This Newsletter serves the entire family of Robert Mackay Sr. and some related families. It includes coverage of the Robert McKay Clan Reunion held annually in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and the Collett-McKay Picnic held annually in northwestern Clinton County, Ohio. It reports on events and happenings submitted by family members and also contains genealogical information and queries.

It also covers events surrounding historic Old Bethel Baptist Church in southern Clarke County, Virginia and also the Steer Genealogy and other related families.

This Newsletter was originally founded by Wallace E. Shipp back in 1965. Wallace retired from editing the family Newsletter in 2003.

The Newsletter volunteer staff is now made up of three people listed below:

The Newsletter is also a companion to our family website and is published annually with issues going out in Spring.

If you would like to be added to the mailing list to receive the Newsletter please send a donation (at least $15.00 is suggested) and any news you would like to share to the address shown below. Please make cheques payable to The Robert Mackay Clan.

Donations can also be made through PayPal and CashApp:

Through the courtesy of Facebook groups our family Newsletter is now made available online.

If you would like to read our Newsletter online please click on the box below. If you haven't done so you will need to create a Facebook account and join with your Facebook username in order to read the Newsletter online. There is a pinned post giving the username and password information to access the files in the second link here:

I believe that the partnership between the Newsletter and Website has been and continues to be beneficial to both and to the entire Robert Mackay family in general as technology changes and we make use of the new tools before us in reaching different cousins out there.

Below is an example of what our newsletter looks like: