Current News - 2008 Clan Gathering - Banff/Canmore, Canada
If anyone has pictures, stories, or any other information regarding the recent Clan Gathering in Banff, please send them to the site admin and we'll get them posted to our photo gallery.
Bennie Chisholm has written a wonderful article reflecting back on the 2008 gathering, which can be downloaded here (Adobe Reader 6.0 or newer required).
The UK Branch is organizing a Border Chisholm Gathering in May of 2009. Any interested Chisholms wishing to attend please contact Elizabeth Chisholm or Juliette Chisholm Broomfield. Further details will be posted as they are available.
The Society has acquired a stone in the Culloden Walk leading up to the new Visitor Centre at Culloden Moor. Because of the hard work of Ben and Juliette Chisholm Broomfield, we were given a place of prominence in the walk!
The Society would like to extend their thanks and apprectaion to Ben and Juliette for their wonderful efforts involved with the restoration at Culloden Moor. This part of the Culloden Walk is another reminder of the Chisholm's place in this part of Scottish history.
The Clan Chisholm Society needs your help! We are pleased to announce the launch of an Artifacts Register Project to provide central storage of information regarding the history of items relevant to the history of the Clan Chisholm. For more information, or if have an item you would like to register, please click here.
The Clan Chisholm Society image gallery is now online! Through the Picasa service, you can view our new (and currently small!) image gallery by clicking here (the gallery will open in a new window). If you would like to submit any images, please send an email to the webmaster.
*** There is a DNA surname project underway which includes the Scottish name Chisholm! To learn more about the project you can go directly to the Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) Chisholm project page by clicking here (page opens in new window) or you can view/download the latest report, "Blood of the Clan" here. The FTDNA project is administered by an independent group of Society members, and officially supported by the Clan Council. Information is also available in some of the branch newsletters. Many of our members have joined this exciting project on their own. We encourage you to check out this website and to think about joining this project to help unravel the past and protect the future for Chisholms.
The Canada Branch would like to announce the merger with the Nova Scotia Branch is complete. Click here for more information.
Lori and Grant Clark have graciously allowed us to put their diary of their visit to the Clan gathering last summer. You may download it here in MS Word format.
Please check out A Trip to the Homeland, Chrissy Crowley's account of her visit to Scotland during the International Gathering last July.