Lewis

  • Book cover for Lewis in History and Legend - The East Coast, showing a sepia photo of a harbor with boats and shoreline buildings.

    Discover the Legends of the Outer Hebrides: Second Choice

    Welcome back to our fortnightly journey through the Hebrides, where we adapt tales from Bill Lawson’s ‘In History and Legend Series’ to bring you…

  • Chris and Bill Lawson standing together behind a desk

    Chris Lawson – International Women’s Day #IWD2025

    On this International Women’s Day, we remember Chris Lawson, Bill’s late wife and business partner, behind the success of the incredible Hebrides People genealogical…

  • Old photo: fishing boats moored at the pier at Fleet, Scalpay, Harris

    A Look Back on Grimshader (part 2)

    with Torquil MacRae Fishing When I was older we would go fishing for haddock with the little boat. My uncle had a big boat,…

  • Old photo: cattle grazing on rocky ground on the west coast of Taransay, Harris, with hills across the water

    A Look Back on Grimshader (part 1)

    with Torquil MacRae Early Day’s I began my life on this very croft. I was born on 21st July 1923, and there was no…

  • A Look Back on Tolsta (part 3)

    with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Our family My husband was from Tolastadh. He was sailing with the New Zealand Shipping Company. He…

  • Grassy rock stack above a sandy beach and cliffs at Geiradha, Tolsta

    A Look Back on Tolsta (part 2)

    with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Fishing The people here had their own boats, going out with small-lines, but they had boats in…

  • Grassy rock stack above a sandy beach and cliffs at Geiradha, Tolsta

    A Look Back on Tolsta (part 1)

    with Jessie MacLeod (widow of Roderick MacIver) Schooldays We had two teachers – Mary Jane Smith from Holm and Maggie Mary MacLeod. The headmaster…

Thanks to the Heritage Lottery Fund, all database results for St Kilda are free. Visit the St Kilda archive to see how the database works!

On social…

Find Us

Contact Us

Hebrides People Visitor Centre
An Taobh Tuath (Northton), Isle of Harris HS3 3JA

///driftwood.ample.frail

01859 520258

info@hebridespeople.com

Our funders

National Lottery Heritage Fund
COSLA
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
UK Government
Our Islands Our Deal
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Scottish Government
National Lottery Heritage Fund
COSLA
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar
UK Government
Our Islands Our Deal
Highlands and Islands Enterprise
Scottish Government