Farstraers: Voyages and Homecomings

Ranging across three centuries and much of the world, Farstraers takes us on a journey into the lives of the Orcadians who found themselves at a distance from or out of step with the archipelago that they called home. Using a remarkable archive of letters, court records and other documents, Farstraers tracks how life for these men, women and children was shaped by harsh conditions at home and by the wider social economic and political currents that carried them into new and often challenging settings. Many of these people are lost to us, but at least some of their voices still resonate in the letters they sent home.