Genealogy advice and services are provided to members of the Clan Buchanan Society International on our site: www.buchanan-genealogy.org
Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of lineages through historical records, genetic analysis, and other sources. The results are often displayed in charts or family trees. Our genealogy database continues to grow as members submit their family information and research continues daily.
Genealogy was paramount in confirming our new chief by the esteemed genealogist Hugh Peskett, AIG FSAScot (as reported in Buchanan Banner #43-3) and remains central to our clan's history.
Historical records are essential for validating family stories. At www.buchanan-genealogy.org, Buchanan clan members and our Septs can share records to help others researching their family history.
You probably already have genealogical records and may have uploaded them to websites such as Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, or AmericanAncestors.org.
Here's how you can help: All major genealogy websites use a common file format called a GEDCOM. You can easily export your GEDCOM file and share it with us, allowing us to incorporate research you've already completed and expand our shared records.
MyHeritage.com
Go to Family Tree > Manage Tree. Under Actions, select Export to GEDCOM, then click Begin the Export. You will receive an email with a link to download the .gedcom file to your Downloads folder.
Ancestry.com
Go to Trees > Create and Manage Trees, then select Manage Tree for the tree you want to download. Under Manage Your Tree, click Export Tree. After Ancestry generates the file, click Download Your GEDCOM File. The .gedcom file will be saved to your Downloads folder.
Most genealogy sites follow a similar process. Click here to download a visual reference.
Simply rename your GEDCOM file with a meaningful name and email it, along with any supporting documentation, to genealogist@buchanan-genealogy.org. Then visit www.buchanan-genealogy.org to see whether your records connect with others in the clan.
On our site, you can search family trees by U.S. state, surname, ancestor, or descendant, and explore our growing archive of historical documents.
We truly appreciate your help!
If you would like to contact us about research into your family tree please fill out the form below.
Ancestry.com and Septs
CBSI's genealogy team conducts ongoing research into the Clan Buchanan family tree on Ancestry.com. Our goal is to create the most authoritative, accurate, definitive and well sourced Clan Buchanan family history, supported by original sources to validate the research. We invite members with an interest in genealogy and a solid understanding of professional genealogical standards and practices to join us in this endeavor.
We are seeking volunteers to research not only the main Buchanan surname line but also the surnames of Clan Buchanan's recognized septs. Ideally, we would like individuals to lead research for the sept to which they belong, representing each of the 50-plus recognized septs. This approach will maximize our research efforts, further develop the histories of the various septs, and perhaps determine whether and how each sept is connected to Clan Buchanan.
This is also an opportunity to conduct research on the Ancestry platform that can advance your own family history research while contributing to the broader Clan Buchanan family tree.
Please contact Clan genealogist at genealogist@buchanan-genealogy.org for further information.
October 6th, 1897: The Piqua Daily Call Newspaper of Ohio – The Sixth Annual Reunion of the Buchanan Clan. Click to enlarge
Genealogical Research Guidelines
We’re here to help you – Wardens of Clan Buchanan – trace your family back to our highlander roots.
Hopefuly we can encourage as many clansfolk as possible to realize their heritage and maybe even apply for Armiger status; thereby helping us become an even more notable Clan.
Click here for some easy and common-sense tips to get started and enjoy your research.
Click here for some Genealogy research tips
Genealogy forms to help your research – WARDENS ONLY
Introducing the Clans Genealogist: Christine Conlon
My name is Christine Conlon & I began my journey to the position of Chief Genealogist of CBSI back in 1997 when my mother passed. Amongst her belongings were some fledgling attempts at research, that intrigued me and caused me to continue her efforts.
My Scottish ancestry comes through my maternal line. My mother was born in Medford, Massachusetts; her mother was born in Boston, while her father was born in Hounslow, England, and her grandmother on Prince Edward Island.
The next generation back is my brick wall – and the reason I joined CBSI about in 2014. John Buchanan, born about 1830 (family lore says at Loch Lomond), married Isabella McIntosh, born in May 1833 in Springton, Prince Edward Island. They married on August 26, 1852, in North River, PEI, and had six children before John was reportedly kicked in the head by one of his horses, dying and being buried on his farm (family lore). Despite years of research, I have never been able to determine John's origins.
I have volunteered with several organizations that helped bring historical records online during the early years of the internet. I worked with Brigham Young University's Immigrant Ancestor Project (IAP), transcribing and extracting information from historic records documenting the transportation of convicts from England to Australia and New Zealand. I later spent several years doing similar transcription and extraction work for the New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) and the Italian Genealogical Society.
In 2012, I graduated from Boston University's Genealogical Research Certificate Program and continue to study genealogical research methods and best practices regularly.
After joining CBSI, I again volunteered, working with Genealogist Emeritus Patty Hopkinson to transfer member-submitted genealogical holdings to the newly launched Buchanan-Genealogy.org website. Patty recommended me for appointment as Assistant Genealogist, and when a health crisis forced her to step down in the fall of 2020, I was appointed Chief Genealogist. In early 2021, CBSI voted to create a new genealogy website, and I have had the privilege of helping develop that project. Making members' genealogical submissions available to the wider CBSI membership has long been a cherished goal of the Society's genealogists.
Are you interested in researching your ancestry?
Christine is available to hire for personal Genealogy projects; reasonable fees for a reasonably exhaustive search! Simply email her for more details.