Shetland Islands

Jul 192 min read

Shetland Gloup Disaster Research Request

I have started researching about the haaf fishing, the Disaster of 1881, and the creation of the Shetland Fishermen’s Widows’ Fund, and I...

Mar 254 min read

Special services in the little kirk

The first time I visited my great-grandfather’s birthplace of North Roe, I walked into the little Methodist church, still standing after...

Mar 143 min read

A walk to Roermill

Remembering a journey with my friend, Magnus, to Roermill, North Roe, where my Shetland ancestors worked and walked.

Jan 254 min read

Peerie Peter's Bible

It’s Robbie Burns day, so to commemorate I thought I'd share the following story. My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster (1879-1958) of...

Nov 13, 20238 min read

WWI photo identified

One day in 2005 I visited the late Douglas and Bertha Murray at their Isbister home, eager to track down local historic images to include...

Sep 21, 20233 min read

Revisiting the Haa of Skelberry

See that house peaking over the hill in the first photo? My great-grandfather, Peter Inkster was born there, at the Haa of Skelberry, in...

Nov 11, 20205 min read

Remembering Alex Bremner - Part II

AS A ROYAL ARMY MEDICAL CORPS DOCTOR on the front lines of the Salonika Campaign, Alex Bremner was often in as much danger as the...

Nov 9, 20205 min read

Remembering Alex Bremner - Part I

SOMETIMES WHILE RESEARCHING and writing my family history I find a person whose story resonates with me. This is one of those. Alex...