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          Chief the r. hon. The earl of Dalhousie, k.t VOL. XLX NO. I              MARCH 2019

                                     Brechin Castle To Go On the Market

                                                                         Dalhousie
 “Dare                                                                   Estates
 to be                                                                   Brechin,
honest                                                                   Angus
  and
fear no
labor."
   …..     February 01, 2019
           Dalhousie Estates have announced that Brechin Castle is to be put on the market in

Robert     2019.
              Lord Dalhousie said: “Brechin Castle has been the family home for many generations
Burns      but the running costs are a significant overhead for the family business. We have there-
           fore taken the decision to put the house and gardens up for sale and my wife and I will
           move to another smaller house on the Estate once the sale is complete.
              The rest of the Estate at Brechin, Edzell and Invermark, and all our business enter-
           prises, including Brechin Castle Centre and Peggy Scotts, as well as our farming opera-
           tion, forestry, game and property letting, will continue to operate as at present and,
           other than those who are employed at Brechin Castle itself, there will be no change in
           our present staffing, which now numbers around 90 full and regular part time staff. In-
           deed we will continue to explore opportunities to expand and diversify the family busi-
           ness.”
             Brechin Castle will be advertised for sale on the open
           market by Savills PLC in the Spring.
           https://www.facebook.com/Dalhousie-Estates-530629156960487

            A sporting estate which offers a range of different field
           sports from grouse shooting, deer stalking, walked up or
           driven pheasant shooting; also salmon fishing.

