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Posted in General Announcement on August 20th, 2010 by admin – Comments Off

Clan Munro USA welcomes everyone interested in their Scottish Heritage!
Inside our website visitors and members can learn
about our clan’s history, past gatherings and upcoming events

2012 Anual Gathering (update)

Dear Fellow Clansmen/ Clanswomen:

The Swan Boats have returned to Boston Public Garden, Fenway Park is celebrating it’s 100th anniversary (although the Red Sox seem to be celebrating by loosing), and progress continues apace on the Gathering.

Herewith an update:

Drawing for 2 free nights at the Omni Parker House
The first twenty folks to reserve their rooms were entered in a drawing for two free nights at the Parker House. That drawing was held on Sunday, April 22. An independent accountant drew the winning name from an empty Bruichladich 10 year-old single malt tin, and the winner is . . .(drum roll) . . . Paul Rohe. I’m happy ‘cause I think Paul is a great guy . . . and because he offered to buy me a drink (after I told him he’d won, not before).
Missed out on that drawing?
For those of you who have not reserved your room yet, here’s a carrot and a stick to get you to go on line now and make your reservations:

1. The hotel will begin reviewing take-up of the reserved block of rooms in mid May (and again periodically as the cut-off date of July 9 approaches). If the take-up for Clan Munro is running behind what the Parker House’s normal experience is, they may reduce the number of rooms in the block held for us. So if you wait until the last minute, you may find that there are no more rooms at the special CMA rate. That’s the stick
2. Here’s the carrot: Beginning on April 22, the next 25 people who reserve their hotel rooms will be entered in a 2nd raffle. The prize is an upgrade from the Deluxe Non-Smoking room at $219 / night to a Premiere Suite. (If you book a Traditional Non-Smoking Single at $199 / night, you’ll have to pay the difference of $20 / night between the Deluxe and the Traditional rates.)
To reserve your hotel room on line, go http://www.omnihotels.com/FindAHotel/BostonParkerHouse/MeetingFacilities/ClanMunroeUSA8.aspx.

Program Update
I had worried that the Friday session with New England Historic Genealogical Society’s Scottish genealogy specialist, David Dearborn, might conflict with the tours of Old North Church and Copps Hill Burying Ground. That is not the case. Folks who want to do both will be able to. But space for both is limited to 50 people, and we’re about halfway there for each event. So if you don’t want to be shut out of these events, dig out your registration form or print it out from the CMA website :
www.clanmunrousa.org/documents/CMAGathering1st%20letter.pdf

If there are any questions I can answer, please feel free to contact me at munrosinboston@gmail.com

I look forward to seeing you this August

Fred Hoffman

2012 Anual Gathering Date and Information is coming together. Dates: August 9-12, 2012, with board members meeting August 8.
For More Details
Letter from the Boston, MA 2012 Host


This picture is of Paul Rohe receiving a framed record of Clan Munro as the honored clan of the 2010 Dandridge Scots Irish Festival in Dandridge, TN.
(Picture provided by Joanna McDonald, year 2011)

  • Genealogy CD Now on Sale. Clan Munro
    Association, USA is now offering for sale our entire genealogy
    database recorded on a CD. The data is stored in GEDCOM
    format so it must be imported into your genealogy software to
    be used. Almost all commercial genealogy software programs
    can read GEDCOM files. The database contains information on
    individuals with the Munro (all spellings) surname. Also
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    how the surname has changed through marriage, adoption, legal
    action, etc. We include dates and places of birth, christening,
    marriage, death, and burial. We also include biographical
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    55,000 records on the CD, each connected into a family and then
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    data comes from all regions of the world and includes info from
    the 11th century to the present. Information on living
    individuals has been suppressed to protect their privacy. None
    of the data has been verified by CMA and although we believe
    the information to be quite accurate, some errors can undoubtedly
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    users can verify the data to their own standards.To order a
    copy of the genealogy CD send your name and address and $10
    (checks made out to Clan Munro Association, USA) to: Allen Alger,
    Genealogist – 332 Warren Way – Chapel Hill NC 27516
  • “Lexington Munroe Books” are available
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  • Publicity Photos Wanted : Please
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    of publicity this year. Her address is 594 FM 2929 Huntsville,
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  • Clan Munro’s Research: Charles
    Munroe continues to co-ordinate the transcription of thousands
    of research cards written by Billy Munro during his lifetime
    in Scotland.