SOURCES FOR MACLAREN CLAN & GENEALOGY INFORMATION.

1. CLAN MACLAREN SOCIETIES
2. OTHER MACLAREN WEB SITES
2.1 Sites with Maclaren family trees.
2.2 General Clan Information
2.3 Message Boards
3. GENERAL
3.1 Maclaren Books
3.2 Latest Version of "Sources for Maclaren Clan…."
3.3 Chief's Ancestors
3.4 Clan Maclaren Origins
3.5 Maclarens of East Haugh to King James II of Scotland
3.6 General
4. WANT YOUR MACLAREN FAMILY TREE INFORMATION THE WEB?
5. GENERAL CLAN GENEALOGY INFORMATION

(The most up to date version of "Sources of Information" is at the RootsWeb page "Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" at
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37087
& there are more sources listed at "General Clan Genealogical INFORMATION" at
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37071 )

1. CLAN MACLAREN SOCIETIES

The Clan Maclaren Society in Scotland web page at:
http://www.clanmaclarensociety.com

The Clan Maclaren Society of North America. Ltd.
http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/
"This is your official website for the latest information about our Society."
Membership Information, (membership@ClanMacLarenNA.org)
CMSNA Genealogist, (genealogist@ClanMacLarenNA.org)
Editor, CMSNA Newsletter, (StandardEditor@ClanMacLarenNA.org)
General Information, (CMSNAinfo@ClanMacLarenNA.org)
Webmaster, (webmaster@ClanMacLarenNA.org)

Clan Maclaren Society of North America Ltd.
This is the previous official CMSNA page. It is still active and the new "Official" CMSNA seems to have links to it (as of February 2003) or at least some of the same information. http://members.aol.com/Rapmack/maclaren.html

Clan MacLaren Society of Australia & New Zealand
http://www.clanmaclarensociety.com/cmsa.html

GENEALOGY. Clan MacLaren Society of North America. (CMSNA) Genealogical
(Follow the "Genealogy" link at http://www.clanmaclarenna.org)
"Purpose. To assemble a body of data for posterity regarding all Clan MacLaren sub-families and to preserve this body of information in the Clan MacLaren Society of North America (CMSNA) Genealogical Repository (called the Banks McLaurin, Jr. Collections) at the Ellen Payne Odom Library at Moultrie, GA."
or (although the information here is sometimes outdate) at http://members.aol.com/Rapmack/genproject.htm
CMSNA Genealogist
genealogist@ClanMacLarenNA.org

Clan Maclaren Society of Scotland
Chairman
Dr E Maclaren
40 Sherbrooke Ave., Glasgow, G41 4EP

Clan Maclaren Society of Scotland
Newsletter Editor & Membership Secretary
Hugh M. MacLaren, 6 Riding Park, Edinburgh EH4 6ED
Phone 0131 336-2407
HMMaclaren@compuserve.com

Clan Maclaren Society of North America Ltd.
James Randy Lawson (President)
20205 Maple Leaf Ct.
Montgomery Village, MD 20879
Phone (301) 977-0707

The Maclaren Standard
Monty E Mclaurin, Editor
3125 Stacy Lane, Paris, TX 75460
903 739 8405
E Mail mmclaurin@cox-internet.com

Clan Maclaren Society - Membership
If you wish to apply for membership to the Scottish chapter, application forms came be down loaded from http://www.clanmaclarensociety.com/cmss_membership.html
(except for Australia & North America) and should be sent to:
Hugh M. MacLaren,
6 Riding Park,
Edinburgh, EH4 6ED, UK
Tel. 0131 336 2407
E Mail: HMMacLaren@compuserve.com

For Australia
Send applications for membership to:
Bruce D. McLaren,
152 Ramsgate Road,
Ramsgate Beach, NSW 2217, Australia
Email: bams1@crestworks.com

For North America
Application forms from:
Follow the link "CMSNA Membership Information" at http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/
Also the link "CMSNA MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION" (http://members.aol.com/Rapmack/application/cm-appi.htm) . at bottom of http://members.aol.com/Rapmack/society.htm
Send applications for membership to
Barbara Striker,
825 E. Main Street,
Salem, IL 62881 USA
Tel (618) 548 3083
E Mail: barns1@crestworks.com

