WELCOME
Clan Ross invites everyone to join us in celebration of Scottish Highland heritage and discover its joy.
If your ancestors are of Scottish descent or are friends or family of Clan Ross, then feel free to join CRAmerica and help us expand the understanding of our historic culture. With more than 1000 years of rich history and tradition, there is much to celebrate.
Join with friends and family and gather in appreciation of the Highlands - help support 5 museums and churches in Ross-shire - and encourage our cousins who are muscians, dancers, athletes and artists that carry on our colorful traditions at Highland Games competitions.
Select a page; Online Join, New Membership Application or the Membership Renewal Form. Life time memberships are also available for persons 65 or older. Simply print the form, fill it out and send it in as the instructions explain. A convenient online option is also available using Paypal.
Membership dues in Clan Ross America is $25 per year. Our fiscal year begins April 1. Membership is tax deductable by federal standards, and to the extent allowed by law.
With Membership comes access to participation in CRAmerica activities, our Clan Ross Newsletter and evolving articles about our heritage in history, food, sports, fashion, maps, travel, religion, and genealogy - set on our website exclusively for Members only.
MEMBERSHIP
The majority of our members share the surname of Ross by descendant or marriage. Our membership also includes Sept families who are our noble allies. Names of Sept families include Anderson, Andison, Andrew, Andrews, Corbet, Corbett, Crow, Crowe, Croy, Deas, Denoon, Denune, Dingwall, Duthle, Fair, Fear, Fearn, Gillanders, Hagart, Haggart, Lockhart, MacAndrew, MacAndrews, MacCullie, MacCulloch, Mac Clulluch, MacLulluch, MacTaggart, MacTear, MacTier, MacTyre, Matheson, McLulich, Mitchell, Taggart, Tarrel, Tullo, Tulloch, Tyre, Vass, Wass or Waters.
MEMBER LOGIN
Active members of CRAmerica can login to the special content of the website with the following steps:
Your "LOGIN NAME" is the first 3 letters of your given name, followed by your 4 digit membership number, followed by your full surname. (If your member number is less than 1000, put 0's in front of it until you have a 4 digit member number.) If you cant find your membership number, contact me at info@clanross.org and I will get back to you.
Your "PASSWORD" is your first initial, followed by your 5 digit zipcode, followed by your surname initial. Once you have logged in with your Member number, you can examine your "Profile" and change your Login and Password if you wish. New members who use "Online Join" are able to set their Login Name and Password at that time.
How to Renew
When logging into the website less than 45 days prior to the expiration of ones membership, a special reminder message appears. The reminder message directs members to view their "PROFILE" page. On the "PROFILE" page there will be a "Renew Membership" button. Please review your Profile information and take the time to make changes if needed.
When the "Renew Membership" button is selected, it will pop up a "Renew Membership" window. There is a prompt to enter an optional donation and a security code to enter which protects our site from robots.
The next page is a confirmation page with a number and option to print out the confirmation. When ready, select the "Buy Now" button, which then directs to our Paypal account where you may use various options for payment of dues.
Once complete a final confirmation page which lists the Paypal confirmation number and the email address to which confirmation will be sent. Please ensure that the Merchant listed is "Clan Ross America".
This is the easiest method to renew. Optionally, one may print out a form on paper and mail it in along with a check. The form is available under the "How to Join" window.
Hope this helps!
Enjoy your visit.