               Lord James Hubert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie
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 Best Day Evaa
   My three-year-old granddaughter recently told me
in a British accent, “Papa Dave, this is the best day
evaa.” Turns out she watches a cartoon about a pink
pig named Peppa who is British and says this all the
time. Who knew we would get a great start to 2019
from a pink pig, British at that? But I think you and I
need to make a conscious decision that this year will be
“The Best Year Evaa.”
   I read somewhere that we are “happiest” when
things are better. Meaning, the lower our expectations,
the more likely we are to be happy in the moment. The
party you dreaded turned out to be fun . . . happy. Your
old car never starts, but today it did twice . . . happy.
Your over-planned, over-spent vacation rains out . . .
unhappy. So, the secret to happiness is to lower your
expectations? Well maybe, but that seems silly.
   When you don’t have much, it’s easy to be happy
with the smallest of things. When I was around eight                            Dave Ramsey
years old, my parents must’ve gotten a bonus check
because they took us to the State Fair at the old Fair      dreams in the underwear drawer where they are
Park off Nolensville Road. We ate caramel corn and got      forgotten. Then we become just a rat in a wheel.
that blue face from so much cotton candy. Then we           Look up and decide to get off the wheel. Do some-
almost threw it all up riding rides until we were ex-       thing different so you get something different. Zig
hausted.                                                    Ziglar used to say a rut is just a grave with both the
   I remember when we got to the Fair, my Dad told us       ends kicked out, so get out of the rut.
to ride as much as we wanted, no limits. Since my par-         I meet folks from every possible background
ents paid for each and every ride, we thought they          who made a simple decision deep in their gut to
must have struck gold in our basement. At the end of        change their life. They push and pull and scratch
the night, I was simultaneously hopped up on sugar,         and claw and hustle and grind . . . then the magic
exhausted from riding every ride they would let me on       happens . . . they change their life! And you can do
over and over, and generally exhilarated from so much       this, too! You got this!
fun. I remember looking at my parents and telling them         I don’t know how great last year was or how
this was the best day of my life. No pink pigs to teach     horrible it was . . . but you and I are going to decide
me a British accent. Little did I know that my life would   together to do the work, do the praying, do the
get much better and much worse and much better.             reading, do the exercise, do the budget, do the
   So, this year, I’m planning my Best Year Evaa. And I     pause and enjoy, do the hugs, do the smiles, do
want you to have your Best Year Evaa. How are we go-        whatever wherever whenever it takes to make
ing to do that? Squeeze every drop. Every sunrise, eve-
ry sunset. And dream of winning again. Get out of            One of our more illustrious clan members, David L Ramsey III, is a
                                                             successful businessman, author, radio and television host and
debt, invest in your marriage, start back to church, lose    motivational speaker. His specialty is showing people how to
some weight, change jobs, get a puppy, but do some-          manage their money and personal finances The editors of the
thing on purpose that takes you higher.                      Ramsay Report asked Dave for permission to use his online blog
   We all get beat down, and we all get beat up. That        posts in future editions, and he agreed.
                                                             By the way, his web address is www.DaveRamsey.com.
can cause us to forget to dream or to put our big
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Clan Ramsay President’s Letter
MARCH MADNESS
   There is an old idiom: There are two sides of every
coin. I find the news a bit like that. For example: The
international news can become rather daunting – from
Cyclones, to mass shootings in New Zealand, to Floods
in Missouri, even protests on the streets of Paris! It can
be overwhelmingly frustrating.
   However, on the other side of the news coin, if you
read the Ramsay Report, it is full of delightful accom-
plishments and GOOD NEWS: Things that truly make
me smile with confidence that good things do remain.
You just need to know where to look!
   Our Clan Member and Financial Guru Dave Ramsey
shares his granddaughter’s Best day Evaa, and that
made me smile. Grand children are such a blessing!
My grandson asked me during our last visit, “Granddad,
why are you so grumpy?” I laughed so loud I suggested               Clan President John E. Ramsay
he forget granddad and continue to refer to me as
grumpy.                                                      received from Clan Ramsay members worldwide.
   Congratulations to Clan Chief, James Hubert Ramsay        What a great and supportive family we are!
on becoming Vice President of the Royal Celtic Society.         As we move into our 2019 season of games and
   Thanks to our Colorado Commissioner Wayne Ram-            gatherings, let’s continue to affirm each other with a
sey Premo, for his terrific history of John R. Ramsey and    Hug and smile! A wee dram or two is okay too.
his wife Alice Huyler Ramsey. What a gutsy woman she            So, what about MARCH MADNESS?
was, venturing cross country in an automobile in 1909!          If you attended a school that is part of the ACC
That made me smile. I doubt I would make that trip in        (Atlantic Coast Conference), March Madness is all
a 2019 vehicle with air conditioning!                        about Basketball. The ACC has three teams that are
   Clan Ramsay Founder and Convener, Dr. Carl Bailey,        seeded #1 in various divisions. Impressive, even if
has calculated he is one of over 7 million descendants       my team is not one of them.
of King Robert II of Scotland. That made me smile.           LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
When you go back that far you are kin to about every-          I look forward to joining Bob and Mary Alice Ram-
body, and I am sure many of them you would rather            sey at the “Loch Norman Highland Games” the week-
not know about.                                              end of April 12-14, 2019.
   Our “French Connection”, which is now over 40             Get you taxes filed and join us!
members, continues to show up those of us in the USA
with another Burns Dinner and their plans for the 2019       ORA et LABORA
French Scottish Fairs. We look forward to seeing many        JER/John Ramsay
of our European members at our 2019 Annual Meeting           President Clan Ramsay International, Inc.
(AGM) at Stone Mountain, Georgia.
   I suppose for me the biggest and most overwhelm-
ing joy that makes me smile is a sense that as a Clan –
we do care! Condolences go to Laurent Jaunaux whose
father Denis Jaunaux (1945-2019) is now one of the
Clan Ramsay Flowers of the Forrest. I was touched by
the many good wishes and comforting support Laurent
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John Rathbone Ramsey
U.S. Representative from Bergen County, New Jersey
    There are some thirty known locations/townships               He was born on the 25th of April 1862 – during the
that bear the name of Ramsey/Ramsay in the United            Civil War period – to John Post Ramsey (1837 NJ –
States, the 327th most popular surname in the United         bet. 1880 and 1900 NJ) and Martha Rathbone (1842
States. Some of the more populous and better-known           NJ – 1931 NJ) in Wyckoff, NJ. He was one of three
areas include: Ramsey, Illinois; Ramsey, Minnesota;          children – he and his two sisters, Annetta (1861 –
Ramsey, Indiana; and Ramseytown, North Carolina.             1962) and Margaret (1865 – 1950) – both eventually
There is a location bearing the name Ramsey/Ramsay           married.
in the following states: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas,             John grew up and attended school in Parkersburg,
California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, New Jer-    WV where they lived from 1872 to 1879. He then
sey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,       studied law in Hackensack, NJ, under the tutelage of
Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia. Two of        George H. Coffey and was admitted to the bar in No-
these locations are county names – in Minnesota and          vember of 1883, commencing practice thereafter
North Dakota. Included in that list is Ramsey, a small       with the firm of Campbell & De Bann, becoming a
borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, and this is an         counselor in February of 1887.
article about how that came to be named.                           He was county clerk of Bergen County from 1895
    Recent articles about Alice Huyler Ramsey, (1) the       – 1910 and a delegate to the 1908 Republican Nation-
first woman to drive across the U.S., sometimes in-          al Convention.
clude the fact that Alice was not actually a Ramsey by           The following text from the Genealogical History of
birth. Alice Taylor Huyler married John Rathbone Ram-        Hudson and Bergen Counties, NJ, originally published
sey in 1906 in Hackensack, NJ, three years prior to her      in 1900, states, “John Rathbone Ramsey is one of the
auto adventure. Of interest to us, of course, is who         leading lawyers of Hackensack, Bergen County, NJ,
was John Rathbone Ramsey of New Jersey.                      and in November of 1895 was elected to the office of
    Wikipedia online states he was an American Repub-        County Clerk by a majority of 961, being the first Re-
lican Party politician, representing NJ’s 6th Congression-   publican ever elected to that position in that county .
al district in the U.S. House of Representatives from        Mr. Ramsey has always been an active, ardent, and
1917 to 1921.                                                consistent Republican, and for many years has been a
                                                             power in the councils of his party. He was the Repub-
                                                             lican candidate for the office of County Clerk, of Ber-
                                                             gen County in 1890, but was defeated by a very small
                                                             majority, although he ran ahead of the rest of the
