Folster Genealogy and Folster Family History Information

The surname Folster or Folsetter comes from the farm Folster or Folsetter in Birsay.Orkney. It is likely the surname is really Spence as Spence families lived there.There were many Spence families in Birsay parish so that when someone from Folster moved away from the home farm they were given the name of the farm to distinguish them from other Spence families