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euan Maclachlan of Maclachlan, Painting of Old castle lachlan

25th chief of clan lachlan by Robert Innes

SAVE OLD CASTLE LACHLAN FUND

In an unbroken line for close to 750 years old castle lachlan takes us back to the days of the Kingdoms of the Gael where in Ireland, Western Scotland and the Isles our ancestors lived by the two thousand year old clan values and communal culture of the Celts.
For this generation our goal is to preserve old castle lachlan as an ancient Scottish structure of national importance and to preserve the history and heritage of the clan.
A feasibility study and conservation report on old castle lachlan by our sister Lachlan Trust in Scotland in conjunction with Historic Scotland has been completed; a project of this size will require to raise major funding in the £2.5 to £3 million range over the next 7 to 10 years. Old castle lachlan is part of the larger vision of preserving the heritage of a clan and developing the Strathlachlan area in Argyll as an "ancestral tourist" destination while respecting its natural beauty and historic importance.

We share a Scottish heritage with other Highland clans and a common Celtic Heritage with many Irish clans.
Are you a member of a Clan or do you have a Celtic, Scottish or Irish ancestor somewhere in your family tree?
Are you interested in knowing more of your historical and cultural heritage?
Are you interested in preserving part of Celtic Scotland for future generations ?
Would you desire to have your family story, genealogy, pioneer experience, memoirs of a family ancestor or member, wartime experiences etc published as ISBN registered E Books and filed in the Library & Archives of Canada and in the National Library of Scotland ?
Consider becoming a Lachlan Library Membe.r

Lachlan Library.
E books could revolutionize the preservation of family genealogy information. Instead of a paper copy or computer file bequeathed to some family member, you could have your personal E book in the Lachlan Library available now and for future generations deposited in the National Library of Scotland. Leave a permanent legacy for your family descendants. Create your own fragment of immortality!
Preserve your own family history. Become a Lachlan Library member for a modest charitable donation of $25.00; this also brings membership or associate membership in the Clan Lachlan

Outline of Lachlan Library
The library could be considered as being in four sections.
E Books: taken from the libraries of the world through sources such as Google Books and the Gutenberg Project; these are out of copyright and date from 1750 to 1920. This area is starting with about 130 books mainly in Celtic and Scottish history. This area of the Library is programmed to increase very rapidly. We plan to include all available Scottish literature and books of general interest from the period; we will include relevant literature from Australia, Canada, New Zealand and USA.
These books are in both Epub ( the general publishing standard) and Mobi(for the Amazon Kindle).; others are in PDF.

Clan History: At present there are about 120 separate E Books covering Clan Lachlan history, legends, traditions and family stories. They include many items of general interes. We have a program to add Histories of other Clans..

Family Records-- Lachlan Editions:
If the holder of a Lachlan Library Card (User ID & Password), supplies text in say Word , we would convert the text into an E Book and publish as a Lachlan Edition in the Library. Instead of a paper copy or computer file bequeathed to some family member, you would be assigned an ISBN number retain full copyright and have an E book published and available for future generations; your E Book would be on an updated DVD filed each year in the National Library of Scotland.
Members can have multiple Family Records covering the important families in their family genealogy. We would encourage Members to produce E Books for Family memoirs, stories, experiences etc. Making a modest charitable donation could preserve your own family history in a permanent form.

Lachlan Editions( Commercial:
We will have a Product Section which contains E Books which are selling a product. This may be a Bed & Breakfast; Craft shop, Gallery etc; sources of Celtic, Irish and Scottish products, If the holder of a Lachlan Library Card desires such a commercial E Book, we would offer this for an additional cost of $25.00 for a basic E Book.. We have the facility of accepting Credit Card and PayPal payments for products. We would consider offering this service on a case by case basis.

For Description and Contents See Lachlan Library

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For ongoing information on the status of the castle project: See. "save old castle lachlan "

For Clan Lachlan membership renewal See: Clan Lachlan Association

Basic Clan Lachlan Information This section covers the origin of the clan; the clan history; the spelling of the name; the heraldic symbols; the tartans; clan genealogical records; membership & the constitution; contact information for the Branches of the Society.

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