Memorials Policy !! NEW !!
The Society has published for consultation a proposal for providing members with a personal physical link with the Clan's ancestral lands in Glenshee. Council is keen to have the opinions of as many members as possible on the suggested policy.
The proposal will be circulated to all members in the Clach A' Choilich at the end of August. However members who have applied for access to the Members Secure Area of this website can view the proposal now by clicking here and respond using the form provided.
If you would like to apply for access to the Members Secure Area please click here and complete the application form.
Added 30/07/2010
Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs
The Society is delighted to report that its President, Andrew MacThomas of Finegand, the 19th Chief of Clan MacThomas, was elected to the Executive Council of the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs at its Annual General Meeting on 13th July 2010.
It is a great honour for our small Clan to have a its Chief on the council of this important organisation and recognises the work that Finegand has done over the years to promote Scottish Clans in general and Clan MacThomas in particular.
Congratulations Finegand!
Please click here to find out more about the Standing Council.
Added 15/07/2010
Website Anniversary
This new Clan MacThomas Website was launched one year ago this week. In those early days there was only a limited number of pages and photographs, but all seemed to agree that the new site was better than the one that it replaced.
With considerable help from the membership we have continued to add to the site and a recent count showed that we now have something like 350 pages and 500 photographs - although a few will not be live at any one time. Many thanks to everyone for their contributions and supportive comments.
Please click here to read an article about the website that appeared in a recent edition of the US and Canada Branch newsletter.
Happy Birthday Website!!
Webmaster.
Added 10/07/2010
Clan Gathering 2011
It has already been announced that the 2011 Clan Gathering will be be based on the Dalmunzie Hotel in Glenshee over the weekend of the 27th to 30th of May. Will members who are planning to attend please use this Registration Form to inform the Society.
Please click here for further information about this important event.
Further photographs of the Dalmunzie Hotel, some taken this year, will be added to the website shortly.
Added 27/06/2010
The Cockstane (Clach na Coileach)
The President and Webmaster were in Glenshee towards the end of May 2010 and were keen to see how the new planting in the area around the Cockstane had survived the terrible Scottish winter. Locals had advised that the snow in the area had been up to three feet deep. It was a pleasant surprise to discover how little damage there had been and how much new growth was evident. Please click here to view some new photograhs taken during the visits.
Added 27/06/2010
40th Anniversary Dinner
Some thirty Clan members, families and friends gathered at Abden House, Edinburgh on 29th May 2010 for a Dinner to celebrate to 40th Anniversary of Andrew MacThomas of Finegand becoming the 19th Chief of the Clan MacThomas. A splendid five course dinner in wonderful surroundings was enjoyed by all those present. The Vice President spoke of the contribution that the Chief had made to the Clan and the Society over 40 years and Finegand responded. Music was provided by one of the Clan's own pipers.
All fuller report on this event together with photographs will appear in due course.
Added 30/05/2010
Society AGM
The Society's Annual General meeting was held at the Minto Hotel, Edinburgh on Saturday 29th May 2010. The meeting was chaired by the President and fifteen or so members attended. The European Secretary was elected to Council and the US and Canada Convenor was re-elected. The President thanked the Australian Secretary who has retired from the Council. There was some lively discussion on a number of the topics on the Agenda. The full minutes of the meeting will be published in the 2010 edition of the Society Magazine, Clach A' Choilich.
Added 29/05/2010
40th Anniversary
Tuesday 18th May 2010 is the 40th anniverary of Andrew MacThomas of Finegand becoming the Chief of Clan MacThomas and President of the Clan Society. Many messages of congratulation have been received from the Branches and individual members and these can be viewed by clicking here together with the Chief's response.
Members of the Clan from the UK will gather in Edinburgh on 29th May to celebrate this significant milestone. Click here for full details of this event which is sadly now fully booked.
Added 17/05/2010
Updated 18/05/2010
Clan Sennachie
We are delighted to report that our Chief, Andrew MacThomas of Finegand, has today appointed Grahame Thom to the role of Clan Sennachie.
Many Clan members will already know Grahame who comes from Victoria in Australia and has been a member of the Clan Society for some 35 years. He is already the chairman of the Society Archives Committee and has contributed much of the information about genealogy on this website.
One of the key roles of the Sennachie is to advise members on matters relating to genealogy and to assist them in tracing their ancestors. This position has been vacant since Roger Pye died in 2002.
This appointment, which has been made personally by the Chief, is particularly important at a time when interest in genealogy is growing.
Please click here to read Grahame's biography.
Added 10/05/2010
Dates for your Diaries
The Society is pleased to announce the following dates
for events during 2010 and 2011.
2010
Saturday 29th May 2010 - Chief's 40th Anniversary
Dinner in Edinburgh.
- please click here for details.
- Now Fully Booked.
Saturday 29th May 2010 - 2010 Annual General Meeting in Edinburgh.
- please click here for details and the Agenda.
2011
Friday 27th May 2011 to - 2011 Clan Gathering based around the Dalmunzie
Monday 30th May 2011 Castle Hotel in Glenshee, Scotland.
- please click here for more details and the expected
itinerary.
Full details will also be published in the 2010 Society New Year Newsletter which is currently being mailed to all members.
**** Stop Press ****
New Year Newsletters to all members in UK, Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa have now been mailed from the UK.
Copies for members in the US and Canada have now been mailed from the US.
If you would like to recieve an advance copy by e-mail please click here.
Added 30/12/2009
Updated 31/12/2009
Updated 08/01/2010
Updated 25/04/2010
New Honorary Vice President
We are delighted that Rodney Thomas Mooney from the USA has accepted the President's invitation to become an Honorary Vice President of the Society with immediate affect. Rod has been a member of the US and Canada Branch for many years and is the editor of the Branch newsletter. Additionally Rod acts as the Clan Bard.
Please click here to read Rod's biography.
Added 15/11/2009
Amended 08/01/2010
Interview with our Chief
The October edition of the Scottish Banner newspaper, which was recently published, features an interview with the 19th Chief of Clan MacThomas, Andrew MacThomas of Finegand.
A transcipt of the article can be found here .
Please click here for more information about the Scottish Banner newspaper.
Click here to see this edition of the Scottish Banner
Added 27/09/2009
Updated 30/09/2009 & 08/10/2009
Updated 12/02/2010