                                                             Republican ticket by several hundred votes. In No-
                                                             vember, 1895, he was again the Republican candi-
                                                             date and this time won the office ……..he has dis-
                                                             charged the duties of this office with marked ability
                                                             and satisfaction, and has displayed the same energy
                                                             which characterized his career at the bar.
                                                                 He is a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 113, Free
                                                             and Accepted Masons of Ridgewood NJ, Wortendyke
                                                             Lodge, No. 175, Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
                                                             and of various social organizations and clubs.
                                                                 He was married January 26, 1898 to Mary Evelyn
                                                             Thompson of Clarksburg, W.Va. She died very sud-
                                                             denly April 27, 1898.”
                 John R. Ramsey
      Harris and Ewing Photograph, ca. 1917
                                                                                                 Continued on Page 5
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                                                               Her brother John Rathbone Jr. also lived a long,
   Outside of law practice and politics, he was presi-      productive life – his obituary posted in the NY
dent of the Hackensack Brick Co. from 1909 to 1933          Times read: “The Rev. Canon John R. Ramsey, age
and director of several banks. After leaving Congress,      93, of Marblehead, MA, died on Wednesday, Sep-
he resumed his career in the brickmaking industry. He       tember 13, 2000. Beloved husband of Barbara
died in Hackensack on the 10th of April 1933 and is         (Barker) Ramsey of Marblehead. Loving father of
buried in Hackensack Cemetery (mostly from Wikipe-          Peter R. Ramsey and his wife Isabel B. Phillips of
dia and sources therein).                                   Andover, MA and Christopher V. Ramsey of Co-
                                                            hoes, NY. Loving grandfather of Stephen J. Free-
                                                            man of Albany, NY and Andrew H. Ramsey of And-
                                                            over, MA and dear brother of Alice Ramsey Bruns
                                                            of Largo, FL, etc.”
                                                               John R. Ramsey Jr. also visited Scotland at least
                                                            once – a ship’s log shows he arrived in New York
                                                            on the 23rd of September 1929 having left Glas-
                                                            gow, Scotland.
                                                               Returning to their mother, Alice Huyler Ramsey,
                                                            also enjoyed a very long life, leaving us on the 10th
                                                            of September 1983 in Covina, CA, at the old age of
                                                            96 years. And while she was not a Ramsey by
                                                            birth, she was smart enough to marry one, and a
                                                            well-to-do one at that.
                                                               [NOTE: If you are wondering – as I was - how
                                                            Alice could leave her 2-year old child in 1909 to
                                                            venture out on a wild, cross-country auto journey,
            Alice Ramsey Bruns, ca. 2005                    the 1910 census offers a clue. In the 1910 Hack-
       Daughter of John R. and Alice H. Ramsey              ensack, Bergen Co., NJ, census is shown the fol-
                                                            lowing:
   Alice Huyler and John had two children: John R.          John R. Ramsey 48, head, b. NJ as were his parents
Ramsey Jr. (1907 – 2000) and Alice Valleau Ramsey           Alice H. Ramsey 23, wife, b. NJ as were her parents
(1910 – 2015). Of further interest – this daughter Al-      John R. Ramsey Jr. 3, son, b. NJ as were his parents
ice V. Ramsey attended Bradford Academy in MA and           Mary Natunga (?) 23, servant, b. Hungary as were
later Vassar College in 1931 where she was elected          her parents
Phi Beta Kappa in her junior year. She was fluent in        Amir (?) Natunga (?) 16, servant (cook), b. Hungary
four languages – French, German, Italian, and Latin;        as were her parents
and earned a pilot’s license. Always involved in social /      And two other persons, both female boarders,
volunteer activities, she chaired the boards of several     ages 21 and 22 years, both from NY and both
organizations. She served on the Vassar College’s           school teachers.
Board of Trustees for 6 years as the Alumnae Fund              So, John saw fit to let his young wife, 25 years
Chairwoman.                                                 his junior, go venturing across country while he
   She married first to Henry Myers Bogert in 1932,         tended to his business/businesses, and their fe-
after his death in 1943 she married Robert Stewart          male servants/boarders minded the child.
Bruns Jr. (1906 – 1981) in 1946, and lived another 34           Obviously, everything worked out.
years past his death; she dying at the age of 105 years
in 2015.                                                    Submitted by
                                                            Wayne Ramsey Premo
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2019 Loch Norman                                                                          A Rainy Day
Huntersville, North Carolina                                Greenville, South Carolina
April 12th-14th, 2019                                       March 11th, 2019
   A message from Bob Ramsey “as the commissioner               Today is a rainy day, so I decided to work on some
of the Carolinas, and sponsor for Clan Ramsay at the        genealogy.
Loch Norman Highland Games, I believe these games               We are all interested in our ancestors to some point.
are among the best and most watched in the South            I have never investigated my Great Grandmother, Mary
East.”                                                      Kate Stewart’s family. Using Clan Stewart genealogy, I
   Clan Ramsay will have a double tent again this year      found that this leads back to Robert Stewart, who was
to accommodate the many people who will attend              Robert II of Scotland. Then I thought, there are a lot of
and also for visitors who may be inclined to visit.         Stewarts and not many Ramsay’s. Why is that?
   Rural Hill Plantation is ideal for visitors who do not       If you look at the history of Robert II this becomes
want to take a shuttle or other ways of getting to the      more evident. Robert had 14 legitimate children and 13
games. The area is practically level making attending       illegitimate children that reached adulthood, and took
easy for people with mobility concerns.                     the name Stewart. If you look into numbers of de-
   “Clan Ramsay has participated in the activities at       scendants in 19 generations, which would be my gen-
Loch Norman for over 22 years. Come join us this year       eration, the numbers can be confusing and unbeliev-
and bring a friend or two.”                                 ingly large.
   “Friday night is the opening reception followed by           There are many theories for calculating the descend-
the torch light ceremony. The torchlight ceremony is        ants with fertility, numbers of children, statistical cor-
free to the public. The weekend events include              rections and other factors considered. The simplest
massed pipe bands, children's activities, bands, retail     method is the diamond theory based on one descend-
and food vendors.”                                          ent for each child, in each generation. That would give
   “The Loch Norman Highland Games at Rural Hill is a       each child of Robert’s 262,144 descendants, and old
family friendly event presented by Historic Rural Hill.     Robert II would have 262,144 X 27 possible descend-
Come and experience all the fun with highland danc-         ants as a minimum. This comes to seven million de-
ing, bagpipe bands, highland athletics, and so much         scendants.
more!” From the event website.                                  The 2017 population of Scotland is listed 5.43 mil-
                                                            lion so the Stewarts could have populated Scotland and
         www.ruralhillscottishfestivals.net
                                                            overflowed into England.
                                                                  Then as you get more philosophic, most of my an-
                                                            cestors were from Normandy, which were mostly Vi-
                                                            kings from Norway. I will drop that line, but all of my
                                                            Norman ancestors left family in Normandy when they
                                                            went England and Scotland. These descendants mar-
                                                            ried with French families and have hundreds and de-
                                                            scendants in France. Then you say, could Laurent, Phil-
                                                            lippe, Christian, Gerald, or other members of Clan Ram-
                                                            say Europe be my 20th cousins? This is getting out of
                                                            hand so it is time for a Wee Dram of single malt.
                                                                I will work on the great Philosophers in my ancestry
                                                            tomorrow. I am sure that Plato is there somewhere.

