To some extent I have to agree here with Robin. Since I treat the STA website as a reliable place for reference, mostly for the tartans themselves than for historical matters, I should expect the tartans register to be a little more up to date than it is. There are quite a few new(ish) tartans which I know to have been registered but which are not contained within the tartan search facility.

I have no recollection as to how long I might have waited for my membership package to arrive, since it was a few years ago, but I wear my lapel badge with some pride and my car bears the sticker - I imagine with equal pride - not that anyone has ever commented on, or asked about, either!!

Having said all that, I do appreciate that the STA seems almost to be day-to-day run entirely single-handed by Brian Walton who, in my experience, has always responded surprisingly promptly to any E-mail enquiries I have submitted, and has even telephoned me on occasion.