May I open the discussion with information about the BIRRELLl CLAN. Our first history comes out of Falkland......but was possibly from earliest times from Berwick on Tweed. You could read about The Birrell Clan in Electric Scotland - as under. I actually bought some Birrell Tartan from Edinburgh, through the internet. This I have cut in pieces and added to the publication of the Birrell Family Story. I think James Birrell wore a kilt when he was on the ship in Australian waters, but threw it to the natives, where they pulled in to shore, as it was too hot and he did not think he would ever need it again. Of course he came via the Suez Canal and around Cape York in the vessel 'Cloncurry' in 1896. Interested in any links to Birrell Clan....Thelma (Bostock) Birrell Qld. Thel & Matt <mrbirrell@ozemail.com.au> < http://www.ozemail.com.au/~mrbirrell/ > for research names 'ROSE & THISTLE to BLUE GUM & GOLDEN WATTLE < www.electricscotland.com/webclans/atoc/birrell2.html > Extensive Birrell Family Story from 1750 in Fifeshire