Articles on
Genealogy have regularly appeared in the Clan MacThomas
magazine, Clach A' Choilich. A number of these are reproduced
on this website. We have also added relevant articles from
other media sources.
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Articles which originally appeared in the Clan Magazine (Clach A' Choilich/Clach na Coileach) and in Branch Newsletters
Beginning your family history
Golden rules of researching your family
history
Family
History Research- Births, Deaths and
Marriages
(From Clach
Extra 2010)
The internet has changed the way our roots can be
traced
Genealogical
Research in Australia and New Zealand
(From Clach A'
Choilich Volume 3 Number 2)
Changes to the Chief's Tree
(From Clach A' Choilich Volume 6 Number
6)
Family History Research
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number
2)
The Family of our Seventh Chief
Revisited
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number
4)
The House of Aberlemno - Revisited
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number
5)
Three Scottish Memorials - Linking the 10th and
16th Chiefs
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number
5)
The Latta Manuscript
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number
5)
Angus - 10th Chief
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number 6)
Some Early Aspects of Clan History
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number 7)
From Mecklenburg to Milledgeville
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number 7)
Was it Murder?
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number 8)
Enhancing the Thoms Trees
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 7 Number 8)
McCombie - a One Name Study with DNA - Part 1
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 1)
McCombie - a One Name Study with DNA - Part 2 - Y-DNA
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 4)
The Scottish American Dilemma: Where are all the Passengers?
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 4)
How can AI Help Scottish Genealogy. !! New !!
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 6)
Septs of the Clan MacThomas - McColm and McComb !! New !!
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 6))
Member research on the McOmish/McComish Sept. !! New !!
(From the Australian Branch Newsletter - September 2025)
The Nixon Connection
(From Clach na Coileach Volume 8 Number 1)
The First MacThomas Clansmen to America
(From Clach Extra 2015)
Scottish Naming
Patterns
Other Articles written by MacThomas Clansfolk
Scottish Records by Sennachie,
Grahame Thom
McCombie - a One-Name Study by Hamish McCombie.
The Aberdeenshire McCombies - History, Tradition and Probabilities by Hamish McCombie. - !! New !!
The McCombies of Dalkily by E McCombie Fenn - (Book Review).
Writing Your Life Story
by Sennachie,
Grahame Thom.
Odom Library MacThomas Articles
Collection.
A Latta Confusion – A Surname Conundrum by Hamish
J. Thoms.
The Campbell Connection by Hamish
J. Thoms.
The Balfour Question by Hamish
J. Thoms.
The Hunter Connection by
Sennachie, Grahame Thom.
The Jameson Connection by Hamish
J. Thoms.
David Pitcairn Thoms by
Hamish J. Thoms.
The Watt Connection by Hamish J.
Thoms.
McCombs in America by Abbie
McMillen
A Surname Puzzle
by Sennachie, Grahame
Thom.
David Comee's Origin by
Sennachie, Grahame
Thom.
DNA in Family History Research by
Sennachie, Grahame
Thom
Parish of Kirkmichael - Statistical Account by Grahame Thom !! New !!
Articles by Roger
Pye
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Articles by Third Parties
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The Seanachaidh - the role and its tradition !! New !!
By Philip Beddows
Scottish Ancestry: How to find free Scottish records online From "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Irish Ancestry: How to find your Irish ancestors From "Who Do You Think You Are?"
Further
articles will be added here from time to time.
