News & Notices

NOTICES -

The Red Tower, February 2023 -
The February 2023 issue of the Red Tower Journal is now available for viewing and download from the The Red Tower Journals page.

(updated 31 Jan 2023)

Clan Gathering 2024 -

To All Members,

Preparations continue for the 2024 gathering in Glasgow, Scotland. The planned dates are May 12th, 2024 through May 15th, 2024. If you are interested in attending, please download a questionnaire ( here ), fill it out, and return it to President Paul Galbraith ASAP.

Also, election of new officers will be held at the Glasgow gathering. If you're interested in serving in some capacity, please let President Paul know.

(updated 11 Dec 2022)

New Members of Clan Galbraith Society -

Julie Thompson from San Antonio, Texas, US (6/10/22)
Lisa Metcalf from Overland Park, Kansas, US (6/11/22)
Frank James Galbraith from Oxford, Pennsylvania, US (6/12/22)
David W Galbraith from Tucson, Arizona, US (6/13/22)
Louise Hilby from Manhattan Beach, California, US (6/21/22)
James Wright Galbraith from Chatham, New Jersey, US (6/21/22)
Alex T Galbraith from Houston, Texas, US (6/28/22)
Christine Griggs from Hammond, Indiana, US (6/29/22)
Suzanne Lynn House from Courtenay, British Columbia, Canada (7/3/22)
Jami Leigh Galbraith from Annapolis, Maryland, US (7/5/22)
Jeanne Creel from Greenville, South Carolina, US (7/17/22)
William H Gilbreath from Tampa, Florida, US (7/18/22)
Annie Morton from Pipersville, Pennsylvania, US (7/22/22)
Jennifer Galbraith from Paradise Point, Queensland, Australia (7/30/22)
Nicholas Galbraith from Hendersonville, North Carolina, US (8/2/22)
Marilyn Brewer from New Bern, North Carolina, US (8/3/22)
Nancy Brown from Lee's Summit, Missouri, US (8/4/22)
Tracy Page from Sterling, Massachusetts, US (8/26/22)
John Miller from Seaside, California, US (8/26/22)
John L Galbraith from Hillsborough, New Jersey, US (8/31/22)
Eric T Galbraith from Caringbah, New South Wales, Australia (9/12/22)
Louise Galbraith from Vancouver, Washington, US (9/16/22)
Kendra Miller from Golden, Colorado, US (9/26/22)
John "Jay" Galbreath from Hickory, Pennsylvania, US (9/27/22)
Jonathan Gilbreath from El Paso, Texas, US (10/2/22)
Jason T Kimball from Dimmitt, Texas, US (11/4/22)
Scott Manning from Drake, Colorado, US (11/7/22)
Susan Schroeder from Windsor, Ontario, Canada (11/12/22)
David Walley Jr from Breckenridge, Colorado, US (11/14/22)
Peter F Galbreath from Portland, Oregon, US (11/24/22)
Susan Gill-Costa from Camas, Washington, US (12/5/22)
Stephen Hoff from Bossier City, Louisiana, US (12/21/22)
Becky Volk from Clive, Iowa, US (12/23/22)
Dustin Hemenway from Muskogee, Oklahoma, US (12/28/22)
Kevin Harbison from Huntsville, Alabama, US (12/28/22)
Thomas Galbraith from Delaware, Ohio, US (12/29/22)
Laurie King from Hilliard, Florida, US (1/3/23)
Karen Williams from North Kellyville, New South Wales, Australia (1/3/23)
Molene Greenwood from North Catlett, Virginia, US (1/3/23)

(updated 3 Jan 2023)

NEWS -

This is an interesting and great example of why we are interested in DNA. Some theorists have surmised that Galbraith may be a descriptive surname of people who lived in the ancient kingdom of Strathclyde and spoke Cumbric, a now extinct language close to early Welsh and spoken by early Britons, and not just one family. - DNA Testing Dispels a Genealogical Myth

From Dana Love, Clan Autosomal DNA Director, via FB post of 1/1/2022:
Happy New Year! Here is a recap of our latest DNA statistics for 2021 from the Galbraith DNA project and ClanGalbraith.org! We categorize our DNA participants by biological Galbraith group based on the YDNA of male Galbraith surnamed participants in a particular line. We added 22% more YDNA kits vs last year's 3% and autosomal kits (Ancestry, 23andme, FTDNA, My Heritage) continue to grow (26% vs 13% last year.) This past year we focused on upgrading YDNA kits to the BigY700 and we continue to focus on getting autosomal kits to the free site GEDmatch.com. We now have more BigY700 kits in the project than any other YDNA test category! These two factors will help link historical lines together and we are excited that it is already beginning to do that for us. Besides this, we hope to be able to make the Ungrouped category a lower number and place some of those into other Groups. If you are in the ungrouped category, you can help us by looking for a male Galbraith to test. We have a kit in progress from Australia, that is going to help solve that equation for members in Australia, Canada, Hawaii, and Northern Ireland. If you haven't joined our DNA project, please send me an email at autosomal-dna@clangalbraith.org. You never know when your DNA may help another member.