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    Greetings, My name is as you see it, when I...

    Greetings,

    My name is as you see it, when I got my personal tartan registered my name was on the register, so I didn't see any reason to have a forum nickname when I joined here.


    All the...
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    Re: Do you feel safe?

    Greetings,

    It's been a while since my last posting...but posting here is fun and when I discovered this X Marks forum it was exciting when one of the 'Rabble' :) mentioned my tartans. Since...
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    Re: Sett Size

    Greetings,

    I would like to put this in...There is no such thing as a 'SHY' tartan, for me big setts follow the direction of easier identification...small setts are decoration, big setts are...
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    Re: Finding my heritage.

    Greetings,

    The Colquhouns and The Battle of Glenfruin:

    During a feud with the Clan Colquhoun in 1603 (could it possibly have been about... uhm... say... land?), Chieftain Alexander MacGregor...
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    Re: Finding my heritage.

    Greetings,

    Nothing is a guarantee regarding surnames, not going into septs, as stating with Peters as a possible motive for Daniels great-grandfathers change from MacGregor to Peters...I was...
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    Re: Finding my heritage.

    Greetings,

    The MacGregor Clan Motto 'S Rioghal Mo Dhream (Royal is My Race)...pronunciation..."sreeal mo ghryme" I think the ghryme is close to saying graham but ghrahame...though thats just a...
  7. Re: Need help finding the correct tartan, please.

    Greetings,

    Roger/Rodger/Rogers/Rodgers/Rogerson/Rodgerson - However it is spelt, the name Roger is English, though brought over buy the Normans, the Normans would add 's' if Roger had a son and he...
  8. Re: "Modern Clans" Sorry I don't get it?

    Greetings,

    Drawing on what I know from my family history, my Great-Great-Grandfather left Scotland with his wife to go to America they had 5 children born there, however 15 years later they moved...
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    Re: King Robert the Bruce

    Greetings,

    Nice pictures, it's a shame I've never been to the abbey, even though I've passed it a hundred times on the way to the library, I really should stop and have a look around.


    All the...
  10. There are no words, that can discribe the pains...

    There are no words, that can discribe the pains and sorrows of so many destroyed lives, for the victims who fell at the hand of one of there fellow countrymen, and the families who are left with the...
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    Greetings, I have managed to stop laughing,...

    Greetings,

    I have managed to stop laughing, crying and choking enough to write this, :rofl: :sofnny: that beats anything I have ever read...the dialogue was so funny it beggars belief that...
  12. Greetings, Here is a link to the video on...

    Greetings,

    Here is a link to the video on youtube...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNu8XDBSn10


    All the best,
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    Greetings, Here is some background info on the...

    Greetings,

    Here is some background info on the name 'JENKIN, JENKINS', Moray, Lanarkshire etc. 16th c. and 'CROMB' As CRUM; MACDONALD to GORDON...'CRUM, CROOM', Benderloch, MACDONALD.

    JENKINS...
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    Greetings, After seeing the UK ribbon posted...

    Greetings,

    After seeing the UK ribbon posted by Chas...I had a go at doing a tartan.
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    Greetings, Hello Matthew is was created...

    Greetings,



    Hello Matthew is was created 7th January 2010 (07/01/2010), I know in America dates are written in this order Month/Day/Year...in the UK its written in this order Day/Month/Year.
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    Greetings, There is 'Stewart Mourning' also I...

    Greetings,

    There is 'Stewart Mourning' also I designed a 'Chess' tartan which is predominantly black here is a link to the register and picture cause of the colours etc:

    ...
  17. Greetings, My mums personal tartan was a K7...

    Greetings,

    My mums personal tartan was a K7 weave, I do abit of weaving myself, using traditional methods, as in table looms, as I am a volunteer weaver for the woodside weavers in Glenrothes,...
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    Greetings, Most likely your mothers maiden...

    Greetings,

    Most likely your mothers maiden name, is from the Abercrombies of Fife, the Crombie Sept of Clan Gordon or any other clan, is to do with a particular family of Crombie (an individual...
  19. Greetings, Yeah looking at the first pics it...

    Greetings,

    Yeah looking at the first pics it does look white, but at a closer view it does look yellow, and I do think it is a cameron of erracht tartan but done by a different weaver, cause on...
  20. All the best, Graham Another note: the...

    All the best,


    Graham

    Another note: the yellow pivot on the green is what I understand it to be known as the Carnegie tartan:

    http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=566...
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    Greetings, As I don't know much about Canada...

    Greetings,

    As I don't know much about Canada and it's interior, I am just popping this in, I can say from my experiences here in Scotland, one of my first friends was a Sikh when I was 'I think...
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    Greetings, A Parrot Tartan, hmmmmmm I like...

    Greetings,

    A Parrot Tartan, hmmmmmm I like the first one the most, however I would have to agree with figheadair. If you got this tartan weaved and registered it would be a design bearly...
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    Greetings, Its a braw bricht moonlicht nicht,...

    Greetings,

    Its a braw bricht moonlicht nicht, th' nicht = It's a grand/beautiful bright moonlight night tonight.

    naw/nae bad and yersel = no/not bad and how is yourself.

    Aw right! =...
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    Greetings, I joined this forum just last...

    Greetings,

    I joined this forum just last month, and I appreciate all the efforts made by the moderators, well done and have a happy retirement.

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year,

    Sàinte
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    Greetings, Here are a few links: ...

    Greetings,

    Here are a few links:

    http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clan_abercrombie/history.html

    http://www.scotster.com/people/clan-abercrombie/
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