Great info, thanks!!!!!

So interesting thing, Henry Graham, the eldest son and child of the 2nd Baronet of Esk who is my 8th great grand father who immigrated to America.....his younger brother Richard is the one who went...

Well I can't even seem to find online what the requirements would be, genealogically speaking, for such a claim. Nor can I find how to even initiate and proceed with a claim. I'm not sure if I would...

That certainly helps very much, thank you! My genealogy goes Graham Esk, Netherby < Graham Menteith < Stewart < etc. on back, and I still have allot to learn!

For nearly a century it was a...

I have attached the largest most detailed image I can seem to find of the arms of Graham Menteith. It seems super easy to find the arms of Graham Montrose compared to Menteith lol, even on the clan...

Awesome! Thank you for the corrections! I actually found a reproduction of that biography that I'm going to purchase.

Far as Tartan, I know they are a very recent thing, but I did find this:...

Well looks like I found one of my answers:

Decreet of forfeiture against the Viscount of Dundee and others
http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=fc&fn=william_and_mary_trans&id=id21485

It's...

I have made a new thread on the Heraldry Society of Scotland forums which is a culmination of what I have learned:

http://heraldry-scotland.com/HSSforum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3017

I again want to...

I found this information as well...

Viscount of Dundee was a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created on 12 November 1688 for John Graham. He was made Lord Graham of Claverhouse at the...

Thank you for the suggestion, it's not falling apart or missing pages but I would cringe the day I open it and I'm the cause of a page falling out however!

We have 100s of VERY old antique books...

Ok, is this version more accurate? I changed helms and the supporters to white, then I looked up images of Earl Coronets and updated that as well.

Thanks everyone for your comments and assistance!...

Disputed chiefship:

John Scrymgeour died in 1668 without issue and his castles, estates and royal offices were seized upon a legal pretext by the Duke of Lauderdale. The Duke had sent soldiers to...

Ok Here is an updated image with some color added. Any corrections to what I may have colored incorrectly?

Why the 2 helms? Why the large crown in the middle?



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According to what I found in my ancestry tree, this is the only "Scrymgeour" that shows up:

Matilda Scrymgeour married John Graham "of Balargus"

Their son was John Graham "of Balargus 1st of...

You guys are awesome!!!!! Thank you so much for your time on this and for the information! That's great to know and an awesome start to really figuring what truth there is that's correct in my family...

Well hello cousin haha! I suspect 18 generations on there are many of us!

Far as the motto, I found that too. I have no one even close to those names in my ancestry though, but hey, perhaps the...

You are technically correct I believe, hence why I mentioned I wish to apply for a matriculation of arms, IF I can figure out to whom the coat of arms was granted to and if they are a direct...

My families history, as it was passed down to me, goes like this....

John Graham "1st Viscount Dundee 7th of Claverhouse" is supposedly our ancestor and our family is from Dundee, Scotland....