Clan Little Society of North America

A Clan Society is the modern day counterpart of a Scottish Clan. However, it is not a clan or a branch of one. It is a social organization, a voluntary association of individuals who share a common history and heritage.

The majority of Littles, Lytles and Lyttles in Canada, USA, Australia and New Zealand have their family roots deep in the old West March of the Scottish Border.

Clan Little Society North America was incorporated in Georgia, USA, in 1994. The Society's main purpose is to promote the knowledge and celebration of the Clan as well as Scottish heritage, and be a source of genealogy search for Clan members.

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All of Clan Little Society's web site content, badges, tartans and other materials are copyrighted and are not to be used without written permission of Clan Little Society Scotland or Clan Little Society North America.

A Message From Our Steuart

My Fellow Members

Ellen has noticed while entering checks into the account there have been some address and phone number changes. Would you notify the Secratur if you have an address and/or phone number change in the last year.

With the complaints of members not receiving their Reiver and the notice of changes on a few of the checks it appears we may have the wrong mailing address. We want to ensure everyone receives their membership renewals along with the Reiver.

Again, I want to say Thank You for everything you have done to support the Clan Little Society. Without you we would not be here.

Other News:

The Management team of the Society has been working on the procedure and mechanism of setting up a Scholarship Fund so we will be able to offer a small Scholarship to deserving members or their children to further their studies in Scottish Heritage. While working this program up we were also able to obtain a tax exemption for membership renewal fees as well as contributions to the Scholarship Fund.

As you know we are a small Clan Society and at present are able to offer only one scholarship of $250.00 per year.

We have received our EIN number from the IRS to provide for tax purposes only. Now the donation to the Scholarship fund and your yearly membership dues are tax deductible. We will supply you with a Scholarship Contribution Form to be used for this purpose. Please put in the Memo line of your check that the funds are for the Scholarship fund.

The student who is accepted for the scholarship will be required to complete a course in Scottish Dance, bagpipes, Scottish Music, Celtic Language or other appropriate Scottish Heritage studies prior to the end of May of the following year.

We have talked about this for the last 3 years and I feel now is the time to act upon our intentions. Depending upon the response from our members and the amounts in the fund we could offer this by May 2007.

John E Little-Steuart

Clan Little Society NA
jellen@valornet.com