SCOTTISH ORGANIZATIONS AND VENDORS ONLINE Updated April 20, 1995 Compiled by David M. Scott, Membership Secretary, Clan Scott Society, PO Box 13021, Austin, Texas 78711-3021 USA Email: ClanScott@aol.com Accepting membership with those with the surnames Scott, Geddes, Laidlaw, Langlands, Buccleuch, and Napier and related spellings as well as any other name originating from Roxburgh or the eastern Borders of Scotland. Thanks to all sources and contributors! If you have additions, corrections, or deletions, please contact David M. Scott at the address above. Copyright 1995. Further distribution with permission only. ================================================== Scottish American Athletic Association Organization Type: Athletics Email Address: FGB@aol.com Email Contact Name: Fred Brittle, President Postal Address: Mr Rod MacKenzie, Esq., Scottish American Athletic Association, 1028 Second Street, 3rd Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone Number: 916-448-6436 Fax Number: 916-446-3433 Membership open to anyone interested in the support and promotion of Highland Athletics. -------------------------------------------------- Fiddlesticks & Ivory Organization Type: Dancing Email Address: mcgarrity@aol.com Email Contact Name: Kim McGarrity Postal Address: 3890 Magnolia, Palo Alto, CA 94306 Phone Number: 415-493-3620 Fax Number: Fiddlesticks and Ivory is a popular Scottish Country Dance band based in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have performed in such venues as British Columbia, Southern California, Lake Tahoe, Scottish Camp Mendocino, and the popular fall weekend at Asilomar near Monterey. Their debut recording "Ghillies on the Golden Gate" was reselased in 1992. -------------------------------------------------- Halifax Highland Dancing Association Organization Type: Dancing Email Address: Mackinra@tuns.ca Email Contact Name: Fran MacKinnon, Vice President Postal Address: 25 Rossi Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2X 3L7 Phone Number: 902-434-9694 Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Organization Type: Dancing Email Address: RSCDSSD@aol.com Email Contact Name: Richard and Marjorie McLaughlin Postal Address: 4745 Vista Lane, San Diego, CA 92116 Phone Number: 619-280-5855 Fax Number: 619-280-5933 Scottish Country dance classes, demonstrations, and social activities. -------------------------------------------------- Royal Scottish Country Dance Society Organization Type: Dancing Email Address: rscds@garnet.berkley.edu Email Contact Name: David L. Elliott, Editor, Reel & Strathspeyper Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: San Francisco Branch. Scottish Country dance classes, demonstrations, and social activities. -------------------------------------------------- ScotDance Nova Scotia Organization Type: Dancing Email Address: mackinra@tuns.ca Email Contact Name: Fran MacKinnon, President Postal Address: 25 Rossi Drive, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada B2X 3L7 Phone Number: 902-434-9694 Fax Number: ------------------------------------------------- Agnew Association of America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: agnewks@nbnet.nb.ca Email Contact Name: K. Scott Agnew Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan Anderson Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: timanderson@ins.infonet.net Email Contact Name: Tim Anderson, Midwest Commissioner Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan Baillie Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: nbailie@eng.clemson.edu Email Contact Name: Nathan Bailie Postal Address: 114 Meadow Wood Drive, Lexington, SC 29073 Phone Number: 803-356-1409 Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacBean in North America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: CBain@aol.com or 70242.661@compuserve.com Email Contact Name: Postal Address: 441 Wadsworth Boulevard, Suite 213 Denver, Colorado 80226 Phone Number: Fax Number: Accepts those with connection to the following surnames: Bain, Bane, Bayn, Bayne, Bean, Beane, Been, Beene, MacBain, MacBane, MacBayne, MacBean, MacBeth, BacIlvain, MacVane, MacVain, McBain, McBean, McBeath, McBee. Dues are $15 per year and includes newsletter. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Bell Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: cjbell@solar.rtd.utk.edu Email Contact Name: C. J. Bell Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan Blair Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: blair@teleport.com (home), stephen_blair@mentorg.com (work) Email Contact Name: Steven Blair Postal Address: David J. Blair, Membership, 19 Linden Avenue, Scituate, MA 02066; Donald L. Blair, President, 1410 Tudor Street, Philadelphia, PA 19111 Phone Number: (617) 545-2491 (Membership), (215) 725-3750 (President) Fax Number: Dues are currently $20 per annum for families or for individuals over 22 and $12 per annum for individuals 18-22. A newsletter is published in February, May, August, and November. There are also biennial sponsored visits to Scotland. