Pigtail Tobacco, Brandy, and Other Necessities #1

New post by Guest Blogger: Joan Barrett Part One: When I read on Facebook an invitation to volunteer for work on the LIFTE project from the University of the Highlands and Islands, I immediately responded, offering to help with the transcription of 17th-century Orcadian documents. My grandfather was born on Westray in 1884; his mother’s family traces there to the mid 1600’s. Over many years I had…