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Title | Description | Images | Id |
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Bruce County, Ontario | Bruce County In Western Ontario was the destination for large numbers of Hebridean settlers, notably in the autumn of 1852 when 109 families from Lewis arrived. | 46281 | |
Borve, Lewis | The settlement of Borve, whose full name is Fivepenny Borve, is located to the west of the Borve River in the north of Lewis, and is thus distinct from Melbost Borve and High Borve on the far side of the river. There... | 11083 | |
Ontario, Canada | 17638 | ||
Greenock, Renfrewshire | Located on the south bank of the River Clyde in the historical county of Renfrewshire, Greenock was a fishing village prior to 1592. It gradually developed into the main port of the west coast of Scotland. The town... | 41058 | |
Arivruach, Lewis | Arivruach is a crofting township which lies at the junction of Tob Cheann Tarabhaigh and three miles west of Loch Seaforth. The name of Arivruach is said to have originated from a croft which is now part of 4 Seaforth... | Yes | 3227 |
Scarista, Harris | Scarista is a settlement on the south west coast of Harris. | 41608 | |
Borve, Harris | Borve lies on the west coast of south Harris, 5½ miles north of Leverburgh. The location comprises a few scattered crofts, Borve Lodge, which was once the home to Lord Leverhulme, and a cemetery, with the tiny Loch... | 9987 | |
Finsbay, Harris | Finsbay is a small village on the southeastern coast of the Isle of Harris. Satellite Image | 43273 | |
Renfrew | 2932 | ||
Compton County, Quebec | 29122 | ||
Point, Lewis | The district of Point on Lewis, known in Gaelic as An Rubha, is often referred to on maps as the Eye Peninsula, though this name does not seem to be in use locally at the present time. It is separated from the rest of... | 2903 | |
Scourie, Sutherland | This crofting village, once a Mackay Clan stronghold, is in Sutherland. | 41015 | |
Renfrewshire | 24656 | ||
Africa | 7196 | ||
Ardchattan, Argyllshire | Ardchattan, situated north of Oban, is a parish in the county of Argyll. | 28225 | |
Dunbartonshire | Dunbartonshire was a historical county located in the west of Scotland, north of the Clyde. Two alternative spellings existed, Dunbartonshire and Dumbartonshire, and these were used side-by-side for a long time. From... | 24645 | |
Washington County, Vermont | Situated in central Vermont, Washington County was formed in 1810. | 35719 | |
Vermont, USA | 17931 | ||
Oregon, USA | 18015 | ||
Ullapool, Ross & Cromarty | Ullapool is a small village on the shores of Loch Broom in Ross-shire, and the port for the Stornoway ferry. Though the area around Loch Broom had been occupied for centuries, the town of Ullapool was founded in 1788 as... | 22829 | |
Wales | 28996 | ||
Hampden, Quebec | 17858 | ||
Yorkshire | Yorkshire, formally known as the County of York, is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in the United Kingdom. | 13948 | |
Inverness | 1913 | ||
Lionel, Lewis | Lionel is a crofting township in the Ness district of the north of Lewis. Satellite image | 39252 | |
Isle of Scalpay, Harris | Scalpay is an inhabited island off the coast of the Isle of Harris in the Outer Hebrides. Nearby on the Harris side is the crofting township of Kyles Scalpay. Scalpay is joined to Harris by a bridge, which was opened in... | 1996 | |
Nairnshire | 24654 | ||
South Africa | 12765 | ||
Birmingham | Birmingham is a large city in the Midlands of England, a centre for manufacturing and heavy industry. | 2930 | |
North America | People whose records are linked to this record are known to have emigrated to, or lived in, or to be otherwise associated with either Canada or the United States, but we do not know which. | 42211 |