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Buchanan Society in America, Inc. Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: Douglas.Gibbs@med.umich.edu Email Contact Name: Doug F. Gibbs Postal Address: c/o Odom Genealogical Library, PO Box 1110, Moultrie, GA 31776-1110 Phone Number: 912-985-6540 Fax Number: 912-985-0936 -------------------------------------------------- Clan Donald Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: ClnDonald@aol.com Email Contact Name: Ray McDonald, V.P. Membership Postal Address: 4101 Green Oaks Blvd West, Suite 107, Arlington, TX 76016 Phone Number: 817-654-2293 Fax Number: 817-654-2293 Accepting membership of those with the surnames McDonald, McDaniel, Macdonnell, etc. - all spellings and recognized septs. Newsletter. Dues $10/yr -------------------------------------------------- Clan Dunbar Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: dtracy@bnr.ca Email Contact Name: Dick Schoenling Postal Address: 5320 Harrington Grove Drive, Raleigh, NC 27613 Phone Number: Fax Number: Dan Dunbar, Clan Chieftain, 224 Riverview Road, Townsend, TN 37882 -------------------------------------------------- Elliot Clan Society, Canadian Region Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: brian.elliot@homebase.com Email Contact Name: Brian Elliott Postal Address: Phone Number: 519-443-0093 Fax Number: Non-profit organization, with National and International newsletters. Individual dues $12, Family $20. Accepting memberships from those with the surname Elliot, Elliot, Elliott as well as confederated names of Crozier, Crosier, Croser, Crozer, Nixon, Nickson, Glendinning, Thomson, Hunter, Little, Liddel. Purpose: Preserve the History and traditions of the clan and promote a spirit of kinship among its members. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Forsyth(e) Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: KPYH54A@prodigy.com Email Contact Name: Robert Williams Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: Clan Forsyth(e) will have several meetings at different Scottish games. Publish a quarterly newsletter and help with genealogy. Also have a kilt maker. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Fraser Society of North America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: bhood.@cello.gina.calstate.edu Email Contact Name: Bruce Hood, National Chairman Postal Address: Karen Fraser, Secretary, PO Box 7502 Chico, CA 95927 Phone Number: 916-896-0329 Fax Number: 480 member families in USA and 100 in Canada -------------------------------------------------- Clan Galbraith Association of North America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: BHP32743@aol.com Email Contact Name: Barbara Patterson, RedTower, newsletter for Clan Gailbraith Association Postal Address: Walter Mains, President, 6410 N. 550 E., Brownsburg, IN 46112 Phone Number: Fax Number: Our goal is to rekindle the Galbraith Clan spirit and closeness among our members, to assist and encourage genealogical research pertaining to the Galbraith family, and to collect, collate and store Galbraith history and genealogical data. Membership open to persons related by blood, marriage, or direct descent from the surnames Calbreath, Colbreath, Galbreath, Gilbreth, Gilbreth, Gilreath, Kilbreath, Kulbeth, or any of other various spellings. Annual membership dues are $15 for one household; $17 for Canadians payable in US funds. Queries by non-members are $3 each. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Grant Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: htp@aol.com Email Contact Name: Howard Parsons, Commissioner - Atlantic Region Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan Gregor Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: Lew45@aol.com Email Contact Name: Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: World-wide chapters, main one in Scotland, of course. If you want the address of the nearest chapter to you, send e-mail with the name of your state. There are five chapters in the USA. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Henderson Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: ancanach@uadbpo.dpo.uab.edu Email Contact Name: Hank McCarl, Secretary Postal Address: 1828 Mission Road, Birmingham, AL 35216-4419 Phone Number: 205-823-4419 Fax Number: also operate e-mail list via ancanach@uabdpo.dpo.uab.edu -------------------------------------------------- Clan Johnston(e) Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: JFESSARD@ucs.indiana.edu Email Contact Name: Jackie Johnson Postal Address: Melissa Johnston-Molnar, 125 Shot Hunt Road, Vine Grove, KY 40175 Phone Number: 502-828-2606 Fax Number: Recruits and educates persons of Johnstone, Johnston, and Johnson about their Scottish heritage and assists in their genealogical research; sponsors tent at Glasgow games -------------------------------------------------- Clan Keith Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: Marjor4530@aol.com Email Contact Name: ML Marshall Abbott Postal Address: 380 Pinefield Road, San Jose, Ca 95134 Phone Number: 408-321-8577 Fax Number: 408-321-9540 Accepting membership persons with the surnames Keith, Austin, Dickison, Dixon, Falconer, Harvey, Haxton, Hervey, Hurrie, Hurry, Lumgair, Marshall, Urie, and Urry. Also can help Clan McNab - and get Scottish American Athletic Assoc. Referals. -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacCallum/Malcom Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: clan-mccallum@csn.org Email Contact Name: Postal Address: 119 Kimberly Drive, Travelers Rest, SC Phone Number: Fax Number: contact mailing list maintainer, Doug McCallum (dougm@csn.org) for mailing list/file server subscription instructions. Contact Bob MacCallum for Clan MacCallum/Malcolm Society membership information. -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacKenzie in the Americas Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: mckenzie@bbn.com Email Contact Name: Alexander McKenzie Postal Address: John MacKenzie, 4522 Bond Lane, Oviedo, FL 3276 or Alan McKenzie, 580 Rebecca Street, Oakville, Ontario, Canada L6K 3N9 Phone Number: Fax Number: Canadian address: Alan McKenzie, 580 Rebecca Street, Oakville, Onario L6K 3N9 -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacLachlan Association of NA Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: finej01@bwco.com Email Contact Name: Jim Finegan, Secretary Postal Address: PO Box 14102, RTP, NC 27709-4102 Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacLaren Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: BALWIDDER@aol.com Email Contact Name: Christina Kelso-Ball, SE Commissioner Postal Address: Route 8, Box 379, Ringgold, GA 30736 Phone Number: Fax Number: Southeast Commissioner of Clan MacLaren & editor of newsletter; accepts sept names of: Law, Low(e), Lowry, Lawrence, Patterson, McLaurin, Lawson, Wright, Rory, Ruary and spelling variations. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Barra MacNeil Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: kinnon@nbnet.nb.ca Email Contact Name: Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: copious amounts of research materials about family history, etc. -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacNeil Association of America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: FGB@aol.com Email Contact Name: Fred Brittle, Vice President, Public Relations Postal Address: 601 Bainbridge Street, Foster City, CA 94404 Phone Number: 415-312-9595 Fax Number: 415-312-9596 Membership open to all septs and decendents of Nail of the Nine Hostages. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Macpherson Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: JMurdock@genie.geis.com Email Contact Name: David Murdock Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacRae Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: locksley@indirect.com Email Contact Name: Joe Bethancourt Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan MacRae Society of Great Britian Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: rwm@tigress.co.uk (week) or wonald@cix.compulink.co.uk (weekend) Email Contact Name: Ron MacRae Postal Address: Mrs Eleanor Stewart, The Secretary, 5 Craigard Place, Inverness, IV3 6PR, UK Phone Number: +44 1463 223 691 (Mrs Eleanor Stewart, The Secretary) Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Majoribanks Family Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: an770@freenet.carleton.ca Email Contact Name: Robert Majoribanks, Honorary Secretary Postal Address: 2228 Kipling Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1h 6T5 Phone Number: 613-733-8236 Fax Number: Accepting Marshbanks, Marchbanks, Marchbank, Banks, etc. and other spellings. Annual gatherings andrecently have begun alternating sites between the U.K. and North America.Publish The Marjoribanks Letter annually and have now produced twoissues of a -------------------------------------------------- McHan(n)s of America Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: physn224@mizzou1.missouri.edu Email Contact Name: Charles J. Peterson, Correspondence Officer Postal Address: 710 Red Oak Lane, Columbia, MO 