Unst Family History
I’m from Shetland, in fact from Unst, Britain’s most northerly island, and I am trying to put together a complete Unst family tree (read Why Am I Here? for the reasons why). This blog will contain any interesting anecdotes and comments as I go through the process of researching the ancestry of all people who lived in Unst.
I have registered my project as a One Place Study.
I’ve got two main sections splitting my posts into Family Tree related posts and Unst related posts, some posts will appear in both sections of course. Or if you prefer, you can just scroll through the blog, i.e. the list of posts which has the newest posts at the top, and see if you see anything interesting.
Here are some of my favourite posts to get you started:
- So close, but never knew
- Knitting is women’s work?
- A Gray day in Bristol
- Why is local knowledge important?
My Blog Title
For those people not from Shetland who are wondering about the title of the blog, Wir Unst Family, “wir” is a Shetland (possibly even Scottish) word for “our”.
The banner photo at the top of the page is a view of Lund Beach, in Unst, taken looking South.
Wir Unst Family 
Hi, I’m @onin543 on twitter and I have ancestors from Unst and the families also lived at Sotland – yup the names were matching !! Hope to hear from you soon TC x
Hi TC,
Which people are you interested in? I can send you more information if you need any?
Cheers
Morag
It has been a while since you last blog. Hope all is well as I am looking forward to reading your future postings.
Thanks For the encouragement Charles. Been rather busy with work so the research has had to take a back seat. Hope to be back at it again soon.
I love your banner photograph. It just sings to my soul. So lovely. I’m also doing the Blogging 101 course.
I’m happy you like it – it’s one of my favourite beaches on Unst.
Beautiful and meaningful writing! Nice to meet you!
You know…you should have a photography page. The photos that you have already are amazing.
I’m glad you like them, I will look into that – I do have quite a number of photos of Unst that I could use.
They really are wonderful!
I recently got a reader directed from your blog and noticed that you have Diggin’ Up Graves in your Blogs I Like list! Thank you. I’m honored. Have a great day, keep researchin’ and keep writin’. 🙂
Thanks Elizabeth. Your blog is great. Happy ancestor hunting!
Hi Morag, brilliant site…very interesting. My Grandfather was born in Crossbister (John B Fraser) and his brother lived there until 1999 (Alan B). Your site is very interesting and has steered me to Scotland’s People site and I found some very interesting records on my family. Thank you! Now if I can just find out where my great great great great grandfather was born and when he died..he was a fisherman in Unst but I can’t find the date. Anyway, thanks!
What is your g g g g grandfather’s name and any details you know?
Hello Peter. My grandfather was William Fordyce Fraser and his brother was Alan Bradshaw Fraser so I’m assuming they’re the same family? My Grandad left Unst as a young man and I’ve only ever been there once. That was just before the building that Alan owned was converted into a Youth Hostel. My mum used to exchange letters with my dad’s cousin (Kathleen Smith) who lives/lived in Lerwick. She has a son called Larry. Might be of some use to you.
Kind regards Lynn (Fraser – as was)