Historical Resources
www.hebrideanconnections.com - Ceanglaichean Innse Gall
Thousands of records relating to the genealogy, history, traditions, culture and archaeology of the Outer Hebrides. The material is drawn mostly from the archives of local comainn eachdraidh, including Comunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh, with valuable input from Hebrideans and their descendants around the world. The website was launched in October 2014.
www.tasglann.org.uk
Tasglann nan Eilean Siar is a useful resource that identifies the location of the historical records held by the local authority of the Western Isles.
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
This site, the Well of Heritage, holds recordings in Gaelic, Scots and English. Among them are many recordings of older residents of Berneray made by Iain Paterson of the School of Scottish Studies. Iain Paterson was himself a native of Berneray.
www.guthan.wordpress.com
Guthan nan Eilean or Island Voices is an extensive collection of audio recordings of people from the Hebrides including people from Berneray.
www.ambaile.org.uk
Am Baile is a wide ranging collection of information about the history, heritage and language of the Highlands and Islands. It contains photographs, documents, audo recordings and much else besides. The site is bilingual, Gaelic and English.
Long na Daoine / Ship of the People
In October 1739 Norman Macleod was a young man twenty-four years of age; he was the leader of a party of five kidnappers who were chosen by himself for the purpose of capturing men and women from the Isle of Skye and the Bays of Harris and transporting them as an illegal shipment of "human cargo" to America.
Thousands of records relating to the genealogy, history, traditions, culture and archaeology of the Outer Hebrides. The material is drawn mostly from the archives of local comainn eachdraidh, including Comunn Eachdraidh Bheàrnaraigh, with valuable input from Hebrideans and their descendants around the world. The website was launched in October 2014.
www.tasglann.org.uk
Tasglann nan Eilean Siar is a useful resource that identifies the location of the historical records held by the local authority of the Western Isles.
www.tobarandualchais.co.uk
This site, the Well of Heritage, holds recordings in Gaelic, Scots and English. Among them are many recordings of older residents of Berneray made by Iain Paterson of the School of Scottish Studies. Iain Paterson was himself a native of Berneray.
www.guthan.wordpress.com
Guthan nan Eilean or Island Voices is an extensive collection of audio recordings of people from the Hebrides including people from Berneray.
www.ambaile.org.uk
Am Baile is a wide ranging collection of information about the history, heritage and language of the Highlands and Islands. It contains photographs, documents, audo recordings and much else besides. The site is bilingual, Gaelic and English.
Long na Daoine / Ship of the People
In October 1739 Norman Macleod was a young man twenty-four years of age; he was the leader of a party of five kidnappers who were chosen by himself for the purpose of capturing men and women from the Isle of Skye and the Bays of Harris and transporting them as an illegal shipment of "human cargo" to America.
