A Genealogist Explores St Kilda, Scotland.
By Mia Bennett. Off the west coast of Scotland beyond the Hebrides is a small archipelago of islands called St Kilda. The main island is Hirta and this is where a small community once lived. They survived off the land, sea and air. Although they had cows for milk, sheep for wool and fish from the sea, it was their harvesting of seabirds and their eggs that sustained them through their bleak winters. However, in 1930, this all came to … Continue reading