24th
May
2020
Nestled by a lake in the north end of Woodlawn Cemetery in New York City’s Bronx sits a number of modest gravestones, dwarfed by large pillar adorned with an angel. Carved on the base of the pil...
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23rd
May
2020
During a time when travel to Shetland is not possible, and as this piece is published that looks a bit away, you might like to peek at the work of a recent visitor, Mr Ernie Ramaker, a Dutch tour...
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22nd
May
2020
From The Shetland Times, 1st October, 1887
Obituary of the tate Mr Andrew Goudy
Born at Clumlie, Dunrossness 6th June, 1802 and died 10th November, 1870.
A watchmaker to trade
“The late Mr A...
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22nd
May
2020
Excerpts from The Pioneers of the Temperance Movement in Lerwick
Being an Address delivered at the Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Opening of the Rechabite Hall, Lerwick, April 5th, 1922 b...
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11th
May
2020
A house now well within the town boundry once held a prominent position outside the Burgh Road.
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10th
May
2020
Charlie Simpson writes in detail about the ship and the loss on 30th January, 1940
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4th
May
2020
The Remarkable will of James Inkster by Alan Beattie
This article originally appeared in Coontin Kin 87, Simmer 2013.
Wills are a useful source for family history. It is a pity that there are so few...
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29th
Apr
2020
A letter in The Shetland Times from March, 1880 sadly tells the desperate tale of a lady from Nesting
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26th
Apr
2020
A member of the Society is trying to identify the people in this photo. Pat Taylor thinks this is Ann Davidson from Unst, her great grandmother. Born in 1854, who married Alexander Campbell.
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