Sharing Shetland Surnames

This popular series of events has been running since 2014. One surname is chosen to be studied in depth each time. The celebration takes places over a weekend with an exhibition of memorabilia, photos and family trees. On Saturday night we have an entertainment of music, poetry and talks relating to the surname. The venue chosen is in a parish associated with the surname.

The Shetland Museum often has a tie-in exhibition of artefacts from their store (i.e. not usually on public display) relating to the surname.

Previous surnames celebrated are:

YearSurname
2014Gifford
2014Anderson
2014Inkster
2014Bolt
2015Arcus
2015Mouat
2015Abernethy
2016Pearson
2016Henry
2017Goudie
2018Robertson
2019Arthur/Athurson

The next surname to be celebrated is Hay in June 2023. Further details here.

The Hay Family