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Submit Your Article for The Galley

It’s that time of year again! Article submissions for the Fall/Winter 2018 Galley are due September 15th. Please send your […]

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CMAA Business

How to Get Started Tracing Your Roots

Start With You When building your genealogy, start with yourself and your immediate family. Be sure to capture full names,

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Genealogy

Genealogy Records to Help You

Records and Sources Once you’ve gathered as much information as possible from living family members, it’s time to gather the

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Genealogy

Reminder: Show Off Your Scottish Photo Contest!

Calling all CMAA photographers! As announced in The Galley, we are excited to be running our first ever Clan Macneil

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Commissioner’s Blog introduction

Commissioner’s blog…(star date, unknown) I am a Macneil via my paternal grandmother, who was Anna Loretta McNeil. (Never ever call

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Highland Games

2018 CMAA Scholarship Recipients

Congratulations to our 2018 CMAA Scholarship Recipients!

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DNA Results and Your Privacy

Hello Everyone! Alissa, Clan Macneil USA Genealogist, here. In light of the recent news that DNA led to the capture

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Clan Macneil and Social Media

Social Media, it seems like a simple thing, right? Get on Facebook or Twitter and post something? Yes, absolutely but,

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Announcement: Clan Macneil will be Honored Clan at 2019 NEFL Games

Clan Macneil has been selected as the Honored Clan for the Northeast Florida Highland Games.  We hope as many members

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Highland Games

98th Annual General Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada

Coming Attraction! Our 2019 Clan Macneil Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held in conjunction with the Las Vegas Highland

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CMAA Business

MacNeil Tartans and Scottish Flags

Scottish tartan is a patterned cloth made from criss-crossing bands of different colors and widths. Until the middle of the

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Heritage
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MacNeil Crests, Coats of Arms, and Clan Symbols

What Are Clan Symbols? Scottish clans carry a set of symbols that express identity, history, and allegiance. For Clan MacNeil,

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Heritage
Clan Homelands

The Clan Homelands: Barra, Colonsay, and Gigha

Three Islands, One Clan Clan MacNeil did not come from one place. It came from three. Barra, Colonsay, and Gigha

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Culture

Scottish Music and Dance

Bagpipes When people think of Scottish music, their minds go to the sound of the bagpipes amidst a military tattoo

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Culture
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Clan MacNeil Culture

Scotland’s culture can be traced back almost a thousand years and it’s just as alive today as it has ever

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