Post your tartan

[honeychile]

Originally posted by BBelleADPi
Honey and Beryana-

I, too, am a St. Clair, on my mother's side! Right now, I've only been able to get my hands on one item, and have only traced it back to four generations. (And they were at one time in Nashville, Tennessee). But all of my maternal and paternal geneologies are done-it was my grandfather's hobby when he retired from his post at the university. I just have to find everything! (Oh, my mother would SO kill me!)

Woo Hoo!! We'll have to have a meeting of the Clan!!

I can't wait to see what your grandfather has to show!

[GangsterOfLove]

Originally posted by JenMarie
MacGregor:
http://clan.com/tartanfinder.html?se...27MacGregor%27



Modern



Ancient

Interesting...

My great-grandfather was a MacGregor. I guess that's the tartan of my "ancestors".

[Rudey]

When I see this thread title I think of fish sauce.

Anyone else?

-Rudey

[CougADPi]

Originally posted by honeychile
FYI - the first rule of genealogy is that, since spelling was only standardized about 200 years ago, names that are similar are often the same. ne of my other names I trace is McCullough. There are 28 ways of spelling McCullough. Had I ignored the other 27, I would not have been able to get as far back as I have!

[/lecture!]

Oh I know...but its kind of a joke with my family. We don't know any others who spell it with two S's, so we always tell people that they spell it wrong and we're the only one's who are right! Even funnier, my great grandfather changed it...we used to be 1 S too!

[honeychile]

Originally posted by CougADPi
Oh I know...but its kind of a joke with my family. We don't know any others who spell it with two S's, so we always tell people that they spell it wrong and we're the only one's who are right! Even funnier, my great grandfather changed it...we used to be 1 S too!

Got it! The founder of our genealogical society was a Harriss, and always said, "With two s's." My daddy used to say, "Yep, she's right - there are definitely two s's back there, and she's a pain in both!" I'm sure you can imagine how he pronounced the "s's"!!

He was being nice for my mother's sake: Mrs. Harriss was stuck on one of the problems she was having in completely her genealogical certification, and my mother told her where to look. She would never admit it, though!

Would saying that I find Craig Ferguson terribly sexy fit in this thread? It has been noted that I have this thing for Scotsmen!

[kstar]

Wow, are there no other Shaws on here? I knew it was one of the smaller clans, but I didn't think it was that small.

[MysticCat]

Originally posted by aephi alum
According to this web site any MacLeod can wear either the yellow or the green tartan, these days anyway. I was always given to understand that I could wear either.

Interesting. Most sources I have seen (none of which I can find now, of course) say the opposite.

I'm wearing my MacLeod Hunting tie today:

(Mine is much more muted, though -- the green is almost brown)