                                                            Carl Bailey,
                                                            Founder Clan Ramsay of North America
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                                 Central Highland Games a Success
Winter Springs, Florida
January 18th-20th, 2019
    The Central Highland Games were held January 18th,
19th, and 20th, at the Central Winds Park, Winter Springs
FL. The weather was a little cool but overall it was a great
weekend for Highland Games!
    David F Ramsey, SueAnne Scott Ramsey, Ronda Ram-
sey Shackelford and Lee Shackelford again this year co-
hosted Clan Ramsay and Clan Scott tents, only a few ar-
guments occurred surrounding the tent!! Friday was set
up day and was easy since we were not required to set
up our own tents! Friday night we attended the Sponsor's
reception which had a wonderful buffet and lively enter-
tainment.
    Saturday bright and early we opened the tent and
since the weather was in the 60s many people attended
the games. Clan Ramsay had more people sign in at this
game than we have seen in the past, and we used four
sign in sheets on Saturday alone!                            “Only a few arguments occurred surrounding
                                                             the tent.” Ronda Ramsey Shackelford and
    Quite a few joined the clan!                             David Ramsey allowed cooler heads to prevail.
    This game holds a Clan March on both Saturday and
Sunday at noon. They always say noon but of course we
never start at noon! We love marching on Saturday as
historically games always have more people attending on           Clan Ramsay
Saturday than on Sunday.
    Sunday was a little cooler but still good attendance
                                                               Flowers of the Forest
and people visiting and signing in at the tent. Sunday
afternoon breakdown and packing, but again no tents to
be taken down!!!
    A person cannot help but think that the Central Flori-
da Highland Games would be a great place for an AGM!!
The weather is great compared to Missouri!! It is a great
venue, a large game with many clans, food, and enter-
tainment! A very nice Hilton is located in the vicinity to
stay, with games rates if you book early, also convenient
since the Friday night reception is in one of the Hilton
ballrooms!
   Looking forward to Loch Norman Highland games in
Huntersville/Charlotte during April and the many other
games coming this year.
                                                                   Denis
Ora et Labora
Ronda Ramsey Shackelford
                                                                  Jaunaux
Commissioner for Clan Ramsay                                     1945-2019
Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma
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News from the                                   The European group has proudly celebrated its Fourth Burns
                                             Supper. This was the third event, along with the highland games

