The Isle of Harris based genealogy service, Co Leis Thu?, has been awarded £98,700 by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. The new funds will see an upgrade to the Hebrides People website (www.hebridespeople.com), whilst a new Heritage Officer has been appointed to the Northton Heritage Trust to assist genealogist Bill Lawson in completing work on the online presentation of records for Barra and Uist.
Co Leis Thu? and Hebrides people were established by genealogist Bill Lawson, who was recently the subject of a BBC Alba documentary, concerning his life's work (http://scottishgenes.blogspot.com/2021/05/bbc-alba-documentary-on-genealogist.html).
For more on the funding announcement visit https://www.welovestornoway.com/index.php/articles-auto-3/21524-lottery-award-for-northton-trust.
Chris
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