WHAT'S NEW - Find out about our 2013 Gathering in Ballymena, Northern Ireland see Events Plaque commemorating Emily Wilding Davison at Epsom Racecourse see Events New book by Flora Davidson 'Glen Clova Through the Ages' see What we do Development work starts at church with significant monument to Henry Davidson of Tulloch see What we do Pictures of Harley-Davidson Event at Netherton Cottage see Past Events For examples of new finds for our portraits and heraldry collections, see see What we do

Are you a Davidson or one of the associated names?
Are you married to a Davidson or a direct descendant?
Are you interested in the Davidson history?

We are a friendly clan association based in the UK and have members around the world, who share their Davidson ancestry with us.

Not visited our website before? Find out about us by looking at Past Events and What we do

Our extensive collection of Davidson family trees, portraits and Heraldry includes information and images from as early as the 15th century up to the present day. Using this data and our access to many archives, we can give help and advice to Clan members on researching their family history. Perhaps one of your ancestors was an early member of our Clan? - see our list of Clan Dhai Members, 1912

Clan Davidson, which has roots at least as far back as the 13th century, is believed to have originated in the valley of the Spey river in the Scottish Highlands, between the Cairngorm mountains to the south and east and the Monadhliath mountains to the north and west. The modern-day Scottish towns of Kingussie, Newtonmore and Aviemore are located in the heart of ancient Clan Davidson lands.

Clan Davidson is not an entity which has faded into the dust of past history....it is very much alive with clansmen and women worldwide. Today, Clan Davidson has formal organisations not only in the United Kingdom, but also in the United States of America, Australia and New Zealand. See Useful Links All the Clan Davidson organisations share allegiance to our Clan Chief, Alister Guthrie Davidson of Davidston, and have the same motto Sapienter si sincere. We share information and have formed many international friendships.

The Clan Davidson Association posts three Newsletters each year to its Members, together with a copy of our annual journal, The Pheon in which we publish a range of in-depth articles. Our illustrated book The Davidsons: The Clan, its history and its people has a detailed section on Davidsons of Tulloch (the Chiefly line), sections on other Scottish Davidson families, and information about Davidson tartans, emblems and customs. It is available from our Publications shop. For more information about our book and a summary of the stories in our 2011 Pheon, see Publications.

Our members gather for a weekend in Scotland each year to meet and socialise, both with new clansmen and women and with old friends. We also occasionally host informal Clan gatherings in Northern Ireland. We will be holding our 2012 Gathering in Elgin and would welcome visitors and new members. For more information, see Events this year. To find out what Clan members and visitors can expect at one of our Gatherings, why not take a look at our 2011 pictures and information see Past Events

Interested? We would welcome you as a Member of the Clan Davidson Association, wherever you live. Why not take out a year's subscription and we will send you a Member's 'Welcome pack'.

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Clan Davidson Association's website won 2nd place award from the Federation of Family History Societies