“Old Continent”                              association’s “Saint Michel Force Ecossaise”, which members were
                                             mainly comprised of Ramsays.
                                                Belgium and France were well represented, with more than 190
                                             guests in attendance, for the Burns Nicht event. Among them were
                                             clan representatives from the Scott, MacKenzie, MacKinnon, La-
                                             mont and Hay groups. They honoured us with their presence.
                                                As usual our Chef, and Tanist, Philippe had a dedicated culinary
                                             team! They prepared selections of salmon, haggis and neeps,
                                             cheese (the event took place in France and it is difficult to have a
                                             dinner without cheeses) and last but not east the traditional cra-
                                             nachan.
                                                This wonderful evening was coordinated by Dominique, our
                                             Keeper of the Quaich. Dominique also served wonderfully as time
                                             keeper, managing the evening to fit perfectly into a scheduled
                The Haggis                   timetable.
                                                Elcem, Laurent Cruz-Mermy’s nickname, prepared a moving
                                             Selkirk grace to start the festivities. Then guests enjoyed Scottish
                                             dances, the address to a haggis, still declaimed by Luc Monod and
                                             your servant, some tunes marvellously played by the 91th Gâtinais
                                             District Pipe Band and a traditional folk band to close the evening.
                                                Burns Nicht was a tremendous success, enjoyed by all who
                                             attended.
                                                Now we will be focusing our attention on another important
                                             event, to be held in July, known as the French Scottish Fairs. We
                                             will be appropriating the same guest houses as usual and 30 mem-
                                             bers have, as of today, registered for this event.
                                                We have knowledge that another personality may be attending
                                             this year. In 2018 we had the opportunity to welcome James Hu-
                                             bert Ramsay, 17th Earl of Dalhousie. In 2019 another clan is looking
                                             at the possibility of inviting an important someone. Just rumours
                                             for now.
                                                For the Scottish fairs event Clan Ramsay will have three joined
                                             tents, with one tent being dedicated to Clan Scott. Clan Ramsay
                                             has an excellent relationship with Clan Scott, even if we don’t have
                                             weddings between our European clan members – we are working
                                             on it.
                                                Of course, our overseas cousins are always invited to our events
                                             and we will welcome them with the greatest pleasure.
                                                We look forward to the AGM to be held at Stone Mountain in
                                             2019. Currently a team is being organized for those of us, from
                                             the “Old Continent”, who plan on attending in October.
                                             Ora et Labora
  Scottish piper, Luc Monod, amember of
                                             Laurent Jaunaux
  the 91th district Gâtinais Pipe Band and
                                             Clan Ramsay Convener for Continental Europe.
  Laurent Jaunaux                            Member of the Royal Celtic Society.
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                                   Clan Ramsay is Proud to Announce
                                     Chief, James Hubert Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie,
                                                 has been appointed as
                                       Vice President of the Royal Celtic Society
                                        “For nearly 200 years, the Royal Celtic Society
                                          has been at the cutting edge of activity to
                                               support the language, literature,
                                                   music and culture of the
                                         Highlands and Western Islands of Scotland. “