2. OTHER MACLAREN WEB SITES
2.1 Sites with Maclaren family trees.
(For an explanation of the Maclaren family numbering system go to GENEALOGY PROJECT: FAMILY DESIGNATIONS at http://www.clanmaclarensociety.com/cmsna_fam.html )

Clan McLaurin http://www.unc.edu/~ecanada/clan.html
soon to be http://home.mebtel.net/~jmac/
email address jmac@mebtel.net
A very thorough web site by Jesse McLaurin with all kinds of information and links under headings, including amongst many others: "McLaurin Genealogy" "A Few McLaurin Homepages" (includes Maclarens And Mclarens), "McLaurin Stories/Tales" She also started a "Clan McLaurin Genealogy E-mail Chat Group/Mailing List" which has a link from this page.
This site also includes:
"McLaurin Family Tree ----- McLaurin Tree Before 1800
"McLaurin Family Tree ------- McLaurin Tree After 1800
"James B. McLaren/CMSNA -MacLaren Family Groups
"List Mclaurin/Mclaren Family lines of families A, B, D, E, F, G, L AND S.

The Monty McLaurin Family Home Page
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/c/l/Monty-E-Mclaurin/
Genealogy information of the descendents of a McLaurin who died about 1590 and "The four genealogy reports show some of the major family groups of the MacLaren Clan. It includes:
"Monty E Mclaurin - InterneTree
"User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: Descendants of McLaurin
"User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: McLaurin "D" Family Branch
"User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: McLaurin "E" Family Branch
"User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: McLaurin "F" Family Branch
"User Home Page Outline Descendant Tree: McLaurin "B" Family Branch

MacLaren's of Greenwich, Prince Edward Island, Canada, who sailed from Greenock, Scotland on the Falmouth in 1770.
now at
www.maclarensofgreenwichpei.com
was at http://ourworld-top.cs.com/bobbynorthlake/index.html
contact person Bobbynothlake@gmail.com
A lot of information on this line. It inludes with much more:
"SCOTLAND-Chapter I .It begins with the discovery of the "Falmouth" ship article wherein it states DUNCAN MACLAREN was born circa 1730 in the Perthshire."
""JOHN MACLAREN"
""The MacEwen Connection"
""MacLaren Strays"

James MacLaren and the Brudenell Pioneers of 1803
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/3235/
It includes:
""A Brief History of the Pioneers" tells a little bit about the settling of the Brudenell area in 1803.
""Before Coming to the New World" explains who James MacLaren's family was and the events that led up to his emigration to Prince Edward Island.

MacLarens Of Cable Head West
http://www.electric-ed.com/cablehead2/index.htm
PEI Cable Head MacLarens This web site is provided for the history of the MacLaren families who lived in Cable Head West on Prince Edward Island. 1st, 2nd & 3rd generations.

The McLaurin - McMahon Family Research Page
http://www.my-ged.com/mclaurin/
Research on the "B" family

John MCLAURIN (Of Culloden) Death: 1746, Culloden Battlefield, Scotland.
Shows his descendents.
http://mason.math.tntech.edu/mclaurin/d0001/g0000039.htm
Line descended from MCLAURIN father of Daniel MCLAURIN Abt 1610, Scotla

"Wright: The Family of John and Priscilla Wright"
Over 90 Maclaren listed at www.wrightfamily.ca/genealogy/getperson.php?personID=I8606&tree=wright

Maclarens of Sutton, Massachusetts
http://www.mec.edu/sutton/hs/Museum/Exhibits/Maclaren.html

Elaine M Kazen
3700 Alabama St. Apt. 317,
Bellingham, WA 98226-4550)
http://www.unc.edu/~ecanada/elaine7.html
Includes Clan Maclaren history as well as a letter and family stories.
"This is a copy of the letter I received from my Great-Aunt Elaine McLaurin Kazen, on June 28, 1997…"

My McLaren Tree
Hoffman Family NetworkWebring site is owned by Judi
http://members.tripod.com/genealogy_by_judi/mclaren.html
Descendants of James McLaren 1 James McLaren b: Abt. December 1832 in Glasgow, Scotland Number of known children: 7

