SKYE-ROOTS

The Skye Roots archive is the life-long passion of Skye woman Norma MacLeod who researches, draws together and preserves the fragmented wealth of local Skye family history for the benefit of people around the world... Originally started as a hobby over 30 years ago, Skye Roots has gathered momentum, collating information from a huge variety of sources including Census Returns, Old Parish Records and (from 1855) Statutory Records of births, marriages and deaths as well as books, oral traditions (including patronymics), local knowledge and contacts... Norma published her book "Raasay: the Island and its People" in 2002, which traces the history of one of Scotland's most beautiful islands from the medieval period right through to the 20th century.

Primary location: United Kingdom