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| Title | Description | Images | Id |
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| Cromore Croft History | Cromore Croft History is an unpublished collection compiled by Pairc Historical Society from local records and oral tradition, supported by the census and other statutory records. | 41626 | |
| Western Isles Sites and Monuments Record | The Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles) Sites and Monuments Record is a database of archaeological sites, finds and buildings in the Western Isles. An online version is available. Information relating to certain... | 29334 | |
| Scotland's War Losses | Written by Duncan Duff, Scotland's War Losses is a book first published in 1947. It reviews the military contribution of Scotland to British armed forces since the Union of 1707, and makes a link between war casualties... | 104691 | |
| Gleanings: the genealogy of Kinloch, Isle of Lewis, and history of the area | By Angus Smith, Keose and other members of Comunn Eachdraidh Cheann a' Loch (Kinloch Historical Society). Detailed research into the family histories, agriculture, industries, schools, churches, military service and... | Yes | 5196 |
| Uig: a Hebridean parish | by Henry Alan Moisley, MSc, and Members of the Geographical Field Group Departments of Geography, Glasgow University and University of Nottingham, 1961. Parts I: Introductory (on crofts and crofters) Part II: District... | 49042 | |
| Publications from Pairc Historical Society | Pairc Historical Society (Comunn Eachdraidh na Pàirc) has published histories of the villages of Lemreway, Gravir, Marvig, Cromore, Garyvard & Caversta, Kershader, Habost, Orinsay and Calbost, and the deserted... | 44451 | |
| Gravir Croft History | The Gravir Croft History is an unpublished compilation of information held by Pairc Historical Society from local records and oral tradition, supported by the census and other statutory records. | 17390 | |
| Stornoway Gazette | The Stornoway Gazette was founded in 1917 by William Grant, formerly a Highland News reporter and a native of Inverness. On his death in 1932, his wife Johanna became proprietor and his son James Shaw Grant became... | 7270 | |
| Pairc Historical Society archive | The archive of Pairc Historical Society Commun Eachdraidh na Pàirc (CEP) includes croft histories, photographs and other documents as well as artefacts that are housed at Ravenspoint Museum. | 38937 | |
| Uig News | Uig News is produced on behalf of Uig Community Council. The first issue was September 2000. The paper was produced monthly until 2015, when the editorial team changed and it became a bi-monthly publication. It provides... | 38008 | |
| Families of Lewis: Macaulay | This is one of a series of articles published in the Stornoway Gazette in the 1950s and 1960s by the Reverend William Matheson, MacGilleChaluim, whose parents were originally from the West Side of Lewis. The articles... | 65088 | |
| Families of Lewis: Matheson | This is one of a series of articles published in the Stornoway Gazette in the 1950s and 1960s by Rev. William Matheson, MacGilleChaluim, whose parents were originally from the West Side of Lewis. The articles are based... | 65090 | |
| Families of Lewis: Macleod | This is one of a series of articles published in the Stornoway Gazette in the 1950s and 1960s by Reverend William Matheson, MacGilleChaluim, whose parents were originally from the West Side of Lewis. The articles are... | 65091 | |
| The Lewis Land Struggle | by Joni Buchanan (Acair, 1996) "The Isle of Lewis, to the present day, retains a substantial rural population for one reason above all others. It is that, at crucial points in the island's history, its people were... | 49045 | |
| Ministers of the Parish of Lochs - 1724 onwards | Church of Scotland (Established) - Church located firstly at Swordale, Keose and latterly at Eilean Tabhaidh, Keose Rev Colin Mackenzie 1724-1759 Rev Alexander Mackay 1760-1767 Rev James Wilson 1768-1784 Rev John Fraser... | 38908 | |
| Uig Historical Society archive | The archive of Uig Historical Society (Comunn Eachdraidh Uig) is housed in the museum at Uig Community Centre. It contains extensive files on genealogy and local history, which can be consulted by researchers. There is... | 7415 | |
| Place-names of Lewis and Harris | by Donald MacIver (lately Headmaster of Bayble School). Stornoway: printed at the "Gazette" Office, 1934. A comprehensive exploration of Norse and Gaelic elements in placenames throughout Lewis and Harris; includes a... | 9282 | |
| Bosta cemetery inscriptions | 13576 | ||
| The hero of Buzancy: Angus Macmillan, 1886-1961 | The life of Angus Macmillan (1886-1961), the most highly decorated Lewisman in World War One, and later a Church of Scotland minister, by his son Kenneth Macmillan. Isle of Lewis: Pairc Historical Society, 1995. 27... | 38936 | |
| The Inverness Courier | The Inverness Courier is a local newspaper covering Inverness and the wider Highlands and Islands of Scotland. With the first issue appearing in 1817, it is the longest-running local paper in the area. In 1885 it... | 9289 | |
| Habost Croft History | Habost Croft History is a compilation of information held by Pairc Historical Society from local records and oral tradition, supported by the census and other statutory records. | 26718 | |
| Roll of Honour: Ness to Bernera - For King and Country 1939 to 1945 | Bernera District Linshader: No Name Service Rank 10 Kenneth Macinnes R.N. H.O. A.B. 7 Donald Macleod R.A.F. H.O. 7 Roddy A Macleod R.A.F. H.O. Crulivig: 1 Malcolm K Macritchie R.N.R. A.B 1 John Macleod Pioneer Corps... | 16143 | |
| Census 1861 | The 1861 census was taken on the night of 7 April 1861. The 1861 census is the first census conducted by the Registrar General for Scotland, established under the 1854 Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (... | 5457 | |
| Inscriptions at Old Valtos Cemetery | 64278 | ||
| Valtos School Register | This register, held by Comunn Eachdraidh, Uig, lists admissions to Valtos School during the years 1911-1959. | 9938 | |
| Uig 2000: portrait of an island community | Uig 2000: portrait of an island community is a book produced for the millennium year about the inhabitants of Uig at that time. Uig : Uig Community Council and Comunn Eachdraidh Uig, 2001 (printed by the Stornoway... | 10022 | |
| Old Parish Register (Uig) | The Old Parish Register for Uig covers from 1824 to the late 1850s. It provides dates for banns, marriages, births and baptisms but is not complete. Births were sometime registered months or even years after the fact,... | 5184 | |
| Census 1851 | The 1851 Census was taken on the night of 30 March 1851. This took place under the jurisdiction of the Home Office. All subsequent censuses have been conducted by the office of the Register General for Scotland,... | 5456 | |
| Roll of Honour: Bernera School District, 2nd edition, First World War | Initial numbers refer to croft numbers. Breaclete: 1 Macinnes, Norman, R.N.R.; drowned when HMS Hermes was torpedoed, 31st October, 1914;aged 14. (Son of Mrs Angus Macinnes) 2 Macdonald, Finlay, R.N.R. 3 Maciver, Donald... | 16434 | |
| Tales and traditions of the Lews | A collection of myths, legends, traditions and sources from the island of Lewis collected by Donald "Dolly Doctor" Macdonald of Gisla and compiled by his widow Emily Lever Paul. Editions: Stornoway: Mrs Macdonald, 1967... | 18684 |