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House of Gordon USA Revamps Website to Improve Navigation, Readability, and Acquiring Members

By Julia Heinig, Communications Chair, House of Gordon USA. The redesign direction came from our President, Jen Mills-Martin. We wanted a...

Best Website Practices

A website is more than just posting information about your Scottish heritage society online. If designed and maintained well, your...

Scottish Clan and Family Map Now Interactive

You can now find your clan or family on an interactive version of the “Scotland of Old” map first published in 1956. The map includes...

How to Launch or Re-boot Your Scottish Heritage Society

With an increased interest in DNA and Scottish heritage in the past ten years, more people have higher expectations for their associated...

COSCA Surveys Acquisition and Retention Practices

Membership acquisition and retention is a key factor for all clan and family societies. Last fall, COSCA conducted a survey that examined...

Charity Begins at Home: Clan and Family Society Foundations & Charitable Giving

Many clan and family societies not only serve their members but also fulfil the charitable responsibilities required by the U.S. Internal...

Wikipedia and the Clans

Clan and family societies expect that their websites are the primary source of information about their clans and families online – but...

The Challenges of a Scottish Heritage Society Board of Directors

As all-volunteer organizations (AVOs), Scottish heritage societies live or die by their officers and boards of directors. All boards have...

Attracting Younger Members through Video

Members born during the “baby boom” (1946 to 1964) generally have the time and patience to use desktop computers to download and print...

COSCA Promotes Clan Membership

One of the major reasons that COSCA has updated and expanded its website is to promote the individual Scottish clan and family societies....

Clan Museums and Heritage Centers

With the normalization of travel after the COVID-19 outbreak, more people are planning their Scotland heritage tours. One major...

Building Relationships Using Google Analytics

Increasing the membership of your society starts with building relationships with potential members. While societies have traditionally...

Scotland Travel Tips

If your Society is planning a trip to Scotland, get the guidance of an expert! Janet Robertson of Thistle Dubh Enterprises has managed...

COSCA Clan Convener Guide

Highland Gatherings and Games are traditional events that members of a clan use to renew their family bonds and compare feats of prowess....

Synopsis of Results from Survey of Clan Genealogists

By Barbara J. Ball, PhD, QG Genealogist, Clan Cunningham International Owner, Copestone Resources, LLC Doctoral student, The University...

Find My Clan

A “Find My Clan” database has been added as part of the updated COSCA website. Users can either scroll through a list of known Scottish...

Connecting with COSCA

With the newly revamped website, you now have different ways to connect with COSCA. Authorized Delegate is the single point of contact...

Meet Alasdair Morrison, Seventeen-year-old Chief of Clan Morrison

Dr. J. Ruairidh Morrison, Chief of Clan Morrison, passed away on 7 November 2020 from cancer. Following the chief’s untimely death, his...

Building Society Membership through Social Media

The traditional methods of building members through in-person highland games and highland festivals were scuttled in 2020, due to the...

House of Forbes for Kids

The Clan Forbes Society is proud to announce the publication of House of Forbes for Kids, a new heritage activity book for children of...