I have just traced my great great grandmother back to the Shetlands. She was Margaret Crawford Johnston 1834-1915. She was born in Shanwick but moved to Edinburgh on her marriage to William Inglis 1833-1902. My grandmother always talked about her roots in Shetland and her middle name was Johnston. Margaret Crawford was one of nine children many of whom left for new lives in countries such as USA and New Zealand. I want to find out more about her family and what they did and how they lived in the Shetlands.
I think that her mother was Willamina Crawford 1814 who married James Johnson 1804 from Lerwick
If any of this is familiar to anyone I would love to have any more information about the family
Alison