Welcome to Shetland Roots......
This website acts as my personal homepage when researching my Shetland Roots. Using it, I can quickly access those "can't remember the URL" resources. The site will be under constant development and is offered to compliment those resources currently available. Would welcome any ideas / contributions.
LINKS
Find the top ten links to resources that I use when researching Shetland family history. This will be updated when better resources are found.
SHETLAND STRAYSLinks to material/ resources from areas where Shetlanders have strayed. Includes some Scotland and England, also Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the USA.
BMDs/CENSUS and DATABASESIncludes BMD transcriptions by Janice Halcrow, also links to some Canadian and Australian BMDs.
SONS and DAUGHTERS of SHETLANDOn line version of the important book covering short biographies of many of our ancestors; Kindly contributed by Margaret Stuart Robertson. Additional contributions to this resource, welcomed.
MISCELLANEOUSAn important section covering medical terms and chapman codes to workhouses, Royal / Merchant Navy losses in WW1 and Real Acts of Genealogical Kindness.
SHETLAND FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETYA section that focuses on the work of the Shetland Family History Society. Information how to purchase SFHS publications including 1851/1861 and 1871/1881 Census cdroms.
FAMILY HISTORY SOCIETIESLinks to ten Family History Societies on the mainland of Scotland with clear ties to Shetland ancestors e.g. Aberdeen, Fife, Lothians.
FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH'How to do' articles (contributed by readers) and/or links to the best resources.
SHETLAND NEWS, WEATHER and MAPSCheck out the Shetland News pages, daily. Also covers other news, weather, and maps.
OUR SHETLANDFor those who want to visit Shetland covers travel, accommodation and information/links to the main islands. Will include some digital images you can download.