Robert Maclaren 1776-1826 & Ralph de Birdtwisell 1160. Home page at http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/m/a/c/Hamish-S-Maclaren
This includes several histories, stories, photographs, obituaries, etc.
Plus more information on Maclaren, Mclaren, etc. births, deaths & marriages from research results, see under "Related Files" in:
"Maclaren and Mclaren Commonwealth War Graves.
"Maclarens/Mclarens research 1743-1784
"Margaret Maclarens/Mclarens research 1760-1785
"Robert Maclarens/Mclarens etc. research 1756-1820
"Maclarens & related families in the '45.
There is a link here under "Related Links" to"Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maclaren
This web site has the latest version of this family tree file (without the "Related Files"). It includes: "MACLAREN , CLAN information sources" at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37069
& "MACLAREN, CLAN origins 1" & "MACLAREN, CLAN origins 2"

Family Tree Maker's Genealogy Site: User Home Page Report: Rust Family Genealogy
This has 11 Maclarens
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/r/u/s/Carmon-D-Rust-NY/COL4-0109.html

2.2 General Clan Information
Clan Maclaren
http://www.inverizon.com/scotlink/clanmcl1.htm
General Clan information.
This page created and maintained by James Stirling McLaren, Ph.D., from East Lothian, Scotland, and now living in Chesterfield, Missouri, USA.

"These are your people. The MacLarens" By MacDonell MacDonald
Maclaren histories from various sources & "Information Taken From Graveyard, Balquhidder, Scotland"
http://zarzycki.org/~mcghie/Various/Hicks_history/The%20McLarens

Clan Maclaren by Electric Scotland http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/maclare.html
General Clan information.

Dave Mclaren's Clan Maclaren
http://members.tripod.com/~dmclaren/mclaren.html
General Clan information. "Welcome to my "McLaren Clan" page. Since I am a McLaren and am interested in my family heritage, I am putting together this collection of things about the Clan McLaren.

Bob & Janet Low Web page. Clan Maclaren
http://hometown.aol.com/JanaLow/clan.htm
Janalow@aol.com
General Clan information.

The Family Maclaran Genealogy "Heres a site I've been working on. It may be of some help for people researching McLaran/McLaren and Gumbs especially in Central America and New York."
http://mclaran.sytes.net/ n or http://bellsouthpwp.net/r/e/reeko357/

Clan Maclaren
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Clans/MacLaren.html
General Clan information.

Impressions Scotland -Maclaren
http://www.impressions.uk.com/clans/
General Clan information.

The Clan MacLaren
http://www.tartans.com/clans/MacLaren/maclaren.html
General Clan information. Plus Scots on the Net (http://www.tartans.com/cgi-bin/surname.cgi/search1/tartans/surname?ssurname=MacLaren) Clan MacLaren Discussion Area & Clan MacLaren Contacts

Clan Lawson
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Heritage/FSCNS/Scots_NS/Clans/Lawson.html
General Clan information.

Paterson
"Definitive Patterson Home Page" http://www.staff.ncl.ac.uk/ian.paterson/index2.htm
Paterson Genealogy http://www.angelfire.com/nc2/pattersongeneaolgy/
Mission Statement: To collect detailed, verifiable genealogical and historical information concerning or relating to the PATTERSON surname.

Gary Patterson http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/3725/
"Hi I'm Gary Patterson. It is my intention to provide a lot of links to PATTERSON GENEALOGY pages on the Internet,…"

Paterson Family Clan home site
http://www.paterson.org/
General Clan information.

Balquhidder
http://www.balquhidder.org.uk/clans.htm

2.3 Message Boards
ANCESTRY MESSAGE BOARDS
http://boards.ancestry.com (part of ancestry.com)
http://genforum.genealogy.com (part of genealogy.com) (Mclarens not Maclarens)
http://www.tribalpages.com/mbGenealogy.html
http://www.familyhistory.com (does not have a message board, but links to ancestory.com message board)
http://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/index.php?c=1 (Clan Forums) at http://www.tartans.com/mesgboard/ (No Maclarens as of March 2004)

MAILING LISTS
http://lists.rootsweb.com

Ancestry Message Boards
Mclaren Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=Surnames.Mclaren
http://genforum.genealogy.com/mclaren/

