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Clan Information Members: Online Library  "save old castle lachlan" 

Online Library for Members  

Access to the Library: SOCL Club members  are given a User ID and Password, members of CLA receive basic SOCL membership and a Library Card as part of their membership fee.  

Articles on Scottish History, Clan History and Clan Experiences outside Scotland: "clan lachlan" magazine: This has been published in black and white twice a year for the last 27 years. The CD is updated with each issue of the magazine so that a new member joining and also donating for a CD would have all the back issues of the magazine. The Library now publishes the  color version of the magazine . Owners of a Library Card  can read or print the color magazine. 

E Books: It is planned to produce  E books from the archives; there is enough material in the archives  for at least the next 10 years. The first E Book  was the "Kilmorie Chapel Dedication", the second was "History of the Chiefs"   The E books will be illustrated in full color and  can be downloaded to file, read and  printed out sequentially. The reading experience on a monitor is significantly improved if one uses the Adobe E Book Reader which is available on the CD.  

Newsletters from Around the World   

Each Branch of the Clan  Society has its own newsletter  to reflect regional interests. It is planned to have all newsletters in the Library. We start with the Canadian newsletter "Rowan Tree"

 

Genealogy Library 

The following genealogical information is available in the Library :

  •  Archives of Questions & Answers ñ including FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) can be read or printed out from the Library
  •   Genealogical Resources including On-Line Data Sources.
  • Parish Records for counties of Argyll, Angus, Dumbartonshire, Perthshire and Stirlingshire.
  • Information on MacLachlans has been collected over 46 years by Tom McLachlan, the Sennachie or Clan Genealogist. This research is presented by Parish and County in Scotland. There are approximately 900 pages of data and Tom continues to update and add.  Looking for information on your ancestors who have come from Scotland, you can download the appropriate PDF file, read and  query Tom by E mail on the section or for further information on your ancestors which he may have in his comprehensive files. (This is copyrighted material and the security has been set so that printing is not permitted from the downloaded file. ) 
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  • Your Family History. This contains a history dating back to the earliest known ancestor for members of the Society. This has been collected for 29 years. This contains genealogical records for about 1000 former and current members. ( It is updated throughout the year as new members join)
  • World-Wide List of Society Members ñ by Country, Province/State, Town/City, Membership No.( If you wish to contact any member on list , please contact the Genealogy Coordinator. )
  •   Database:covering MacLachlans in Canada and Border States in the US.( This has been collected by the Sennachie.  The "Clan Lachlan Association of Canada" has taken over the responsibility for maintaining and growing this data base).

 

 

Genealogy Corner 

Please --raise any genealogical questions that you may have -someone-somewhere -at some time may have an answer- may possibly belong to your extended family-- we suggest as a point of reference give your membership  number, name, E mail address , state or province or  county, and country. 

Send your query to the Genealogy Coordinator Ken Godfrey. E mail:   

Ken will post your query in the Question & Answer Page in the Library Section accessed by a Library Card. He will also post any Answers  received. He will maintain this file for the benefit of all members.

Message Board

We plan shortly to introduce a Private Message Board so that genealogy queries and answers can be online. We have asked a number of clan members to give the benefit of their experience to queries from members. For security against hackers or malicious attacks, clan members would be asked to use their  Library Card:  User ID .  See Private Message Board     under construction 

 

LIBRARY  LOG IN  If you have any problems with your Library Card, please contact the Library Card Secretary, Ian MacLachlan Email: .

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