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- From: dmiller@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Dick and Jill Miller)
- Subject: Re: Family tartans
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.134342.28554@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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- Organization: Laboratory for Computer Science, MIT
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 13:43:42 GMT
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- karenb@cc.uow.edu.au (Karen Barrett) writes:
-
- >Recently I have been thinking about tracing the traditional family tartan
- >of both my and my husband's families (if they even exist!) - we both have
- >family roots in the British Isles - but I'm not quite sure where to start.
- >I'm going to check my local library this afternoon but I don't really expect
- >them to have a great deal of information.
- >
- >Has anyone else out there tried to trace their family tartan? Can you
- >suggest any helpful books/sources? What happens if I do track it down
- >in a book? Has anyone had any experience ordering a specific tartan
- >from somewhere? (I hope I won't have to have it especially woven as
- >I'm sure I couldn't afford it!)
- >
- >Any suggestions would be appreciated.
- >
- >Karen.
-
- There was a fairly long discussion on soc.roots (the genealogy newsgroup) a
- while back about 'family' tartans. Turns out that until recently there
- were no family tartans. Each weaver made up what they liked. Then someone
- in the British army which had several Scottish regiments decided that it
- would look more coordianted if all the soldiers in a regiment wore the same
- tartan as a uniform. The idea spread and thus was born the 'family'
- tartan.
-
- So don't worry about wearing the 'right' tartan, but if you want to wear
- the one which has since been adopted by your family name, I have seen a
- book in the library which showed each tartan and the family name associated
- with it. Sorry, but this was quite a while ago and I don't remember the
- title/author.
-
- Good luck in your search.
-
- --Jill
-
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