All Genealogy uses the best data available at the time. As with all Genealogies, the data is an interpretation of facts and the portrayal of subjective decisions by the author. Genealogy is a communication tool for exploring for the truth and to create a complete record of the family line. Without a personal family line interview, all Genealogists can only extrapolate and present data that is available only through long hours of research. The massive Genealogy confirmation data lost prior 1810 causes great confusion in our search for the truth so we genealogist can only use our best research data available. Until data becomes available that confirms or denies any authors understandings, the author is assumed correct until the opposing
data confirms any discrepancy.

Jim Graham

The purpose of the Clan Graham Society is to cultivate the spirit of kinship; to inspire among members and descendents the pride of their Scottish heritage; to perpetuate customs and ethics of their Christian forefathers; to collect and share historical and genealogical records and to preserve Graham artifacts and structures.

During the Middle Ages (476 AD to 1452) the shell
Pecten jacobaeus became a religious emblem and
was worn by pilgrims visiting the shrine of St. James
at Santiago do Compostela in northwest Spain. The
patch was also worn in the Holy Land. This type of
shell was used in church architecture due to its
religious significance and was also used in the Coat
of Arms of important families indicating that some
member had made a religious pilgrimage.