help me please

[southafricanscottishguy]

hi all i'm new to this so sorry if i have put this thread in the wrong place.
i am trying to find out what kilt is the gray kilt. i know that my family are mainly from inverness. my 2nd cousins dad was the owner of james gray and son roofing company in inverness. my grandad's middle name was skibo and we have 2 china teapots from skibo castle so dont know if we have something to do with that castle or not. my 2nd cousin was hamish gray of contin from the house of lords. also on our family tree i believe that at the top is william the conqurer from 1066 invasion and also we have lady jane grey on there too this is all i know about my family history so if anyone can help me please let me know, much appreciated

[ForresterModern]

Gray tartan:

http://www.scotweb.co.uk/tartan?filter_searchterm=gray

Comes in custom weave wool. Might find it elsewhere but not likely stock at any major mill. Actually quite an attractive tartan IMHO.

[McMurdo]

Here is the page from the Scottish Register of Tartans
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qRe...rchString=gray

Your kiltmaker should be able to get the tartan from one of the major mills. As a point of interest I had a kilt length of 16 oz wool woven in the Royal Naval Association tartan by DC Daglish it was handled by my kiltmaker who then sewed it up into a lovely 8 yard kilt.

[McMurdo]

Here is the page from the Scottish Register of Tartans
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/qRe...rchString=gray

Your kiltmaker should be able to get the tartan from one of the major mills. As a point of interest I had a kilt length of 16 oz wool woven in the Royal Naval Association tartan by DC Daglish it was handled by my kiltmaker who then sewed it up into a lovely 8 yard kilt.

[Highlander31]

Welcome to the forum. I would suggest possting your questions on the Heraldry and Tartan thread.

[SFCRick]

Welcome

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

Follow McMurdo's advice and everything will turnout fine. And welcome to the fold (or should that be pleat? ).

[MacKay71]

Welcome to X-marks!

[Phil]

i know that my family are mainly from inverness. my 2nd cousins dad was the owner of james gray and son roofing company in inverness. my grandad's middle name was skibo and we have 2 china teapots from skibo castle so dont know if we have something to do with that castle or not. my 2nd cousin was hamish gray of contin from the house of lords. also on our family tree i believe that at the top is william the conqurer from 1066 invasion and also we have lady jane grey on there too this is all i know about my family history so if anyone can help me please let me know, much appreciated

Unless you have documentary evidence it is unsafe to assume that you share the same ancestry as some historical character simply because you share a surname. The Lady Jane Grey you refer to died, I believe, without children so it is improbable that you are a descendant. In any event, such noble families have very well documented family trees so you should be able to quite easily trace any connection but you will first have to document your ancestors back until and if you find a link.
Good luck anyway as I am sure it is a fascinating hobby.

[Colonel MacNeal]

There are also Anglo-Saxon Grays and Greys in South Africa, so it is prudent to check things out.

For Example,
My father did extensive research into our genealogy and discovered that many of the tenets of our family's oral history were patently false. The great great grandfather on my Mother's side that was supposedly an American Indian was pure fiction, because his parents had been born in Wales. These "native fictions" are common in Euro-American families that have some family members with dark complexion or dark eyes. Often, this is a genetic legacy from the Iberian Celts who were early immigrants to Britain and Ireland.

Just an example of how family histories can be wrong.

Cheers, ColMac