Your Connection to Carstarphen's Worldwide

The Origin of the name:
The name of an old family in Fife, derived from the village and parish of the name Corstorphin, Midlothian County, Scotland. Different Spellings: Corstorphin, Corstorphyne, Corstorphine, Carstorphene, Carstorphein, Custorphing, Carstrphein, Costorphin, Crostrophin Crostrophyn, Corstorphen, Carstarphin, Carstarfin, Castarphen.

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The American Carstarphen's

One of the earliest of the American branches of the Carstarphen family started when Robert Carstarphen came to America in 1746 with his three sons James, Robert & John and they settled in the James River District of Virginia. It was said that Robert Sr. was a surgeon at the battle of Culloden in 1745.

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Scottish Tartans:
There is no clan tartan for the name Corstorphine, they however can wear a district tartan which is the Edinburgh District tartan, of which there are several versions. The family of Corstarphin were allies/belonged to the clan Forrester so they are also allowed to wear the Forrester tartan. I have been informed by the Scottish Tartans Society that the Fife District tartan would be also appropriate to wear, which is shown on the border.

The purpose of this page is to collect and share information on all the Carstarphen (and its different spellings) world wide with all those interested.

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• Order your Corstorphine Christmas Card for this year 2004!!!
• Carstarphen Family Coat of Arms
• The Town of Corstorphen, Scotland Carstarphin
• Take a tour of the Old Corstorphine Parish Church
• Bits & Pieces
• Genealogical Evidence
• What's what in Midlothian County, Scotland
• Carstarphen Bookmarks links to all known Carstarphen references.
• Carstarphen Family Queries & List of Other Researchers
• Carstarphen Surname Links
• Corstorphine On-Line
• The Corstorphine Trust
• The Corstorphine Inn

Scottish & Genealogical Links

• Learn the Scotish Language
• Scottish wills and testaments, More than a half million ranging from 1500 to 1901 online
• The Scots Origins Sighting Service
• Gazetteer for Scotland
• Ancestral Scotland
• Tracing your Scottish Ancestry
• Scotch-Irish Records Available on the Internet
• CelticNet
• Gathering of the Clans Clan Information
• Edinburgh
• The Scottish Genealogy Society
• Scotland
• Highlander Web Magazine
• Scotsweb an Internet guide Scottish Style
• Scotweb's Online Scottish History
• List of Scottish WWW Sites
• Links to Genealogy Web Sites check it out
• The Tartan PagesScotland on the Internet
• The Scottish Tartans Society
• The Scottish District Families Association
• The Castles of Lothians
• The UK Tourism Guide a comprehensive listing of links
• Castle Keep - fine, hand-forged Claymores, Knight's Swords, Viking Swords,
  Basket-hilted Broadswords, Dirks, Sgian Dubhs and custom pieces, from the Isle of Skye, Scotland
• The Scottish Tartans Society Press Release

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