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Cape Fear Scottish Memorial Cairn
By John McKinnon Between the 1730s and the American Revolution, more than 20,000 Scottish Highlanders arrived in Brunswick Town, North...


Tartan Crew Campaign Launched
The Council of Scottish Clans and Associations (COSCA) is flipping the script on heritage outreach with the launch of its bold new media...


Clan and Family Genealogy Forum Launched
Are you interested in discussing the duties and responsibilities of a Clan genealogist? Do you wish there was a forum to share best...


State of the Clans: William Petrie
Credit: Celtic Life International Magazine The Summer 2025 edition of Celtic Life International included an article on “State of the...


Clan Buchanan Lands Signs
Artist impression only. Involvement of other clans is purely speculative. Image is Loch Lomond – From Black Hill near Gartocharn...


Mates, Guides, and Genies: AI on Clan Facebook Pages
Artificial Intelligence (AI) may not have taken over the world (yet), but it’s made an initial foray on the Facebook pages of many clan...


Generation Next: The Future of Scottish Heritage
Top: Camden Kay, Clan Scott Society; Madeline Bruce, Family of Bruce International; Caleb Logan, Clan Logan Society. Bottom: Isabella da...


Artificial Intelligence: Augmenting Your Cultural Heritage Society
As volunteer leaders of Sottish heritage societies, we are often overwhelmed with trying to accomplish too much with too few resources....


Keeper of the Sporran: Financial Controls and Investment Strategy
By Kenneth T. Erwin, Treasurer, Clan Irwin Association (CIA) "You must gain control over your money, or the lack of it will forever...


COSCA Debuts QR Banner to Connect with Clan and Family Societies
Norman Mackenzie Forbes IV, Treasurer of the Clan Forbes Society and Convener for North Texas with Clan Banner at the 2025 Sherman Celtic...


Clan Buchanan GEDMatch Project
Click on image to visit https://www.gedmatch.com/ (Thanks to Clan Buchanan Society International for the permission to reprint this...


Raising Your Banner: Building Awareness through Paid and Earned Advertising
You can only encourage membership from people who know about you. Here are some ideas for raising awareness of people would want to join...


Inside the Search for a Chief: Clan Logan Society International Holds Candidate Forum for Commander
Three candidates for the position of Clan Logan Commander faced a battery of questions from a moderator and from Logans who zoomed in to...


Running Smoothly with Standard Operating Procedures
Every business, especially volunteer nonprofit societies, need Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to run smoothly. By documenting the...


SNACC 2024: Scottish Heritage Societies: Youth Engagement
The Scottish North American Community Conference (SNACC) in December 2024 brought together some young leaders of Scottish heritage...


SNACC 2024: Highland Games & Festivals: Challenges & Successes
The Scottish North American Community Conference (SNACC)  in December 2024 brought together many leaders of Highland Games and Scottish...


SNACC 2024: Meeting the Challenges of Scottish Heritage Societies
The Scottish North American Community Conference (SNACC) in December 2024 brought together many leaders of local Scottish heritage...


Policy and Procedure Manual
By Lois Ann Garlitz, Chieftain, American Clan Gregor Society, 2016 Any organization composed of volunteers counts heavily on cooperative...


ChatGPT Historian
(Editor's note: While other COSCA articles have incorporated some results of Artificial Intelligence, or "AI," this is the first to be...


Engage Potential Members By Researching Clan or Family Heritage
Many society websites include one long page of the clan or family history, such as the Armstrong Clan Society, Clan Baird Society...