65203 Phone Number: Fax Number: Family history of McHan family in Scotland and America -------------------------------------------------- Clan Pollock Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: DickPoll@aol.com Email Contact Name: Richard H. Pollock Postal Address: 12712 St. Clair Drive, Middletown, KY 42543-1037 Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Clan Donnachaidh (Robertson) Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: 4al-anon@ccnet.com Email Contact Name: Don Reid, Clan Genealogist for N. California Postal Address: 2741 Cherry Lane, Walnut Creek, CA 94596-2176 Phone Number: 510-932-7700 Fax Number: 510-937-6570 Clan Donnachaidh BBS is at 510-937-6570 -------------------------------------------------- Clan Scott Society Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: ClanScott@aol.com Email Contact Name: David M. Scott Postal Address: PO Box 13021, Austin, TX 78711-3021 USA Phone Number: Fax Number: Accepting membership with those with the surnames Scott, Geddes, Laidlaw, Langlands, Buccleuch, and Napier and related spellings as well as any othername originating from Roxburghshire or the eastern Borders of Scotland. -------------------------------------------------- Clan Stewart Society in America, Inc. Organization Type: Family Name Association Email Address: pp002349@interramp.com Email Contact Name: Donald G. Livingston, FSA Scot, Secretary and Editor Postal Address: Donald G. Livingson, Secretary & Editor (of Fesse Chequy quarterly newletter), 28 Harwich Road, Morristown, NJ 07960; M. Monroe Stewart, Membership Chairman, 111 Masonic, Monroe, LA 71203 Phone Number: 201-267-5417 (Secretary); 318-343- 7305 (Membership Chairman) Fax Number: 201-267-1675 (Secretary) Clan Stewart is open to anyone interested in Scottish heritage, especially those with an interest in the contribution of the Stewart/Stuart lines. -------------------------------------------------- Scots of Austin Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: McDovie@aol.com Email Contact Name: Leslie McLaurin Postal Address: 7112 Geneva Circle, Austin, TX 78723 Phone Number: (512) 933-1029 Fax Number: Scottish social organization welcomes members from the Greater Austin area. -------------------------------------------------- Calednonian Club of San Francisco Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: jjardine@eecs.berkeley.edu Email Contact Name: Jim Jardine, Secretary Postal Address: 1750 Clay Street, San Francisco, CA 94109 Phone Number: 510-524-6274 Fax Number: 510-559-8318 Sponsor CCSF Scottish Gathering and Games at Pleasanton (formerly in Santa Rosa) California, on Labor Day Weekend. -------------------------------------------------- The Caledonians Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: dmorris@edcen.ehhs.cmich.edu Email Contact Name: David A. Morris Postal Address: PO box 3512, Kalamazoo, MI 49003-3512 Phone Number: 616-375-9053 Fax Number: Promotes Scottish/Celtic awareness; meet & promote those activities and events related to Scotland and all Celtic heritages; to promote and disseminate Celtic traditions and history. Meetings 2nd Saturday of each month except Jan, Jul, Aug, & Dec. -------------------------------------------------- Scottish Society of Louisville Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: JFessard@ucs.indiana.edu Email Contact Name: Jackie Johnson Postal Address: 6904 Chartwell Court, Louisville, KY 40241 Phone Number: 502-327-8222 Fax Number: Promotes knowledge of Scotland's history and culture through educational programs given at its monthly meetings every fourth Tuesday. -------------------------------------------------- Mount Allison Celtic Society Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: aa459@cfn.cs.dal.ca Email Contact Name: Michael Taylor Postal Address: Box M-14, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, EOA 3C0 Canada Phone Number: Fax Number: Promoting Celtic culture on Mt. Allison campus. -------------------------------------------------- Highland Renaissance Re-enactment Guild (HRRG)/Clan Campbell Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: HRRG@aol.com Email Contact Name: Richard and Diane Hills (Guildmaster/mistress) Postal Address: 4446 Palo Verde Drive, Pittsburg, CA 94565 Phone Number: 510-439-7343 Fax Number: HRRG/Clan Campbell devotes its time to the study and re-enactment of 16th century Highland life. Currently we have a focus of Clan Campbell. We go to the renaissance fairs and Highland Games throughout California and represent 16th century Scots. -------------------------------------------------- Earl of Loudoun's Regiment of Foote Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: duncanb@spider.co.uk Email Contact Name: Duncan R. Bell Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: