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

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

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

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...

We are on our way home to Vancouver after spending the past three weeks in Shetland. On Sunday I woke up and knew I needed to walk to the...

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...

Today we travelled back to a time when the men had to fish to the landlord during the summer months. Three miles north of North Roe,...