Maclaren Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.maclaren
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/board/an/surnames.mclaren
http://genforum.genealogy.com/mclaren/
http://www.surnameweb.org/registry/m/a/c/maclaren.shtml
(The link SurnameWeb Genealogy Search
Search our MacLaren Genealogy Researcher Lists"

Clan MacLaren's email center.
Clan MacLaren Members & Relations with E-Mail:
http://users.aol.com/gmaclaren/email.html
Roots Web Mailing List Archives.
MCLAREN-L Archives
http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/mclaren

Mclaurin Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.mclaurin

Lawson Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.lawson

Lowe Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.lowe

Patterson Message Board
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=surnames.patterson

RootsWeb: Genealogy Mailing Lists: Scotland : CLAN-MACLAREN - The CLAN-MACLAREN mailing list is for anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Scottish Clan MacLaren. Topics include ...
At http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/CLAN-MACLAREN.html

Clan MacLaren's email center.
http://users.aol.com/gmaclaren/email.html
Clan MacLaren members and/or friends listed may be reached via E-Mail.

3. GENERAL
3.1 Maclaren Books
Margaret Maclaren of Maclaren. "The Maclarens. A History of Clan Labhran". 1976 & 1984. ISBN 0 946270 10 4. Copyright Donald Maclaren of Maclaren. The Pentland Press, Edinburgh. Printed & bound by McCorquodale (Scotland) Ltd.

A book bearing the title Clan MacLaren in the Forty-Five, is being written by Bruce D. McLaren (February 2003)

3.2 Latest Version of "Sources for Maclaren Clan."
The most up to date version of this information is at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37069
At the web site "Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maclaren
(Note: some id #s may change with updates.)

3.3 Chief's Ancestors
Ancestors of Chief Maclaren of Maclaren. This goes all the way back to the Big Bang (through ancient Scots & Irish kings, Adam & Eve, etc.).
See (in this file) Donald (& Achleskine) Chief Maclaren of Maclaren, on-line at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I14976
(Note: Information and first names of living and anyone born after 1930 are removed by RootsWeb)

3.4 Clan Maclaren Origins
"MACLAREN, CLAN Origins 1" (in family tree file & on Web as "child" of "MACLAREN, CLAN information sources") On line at "Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" RootsWeb page at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I26716
&
"MACLAREN, CLAN origins 2" (in family tree file & on Web as "child" of "MACLAREN, CLAN Origins 1") On line at "Maclarens, Birtwistles and Other Families" RootsWeb page at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37365

3.5 Maclarens of East Haugh to King James II of Scotland
See under John (yr of Easthaugh) MacLaren in this file & on web at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I31712

3.6 General
Genealogists for The Scottish Clans
by Robert D. McLaren
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotgen.htm

List of Clan Genealogist and Address
http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/scotclan.htm

Canadian resources (All of these have many additional links):
Canadian Genealogy and History Links at http://www.islandnet.com/~jveinot/cghl/cghl.html
National Archives of Canada, Genealogy Research at http://www.archives.ca/02/020202_e.html
Canadian Genealogy Center at http://www.genealogy.gc.ca/
Canada Genealogy Links at http://www.genealogylinks.net/canada/
Sources for Genealogical Research in Canada. Print, Electronic & Other Resources at http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/cangenealogy.html
CANADA-GENWEB at http://www.rootsweb.com/~canwgw/html/e-index.html

There are a large number of MCLAREN/Maclaren entries in the church records at the following website for Huntingdon, Quebec, Canada:
http://websites.epidirect.com/~chateauguay/
Posted by: MONETTE CORTEZ

4. WANT YOUR MACLAREN FAMILY TREE INFORMATION THE WEB?
To get more Maclaren/Mclaren/Maclaurin/Mclaurin and related families genealogy information accessible on the web, Maclarens, and the various other spellings, and other related names, could E Mail me, Hamish Maclaren, at maclaren@earthlink.net about how to have their information included in this file "Maclarens, Birtwistles & Other Families" on the web at http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=maclaren

5. GENERAL CLAN GENEALOGY INFORMATION
See in Notes under "INFORMATION General Clan Genealogical INFORMATION". In this file this appears as the "father" of "MACLAREN, CLAN information sources"
At RootsWeb at http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=maclaren&id=I37071

1. CLAN origins 1 MACLAREN