                                       For more information on the society visit their website.
                                            http://www.royalcelticsociety.scot/en/

Burns
Nicht
Supper

Burns Nicht Supper with the Saint Andrew's Society of Williamsburg, Virginia. All hail Rabbie
Burns. Great Scottish night as usual, with Charles Gilbert Miller III and Nancy Mahone Miller.
The event was held at the Fort Magruder Hotel in Williamsburg on January 19, 2019. Joining
the Millers was Harley Stewart.
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                                                                        2019 Games Information

                                                                              2019 Glasgow Kentucky
                            53rd Dunedin Highland Games
                                                                                 Highland Games
                               Saturday April 6th , 2019
                               Dunedin Community Center
                                                                                May 31st- June 2nd
                                                                                     Glasgow, KY
                                      Dunedin, FL
                                                                            www.glasgowhighlandgames.com
                             www.dunedinhighlandgames.com
                             Colorado Tartan Day Festival                    33rd Annual Chicago Scots
                                         2019                                    Scottish Festival &
                                  April 13th & 14th                               Highland Games
                               Boulder County Fairgrounds
                                     Longmont, CO
                                                                               June 14h & 15th, 2018
                              www.coloradotartanday.com                              Hamilton Lakes
                                                                                   Aye-Tasca/Itasca, IL
                            26th Rural Hill Scottish Festival                     www.chicagoscots.org
                              & Loch Norman Highland                        64th Grandfather Mountain
                                    Games 2019                                 Highland Games 2019
            Mona Ramsey               April 12th-14th
  714 North Aspen Street      Rural Hill Center for Scottish Heritage
                                                                                  July 11th-14th
   Lincolnton, NC 28092                   Huntersville, NC                          MacRae Meadows
                    USA       www.ruralhillscottishfestivals.net             Grandfather Mountain Linville, NC
     Phone: 704-736-1440                                                             www.gmhg.org
                  E-mail:    Iron Thistle Scottish Festival
 rramsey6@bellsouth.net                                                    Rencontres Franco-Ecossaises
                      or          & Highland Games
           Dick McGraw
                                                                                 French-Scottish Fairs
                             April 26th– April 29th, 2019
      dick2016@me.com                                                          July 12th-14th, 2019
                                Kirkpatrick Family Farm
                                      Yukon, OK                               Aubigny-sur-Nère, France
                             www.unitedscotsok.com/iron-                   www.aubigny.net/Les-Fetes-Franco-
                                        thistle                                      Ecossaises

                                2019 Smoky Mountain                           Elizabeth Celtic Festival
                                   Highland Games                           July 20th & 21st, 2019 2018
We Are On the Web                 May 18th & 19th                                   Casey Jones Park
                               Maryville College, Maryville TN                    Elizabeth, Colorado
 www.clanramsay.org          www.smokymountaingames.org                       Visit Them On Facebook
      2019 Log In                  Gallabrae 2019
        Contact:                                                               2019 Stone Mountain
davidf.ramsey@verizon.net   The Greenville Scottish Games                        Highland Games
                                 Saturday May 25th                              ANNUAL MEETING
                                   Memorial Day Weekend
                                                                             October 18th, 19th & 20th
                             Furman University Greenville SC
                                  www.gallabrae.com                            Stone Mountain Park
What’s Happening On the Clan Ramsay Website
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                       Clan Contacts has been organized so that you can see where we are in
                    need of commissioners.
                       Keep checking the Upcoming Events page – events are always being add-
                    ed and update. Check it often to see what events are near you where the
                    Clan Ramsay will be represented. Let me know if you have any events to
                    add.
                             If you have any suggestions for or problems with the web site,
                        please contact Webmaster, Alice Ramsay, clanramsweb@gmail.com.

                                Peace be with you.     Alice J. Ramsay/Webmaster

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