead Phannaidh \u2013 and my father\u2019s name, Panny, is short for Bannatyne, for my great grandfather\u2019s father was called after Lord Bannatyne, whose family had the farm at Luskentyre at one time \u2013 and they say that he got a golden guinea as a christening present […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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John MacLeod<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
Harris<\/a><\/div>\n\n
Teilisnish to North Carolina My name is John MacLeod \u2013 Iain mac Mhurchaidh \u2018ic Dhomhnaill Bh\u00e0in (John son of Murdo son of Fair-haired Donald) \u2013 and I was born in the village of Teilisnish, in the deer forest of North Harris. My father and my uncles were foresters \u2013 gamekeepers you would call them today […]<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Tell us your story<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
If you have a story of family members who left the Western Isles and settled in another part of the world, and would like the … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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Village Histories<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
These stories are excerpts taken from Bill Lawson\u2019s Croft History books. There are now almost sixty Croft History books, all available in our shop. Many … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>
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The People of the Western Isles<\/a><\/h2>\n\n
The history of modern people in the Outer Hebrides begins with the melting of the icesheets and the arrival of Mesolithic Man. The oldest site … Read more<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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