Andrews tartan

[julie333]

I was wondering if anyone could tell me where I would find information on the Andrews name.  I have searched a number of sites and have come up with a variety of clans for the Andrews.  I am interested in what my tartan and the crest would be.
I would greatly appreciate any help, I'm finding it very confusing.
Thanks
Julie 

[sancti]

Many tartans today are commercially produced with no real history. Have a read at this link

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/tartan/history.htm

Clan Andrew ?/

http://www.tartanclancrest.com/andrew-crest-framed.html

[julie333]

Thanks for your help! The link you gave me was very helpful.  If the Andrews didn't have their own clan, would they be part of another larger clan.  I have found reference to them being associated with several clans, so I'm not sure where they fit in.  My Andrews family came to scotland in the 1840's, so I'm wondering if the Andrews is an Irish name.
Thanks again for your help, this is such a wonderful site with so many helpful people.
Julie

[sancti]

If the came to Scotland in the 1840's, do you have them on the 1851 census? That would tell you where they were born.

[julie333]

Hi Sancti   I do have the 1851 census and have them both born in Ireland, I also have James Andrews death cert. but the parent's names are blank. So I have had no luck getting any further back with him. I have been checking the clans and have found nothing on where the name originated from or what clan it is associated with.
Thanks Julie

[nanato5]

hello julie ,if you go on ancestral scotland ,go on clan search and type in andrews surname,it will give you info on what clan the name is connected to ,had a look and its connected to  ROSS,there is a clan badge and the tartan as well ,eva

[Stephen J F Plowman]

There is now an official register of tartans at;

http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/index.aspx

This combines the records held by the Scottish Tartan Authority and the Scottish Tartan World Register.

[sancti]

Thanks for your help! The link you gave me was very helpful.  If the Andrews didn't have their own clan, would they be part of another larger clan.  I have found reference to them being associated with several clans, so I'm not sure where they fit in.  My Andrews family came to scotland in the 1840's, so I'm wondering if the Andrews is an Irish name.
Thanks again for your help, this is such a wonderful site with so many helpful people.
Julie

Julie, your family may have oricinally came from Scotland and moved to Ireland during the Plantation of Ulster

[Andrews73]

Andrews falls under the Ross clan and wears their tartan. We show up in Scotland quite a lot, but there is an Irish Andrews coat of arms as well. I've also heard, more than once, that Andrews--in that particular form and spelling--is more Welsh than anything else.
-James C. Andrews
Silverdale, Washington