Clan MacMillan International News.

Introducing the Clan MacMillan Challenge Coin.

30 August 2026
A unique opportunity has been presented to the Clan MacMillan Society of North America. Keith MacMillan, Past President of the CMSNA has commissioned 100 Challenge Coins. The coin was developed by Keith with input from Chief George on the wording on both the front and back of the coin. The front of the coin features the clan crest. The back of the coin features a sword, long a symbol of our clan, with the sword facing downward and near the top of the sword the “scales of justice” is attached to emphasize the Clan’s motto of learning to support the unfortunate.

The challenge coin has been used by the military in both Canada and the USA mainly to show what branch of service, or what regiment you are part of. In more recent years it has been adopted by police departments and fire departments. The coin can easily be carried in a purse or pocket and shown as proof of affiliation to the Clan, or Scottish heritage in general. To the best of Keith’s knowledge, this is the first coin ever made by a Clan. Keith has made 100 coins of extremely high-quality material.

Twenty-eight of the coins will be delivered to Finlaystone in Scotland in mid-September. Chief George, his son, Arthur and Arthur’s wife, Barbara will each be presented with a coin. The other 25 coins will be for the Chief to present to others or sell in the Clan store with 100% of the sales to be used for support of the Clan Centre.

It is Keith’s wish to make the coin available to all MacMillan’s, their Septs and their supporters. The cost for each coin is $35 Canadian or $30 USD, plus shipping. If it is more convenient, it can also be purchased at the Clan Centre in Scotland.

One of the Clan MacMillan Challenge Coins was presented to outgoing CMSNA President Christopher McMullen in recognition of his tremendous planning, preparation and work in hosting the 2026 Gathering in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.

Purchases of the coin can be made by mailing $35 Canadian or $30 American plus shipping cost of $5.00 to:

Keith MacMillan
27 Precedence Way
Cochrane, Alberta T4C 2T4

Contact Keith by email with any questions.

Keith MacMillan

Clan MacMillan's historian and genealogist Graeme Mackenzie turns 75.

10 August 2026

Graeme and George enjoy a stop at a Plockton coffee shop with other MacMillans. This was part of a two-day tour of the Highlands included in the 2007 clan gathering.

On 9 September our Clan Historian and Genealogist, Graeme Mackenzie, will turn seventy-five. This seems a good chance to acknowledge the enormous debt owed to him by Clan MacMillan and to plug some gaps in the story of his life presented on the clanmacmillan.org website.

Even before our paths crossed (around 1988), Graeme had formed the Glen Urquhart Macmillan Society, whose members, including his own family, were by then scattered across the globe.

That was only the beginning. His achievements since then (none of which gets a mention in the biography on the web site) have included: The creation of Clan MacMillan International, to help the Chief to serve the Clan; Pioneering a Clan website; Issuing two periodicals a year for nearly forty years; Project MAOL (MacMillan Ancestry On Line – a huge genealogical resource now accessed by annual subscription); Several interesting gatherings; A number of authoritative books about the Clan’s history.

I must have been one of the luckiest of Chiefs to be supported by the vision, initiative and scholarship of a man like Graeme Mackenzie as I tried to ‘serve the Clan’. To him, foremost among a handful of sage supporters, I’m profoundly grateful.

George MacMillan

CMI newsletter and magazine archives have been compiled into three printed volumes.

27 Febuary 2023

Graeme Mackenzie MA has compiled CMI's newsletter and magazine into three volumes dating from 1993 to 2019. These may be ordered directly from Graeme (not the Clan MacMillan International Centre). More information about the printed versions is available on the Books and Publications page including four PDFs which list the magazine/newsletter articles.