Council of Scottish Clans & Associations

By Kenneth T. Erwin, Treasurer, Clan Irwin Association (CIA) "You must gain control over your money, or the lack of it will forever...

Norman Mackenzie Forbes IV, Treasurer of the Clan Forbes Society and Convener for North Texas with Clan Banner at the 2025 Sherman Celtic...

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

You can only encourage membership from people who know about you. Here are some ideas for raising awareness of people would want to join...

Three candidates for the position of Clan Logan Commander faced a battery of questions from a moderator and from Logans who zoomed in to...

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

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

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

The Scottish North American Community Conference (SNACC) in December 2024 brought together many leaders of local Scottish heritage...

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

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

Many society websites include one long page of the clan or family history, such as the Armstrong Clan Society, Clan Baird Society...

Explore more of your clan or family heritage with archaeological and historical research funded by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland....

Scottish heritage societies need to build trust among their current and potential members – especially on the internet. In April 2024,...

If your clan or family society is engaged in researching your ancestral home or associated castles, you may want to take advantage of the...

The most well-known sources of clan and family research are the online National Archive of Scotland and ScotlandsPeople . However, clan...

Passion alone does not create, build, and sustain Scottish heritage societies. While some new Scottish heritage societies are created...

Most Scottish heritage societies claim that they are attempting to attract younger members and yet few actually change the way they...

Above: Tom Campbell as the host of the Clan Conclave dinner in 2023 By Adam Wade Campbell, Deputy Utah State Commissioner, Clan Campbell...

Confidence (con) artists have preyed on their victims for centuries. Now the internet has attracted all kinds of online confidence...