Clan Life
Clan MacBean is a family that spans the world. Members find cousins, share family records, read The Register, and meet at Highland games and clan gatherings. Here is how to be part of it.
Join the clan
Anyone with a MacBean connection, by any spelling of the name, by marriage or descent, or simply through love of the clan, is welcome to join the Clan MacBean Association. Members receive:
- The Register, the clan newsletter, twice a year
- Access to the Members Area: the Register archive back to 1908 and its search, the family trees, the lineage documents and the ancestor photo galleries
- Help with your family line from the clan genealogist
- Member prices on the clan’s genealogy books and Scottish goods, and 10% off clan tartan at ScotlandShop
- News of gatherings, Highland games and trips to Scotland
1 year
$30
New or renewal
3 years
$75
New or renewal
5 years
$120
New or renewal
Lifetime
$360
Or $16 a month for 24 months, plus a $16 sign-up fee
Already a member? Log in to the Members Area.
The Register
The Clan MacBean Register has carried the clan’s news since 1908. Each issue brings family news and queries, births, marriages and deaths, lineages and research from the genealogist, clan history, and reports from gatherings and Highland games.
Members receive it twice a year, and every issue back to 1908 is in the Members Area, indexed so you can search it by name, place or story.
Read a sample issue (Fall/Winter 2022) »
Have a story, a photograph or family news to share? The editor would love to hear from you through the contact page.
Gatherings and Highland games
Clan reunions. Every four years members of Clan MacBean come together from around the world for a reunion. Clan trips also take members to Scotland. The last was in August 2022, for the inauguration of the 23rd Chief at McBain Memorial Park, and the next is in 2027, for the 300th anniversary of Clan Chattan.
Highland games. Many members meet at Highland games, and The Register carries news of games and events. The late Chief James McBain of McBain attended the Arizona games for more than 38 years in a row.
Clan Chattan. As a founding member of the Clan Chattan Association, the clan joins its sister clans at Clan Chattan events in Scotland. Visit Clan Chattan.
Watch. Films of park dedications, the inauguration and other clan events are on the Clan MacBean YouTube channel.
At the Prescott Highland Games, May 10, 2015.
Clan MacBean on Facebook
Clan news, photos and events are shared on Facebook. Follow along and join the conversation.
Our organization
The Association began as the John Bean of Exeter Family Association. After it fell dormant, Bernie Bean revived it as Clan MacBean in North America, Inc. When the clan’s first website went online in 1996 and members joined from around the world, it became Clan MacBean, Inc. It is run by its members through an elected Board of Directors and officers, with regional commissioners who represent the clan in their areas.
Clan MacBean, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable educational organization. Its purpose is to share the history, heritage and culture of Clan MacBean and the Clan Chattan confederation through histories, genealogies, works of art and other educational activities. Gifts to the clan are tax-deductible in the United States.
Members can find the board, the regional commissioners and the clan’s by-laws in the Members Area.
Support the clan
Donations help preserve the clan’s records and photographs, publish The Register, and care for McBain Memorial Park in Scotland.
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Clan MacBean, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) charitable educational organization.
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