Part of the English Civil War Society, a UK-wide organisation split into the King's Army and Roundhead Association for the purpose of re-enacting the Civil War on original battle sites and for giving demonstrations and educational events. -------------------------------------------------- Scottish Society of Tidewater Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: clbarkle@leo.vsla.edu Email Contact Name: Carolyn Barkley Postal Address: Phone Number: 804-468-5829 Fax Number: Call before 9pm EST -------------------------------------------------- Scottish Society of Southwest Michigan Organization Type: Heritage Email Address: FDJV28A@prodigy.com Email Contact Name: Debbie McClellan Postal Address: PO Box 1676, Battle Creek, MI 49017 Phone Number: Fax Number: Non-profit organization now in its 20th year. Scottish heritage is not a requirement to join, we only ask that you share in the rich culture that the Society loves and promotes to the community. 10 monthly meetings or special events; host Robert Burns celebrations, tartan balls, and participate in the Battle Creek International Festibal each year. You will also find us in the Scottish Society SIG on Great Lakes Free-net. -------------------------------------------------- Edinburgh Highland Reel & Strathspey Society Organization Type: Music Email Address: gar@festival.ed.ac.uk Email Contact Name: George Robertson Postal Address: 89 Colinton Mains Road, Edinburgh, EH13 9DL Phone Number: 031-441-7100 Fax Number: Objective: Advancement of education by the cultivation and improvement of public taste in traditional Scottish music, especially Highland Reels and Strathspeys. Formed in 1881, the first of its kind in Scotland. Call for concert information. -------------------------------------------------- Kalamazoo Pipe Band Organization Type: Music Email Address: skmacleo@pwinet.upj.com Email Contact Name: Steve MacLeod Postal Address: Phone Number: Fax Number: -------------------------------------------------- Louisville Pipe Band Organization Type: Music Email Address: Lou@Merlin.cobb.ziff.com Email Contact Name: Lou Armstrong Postal Address: 2116 Lauderdale Road, Louisville, KY 40205 Phone Number: 502-458-4241 Fax Number: 502-491-8050 Grade four pipe band competes throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Tennessee, and Georgia. Practice sessions on Sunday evenings at St Peter's Church, 1225 W. Jefferson, Louisville, KY -------------------------------------------------- McGuire's Pipe Band Organization Type: Music Email Address: bbaltas@uwf.cc.uwf.edu Email Contact Name: Becky Baltas Postal Address: 3515 Nobles Street., Pensacola, FL 32514 Phone Number: 904-474-2327 (w); 904-474-6417 (h) Fax Number: 909-474-3283 McGuire's is a Grade 5 band in Pensacola, Florida. We perform in Florida, Alabama, and Mississippi and are available for parades, festivals, and special events. Practice is Monday nights at the studios of WUWF radio at the University of West Florida. -------------------------------------------------- Piedmont Highlanders Pipe Band Organization Type: Music Email Address: RMacCallum@aol.com Email Contact Name: Bob MacCallum Postal Address: 119 Kimberly Drive, Travelers Rest, SC 29690 Phone Number: 803-834-4093 Fax Number: Grade 4 pipe band (org. 1975) competing throughout the Southern U.S. Individual pipers or full band available for events. Instruction in pipin and drumming arranged for prospective members. -------------------------------------------------- Potomac Valley Scottish Fiddle Club Organization Type: Music Email Address: fidhle@access.digex.net Email Contact Name: John Ward Postal Address: 2F Plateau Place, Greenbelt, MD 20770 Phone Number: 301-345-4487 Fax Number: Editor of the StrathPotomac Fiddler newsletter. Club is organized to study and perform Scottish fiddle music. ------------------------------------------------- Strathspey and Reel Society of New Hampshire Organization Type: Music Email Address: michael.vose@east.sun.com Email Contact Name: Mike Vose, Editor of Granite Skyes Postal Address: 102 Little Pond Road, Concord, NH 03301 Phone Number: Fax Number: Preserves Scottish culture and heritage by playing and teaching Scottish music. Newsletter sent to 100 members. -------------------------------------------------- Tacoma Scots Pipe Band Organization Type: Music Email Address: BriNelson@aol.com Email Contact Name: Brian Nelson Postal Address: Bill Micenko, Pipe Major, 2414 155th Ct. St. E., Tacoma, WA 98451 Phone Number: 206-531-4606 Fax Number: Grade 3 pipe band regularly competing regionally and is available for parades and performances. -------------------------------------------------- Scottish National Party Organization Type: Political Email Address: sgibb@cix.compulink.