Blair Bruidhinn now Electronic:CBS has now moved to an electronic version of our newsletter for our members that are capable. We've had an outstanding response from the first issue released electronically in February. This will save the society significantly in the printing and postage expense, allowing us to continue to work to keep the dues at its low cost. To be added to the electronic delivery list, contact the Membership Chair or subscribe from our Members Only section. See the Members Only area for more information.

Clan Blair Photo Gallery:We have another new feature for our members and friends! Recently launched is our Clan Blair Society Photo Gallery. The Gallery is a place for us to display our photos from our clan events or other Scottish events to share with everybody. To create your own album, just register for an account and login. Go to Gallery.ClanBlair.net to visit the gallery.

CBS Discussion Forums:Announcing the newly launched Discussion Forums for the Clan Blair Society. Recently we created a new place for our members to visit and chat about all sorts of Clan Blair, genealogy, and Scottish heritage topics. Our members can create the discussions as they need them and everybody can join in. To learn how to get started, visit the CBS Forums introduction page on this site. To go directly to the forums, just go to http://forums.clanblair.org. Join us and jump right into the discussions!

2009 Annual General Meeting:This is a notice to all of our members that the next Annual General Meeting is scheduled for August 9th, 2009 at the Colorado Scottish Festival and Rocky Mountain Highland Games in Highland Ranch, Colorado. Our Clan co-Commissioners for Colorado, Jim Blair and Leslie Blair Gallagher have begun the planning our event. Watch the web site and newsletter for future announcements on the AGM. Please plan to join us.

CBS Scotland Trip:Please note that the Clan Blair Society Scotland trip, originally being planned for 2009, has been postponed to 2010. Due to planning delays, the trip is being pushed out to the August, 2010 timeframe. Watch your newsletter and the Scotland Trip page for updates on the trip. If you are interested in joining us, please contact us.

BLAIR DNA Project:Recently, the administrator of the Blair DNA Project announced that the project web pages are being moved to a new domain, BlairDNA.com. All information regarding this project will now reside at BlairDNA.com. If you are a male Blair descendant and haven't submitted your DNA, be sure to join this project. All results are confidential and only shared with your permission. There have been some amazing results!

BLAIR DNA Project: There is a very interesting genealogical project happening for Blair descendants right now. John A. Blair, owner of the BlairGenealogy.com domain has taken on administration of a Family Tree DNA project for the BLAIRs. To date there are 73 direct male Blair descendants that have submitted test kits of their DNA for analysis. The results are very interesting and for some, surprising! I won't give it away here, but I suggest that if you are a direct descendant (Surname Blair) of the Blairs, and male, that you investigate this project. If you are a female researcher, Family Tree DNA is working on the other side of the chromosones for you. In the meantime, if you know of a direct male descendant, encourage them to participate. Already there are several lines that now know, through this project, that they have a direct connection to the Blair of Blair line in Scotland. Other submitter lines have found new cousins! Both the Clan Blair Society and Blair Society for Genealogical Research endorse this project. BLAIR DNA Project

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