Re: Kirk's & Kilts

I can't find anything for "kirke". in my endeavors, when i am even able to find the surname kirk, it is always listed as belonging to clan maxwell, which i have mentioned. i haven't been able to find items relating to the "kirk(e)" surname, where tartans are concerned. being that kirk is the nomenclature used for church in scotland, that could changed things, but i haven't dug that far. as far as "robert kirkes" are concerned, my family has always speleed it without the "e", but again for all i know at this point, my family could havebeen kirkwood, or kirkhoe and just shortened it. so i'm going to have to say no, there is no relation. i'm not even sure when the kirks came to the u.s., i haven't the funds to research my self, and no one in my family is sure at thispoint.