Clan Matheson Society members from New Zealand gathered in Melbourne recently with for a weekend of activities with their Australian counterparts. There’s a news item and photos of the gathering here.
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There’s a new post about Tartan Day on this website. Some interesting facts: New Zealanders and Australians celebrate this differently from the rest of the world, and Tartan Day didn’t originate in Scotland. In fact it’s not very ancient at all, though it does recall ancient traditions.
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Tartan Day in New Zealand will be celebrated on Monday 1 July. The Scottish Clans Association in Auckland is holding a Tartan Day commemoration service to mark this event. The service will be at St Andrew’s First Presbyterian Church (where else?) in Lower Symonds Street, Auckland, on Sunday 30 June at 10 am. All are
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The centenary of the First World War is getting close, and will be commemorated both internationally and in New Zealand. Here the national WW100 programme is helping New Zealanders take part in remembering and commemorating the war that had such an impact on our society. A new page on this Clan Matheson Society website explains the WW100
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Check out maps of where Mathesons lived in Great Britain in the late 19th century and at the very end of the 20th, in this new article on the clan website.
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The earlier post on Matheson place names in New Zealand has been published as a page on this website.
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Fancy yourself in a Matheson kilt? Need a Matheson bonnet badge, a tie or just a coffee mug with the Matheson crest on it? Check out the new page on the website to find out where you can buy these and other Scottish-themed items.
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Alexander Matheson (Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Fergus Matheson of Matheson, younger), son of Sir Fergus Matheson, has been appointed in the 2012 British New Year’s honours list a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order. This award recognises distinguished personal service to the Queen or the monarchy. Congratulations!
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Blogger and author Dick Eastman of the US has written a challenging article about the future of family history societies (or genealogy societies as he calls them). You can read the full article on-line, but here’s a summary of the challenges and some solutions as he sees them. Of course the Clan Matheson Society New Zealand
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The epic migration of Scottish Highlanders to Waipu in Northland is an important part of the family history of a number of Mathesons in New Zealand. This story is being kept alive by the community in the area settled by the Highlanders, and the 2013 Waipu Grand Pageant was an important contribution to that effort. The
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