What Family History Resources Are Available on Clan Dunlop?

Clan Dunlop (clandunlop.com) is the home site for people descended from the Dunlop family of East Ayrshire, Scotland, and for Dunlaps and Delaps in the USA, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada. Its family history resources fall into four groups: the history of the name and its chiefs, genealogy and books, stories and biographies, and places and heraldry. All of it is presented as a clan heritage site rather than a searchable database, so you read and browse rather than query records.

History of the Name and the Chiefs

The site explains that Dunlop is a well-known Ayrshire surname derived from the lands of Dunlop in the District of Cunningham. It also gives the origin of the place name: the Celts who occupied the area called it Dun (fort) Lop (at the bend or winding).

A dedicated section, "Dunlop's of That Ilk," lists the thirty Chiefs of the Name, running from William de Dunlop to James Wallace-Dunlop. This is the resource to use if you want to place an ancestor against the chiefly line or understand how the family held the lands.

Genealogy and Books

The genealogy section points to multiple books available for genealogists, with some available online. The site also references an Ancestry.com tree. The page does not specify which titles are digitized or whether access requires a subscription, so treat the book list as a starting point and check each title's availability directly.

A sample of the kind of biographical detail the site carries: Oct-Alva Dunlap, founder of Dunlap, Illinois, was born October 26, 1805, at Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York, seven generations from James, 13th of that Ilk. The Village of Dunlap, Illinois, was laid out on June 11, 1871, and a full biography is linked from the home page. This shows how the site connects a Scottish chiefly line to a later American settlement.

Stories, Migrations, Veterans, and Notables

Several sections cover the family's movement and its people:

• Stories — narrative pieces about the family and its places.
• Migrations — the spread of the name to Ireland, America, Canada, and Australia.
• Veterans — a record of Dunlops who fought in wars from Scotland and Britain to America and India.
• Notables — short biographies of clansmen and women who made their mark in the places they settled.

These sections are most useful for context and for identifying individuals worth researching further; they are not structured as record indexes.

Places, Tartan, and Heraldry

For the physical and symbolic heritage, the site covers:

How to Use the Site

Start with the History of the Name and the Chiefs list to establish the Scottish line, then move to Genealogy for books and the Ancestry tree if you are tracing a specific ancestor. Use Migrations and Notables to see whether your branch appears, and the Places and Tartan sections for background. Because the site is a clan heritage presentation, expect to follow links and read biographies rather than run searches; for record-level research, the referenced books and Ancestry tree are the practical next step.