Hello folks,

So the acquisition of a kilt has been on my "to do list" for about 25 years...when I turned 50, the "to do list" got a bit more of "must do" marks added and this was one of those. The visit with Steve at Freedom Kilts just had this underlined and stared for the year or so ahead. Then this past weekend made the deposit for a kilt - so now I am working on this item.

Yet, the biggest struggle for me has been focusing in on a tartan. I had made my daughter a box kilt when she was five using Robertson - see below. It's a great tartan.

Here is a collection of info and I would be intrigued by folks suggestions based upon this.

1. Lowland Scots - as you will see in a moment, the ancestors are all from the lowlands - Lanark and Fife. So there is that.

2. Family history - my paternal great grandparents immigrated from Scotland and my paternal grandmother was first gen American who danced in the 1930s in highland games. Sadly I don't know what she wore nor are there any other pictures.
Main Surnames - Reid of Dunbarton, briefly, but mainly Lanark
- Scott of Fife (list of where is way below for those curious)

http://www.olypen.com/tinkers/Geneal...ie%20Scott.htm - part of the history

3. Could simply cheat - Reid - Sept of Robertson -- go with that. It's a great tartan and one that is familiar. But I tend to pick blues and greens. That said, I know a lot about this tartan and interestingly enough the Clan Donnachaidh has been doing a lot of interesting DNA studies that show strong links to the Reids in the Lanark area mine are from

4. Interests and such - there are tartans for most of these - some just are not easily obtainable
A. USAF vet
B. Washington State Native and University of Washington grad
C. Department of Columbia Commander for the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, also researcher of the 74th PA - First German Regiment
D. Lawyer
E. Teach history as an adjunct lecturer; genealogy lecturer on colonial research; military ancestry; 28 yrs of German genealogy
F. My community's team colors - which my kids have all attended - actually uses the colors in the Xmarksthescot tartan, interestingly enough.
G. Love the Declaration of Arbroath tartan - but it is not readily available in yardage, sad to say -
https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/ta...ails?ref=11182

So, there are some various choices and just curious what others have used as considerations in narrowing down for their FIRST kilt?

Oh, here are the family locations with surnames in Fife. The Reid lines were in Lanark and I need to do those in the same way.


Fife Locations

Auchterderran - Scott and Arott

Kinglassie - Moyes, Arnott

Cowdenbeath - scott

Cuspar - Ogilive

Cardened Colliery, Denend Colliery, Auchterderran==>Anna Mackie Scott and sibliings

Kettle-Moyes

Ceres-Moyes

Dysart - Arnott

Largo - Rodger