Fàilte do Chomunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh
Welcome to Berneray Historical Society
Please note that unfortunately we do not have the resources to offer a full genealogical service. Almost all of our people records are nowadays to be found on the Hebridean Connections website. So that is a great place to start, if you are researching family history!
Membership of Berneray Historical Society only costs £10 a year! Please email info@bernerayhistorical.com for a membership application form.
Membership of Berneray Historical Society only costs £10 a year! Please email info@bernerayhistorical.com for a membership application form.
LATEST NEWS…
- Please note that Fading Footprints by Murdo Turner is currently out of print. A reprint is planned and further information will be posted when available.
- The Nurses' Cottage Visitor Information Centre and Historical Society Displays is open for the 2023 Summer Season. Staffed entirely by volunteers from the community and Berneray Historical Society, the Cottage is well worth a visit for all those interested in the history and Gaelic culture of the island. Open 11am to 3pm, Monday to Friday until late August.
- Berneray Historical Society has an active Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/bernerayhistorical You do not need to have a Facebook account to view our page.
Seo an làrach-lìn aig Comunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh a chaidh a stèidheachadh airson fiosrachadh.
’S e buidheann air leth trang a th’ ann an Comunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh, a tha stèidhichte air an Eilean Bheàrnaraigh na Hearadh anns na h-Eileanan Siar. Tha buidheann stiùiridh beag saor-thoileach againn, agus tha buill againn bho gach ceàrn dhen t-saoghal. Tha sinn ag amas air ùidh ann an eachdraidh agus cultar an eilein a bhrosnachadh - gu h-araid a’ Ghàidhlig. Ma tha ùidh agaibh ann a bhith nur ball de Chomunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh, nach cuir sibh fios thugainn. Historical publications available to purchaseFading Footprints by Murdo Turner
Currently unavailable - sorry This popular book is available from the Society. It is about Murdo’s father Neil Turner, who was school master in Rhenigadale, Drinishadar, Lochportain and Grimsay. The cost is £15 if purchased in the Nurses' Cottage or at a Hall Sale. It is £15 per book plus £4 postage and packing for one or two books sent to the same UK address. 
Berneray Historical Guide and The Story of Emigration
Copies of the authoritative Berneray Historical Guide, published by this Society, are available to purchase online. This is your essential guide if you are visiting the island and have an interest in the local history. There is also plenty of useful information, even for those who are not planning a trip just yet. The cost is £4 if you buy a copy in person (£5 mail order UK, costs may be higher to send overseas). Paypal payments are now accepted for mail order purchases (10% surcharge).
Copies are also available of the Historical Society's publication The Story of Emigration from Berneray, Harris written by Peter Kerr. The book represented the culmination of the Society's project, which concluded in 2012: 'A' tilleadh ar n-eachdraidh dhachaigh'. The project also included a conference held in the Community Hall. Copies of the book are available for £5 + postage. Please contact the secretary of Berneray Historical Society at The Nurse's Cottage, Berneray, Isle of North Uist, HS6 5BD or email info@bernerayhistorical.com. The Gaelic version of the book is available online as a free download. More than 1,000 copies have been downloaded!
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Join Berneray Historical Society!Anyone with an interest in the history of Berneray is invited to take out membership of the Society. Please download a membership form here.
Borve Commemorative and Picnic Area, established in 2000 to commemorate the Borve crofters who had their crofts returned to them 100 years previously
What do we do?Berneray Historical Society is an active community group based on the island of Berneray in the Sound of Harris in the Outer Hebrides off Scotland's northwest coast.
Our role is to promote an interest in the history and culture of the people of Berneray, and especially its Gaelic language. Since being re-formed in 2003, we have run a number of projects which have helped us to research, organise, digitise and present a vast amount of information relating to the history of the island. Much of this information is accessible via our base in The Nurse's Cottage Visitor Centre on the island. This facility is open to visitors during the summer months and by special appointment only at other times. We are run by a small voluntary management committee and we welcome membership from anyone with an interest in the history of the island. Currently we have members locally, elsewhere in Scotland and all over the world, including countries where Berneray people settled in times gone by, such as Canada and Australia. We have regular Society meetings, which all of our members are entitled to attend, and we also hold special events from time to time, such as historical themed ceilidhs and conferences relating to particular projects or themes. To find out about membership, please get in touch with us, using the contact details below. Please come back and visit this website regularly! For more information about The Nurse's Cottage Visitor Centre or more general information about Berneray, please visit the community website at www.isleofberneray.com |
Please contact us at: The Nurse's Cottage, Berneray, Isle of North Uist, HS6 5BD. info@bernerayhistorical.com
Berneray Historical Society is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC047024
Berneray Historical Society is a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SC047024
Aerial photograph above kindly supplied by: Seymore Hicks
We are grateful to our funders, past and present, who include:
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