Free viewing of your family Coat of arms

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The history seems to be more based on first American usage - well it is an american site !

iieee

Apparently my distinctly Cornish maiden name is English, originating from Hampshire. Don't tell dad.:eek:

BubbyB_rises_again

they didn't have mine :o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o:o
i'm really upset now, i might even cry....

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http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/Surnames.aspx

to see where is surname is spread across uk in 1881 and 1998

ambyuk

I did capitalise it!

Edna_Bucket_2

Sola wrote: »

My coat of arms is visually correct, but the historical info behind its origins is pretty limited, missing the most important features,. Based on my own genealogical research the 'famous' person with that surname (a distant cousin) actually had a different name according to Burke's Peerage - it's possible to find better using a basic Google search.

James Blount dropped the "o" when he left the Army and went into pop - might that explain it? If he is your cousin, you might want to keep it quiet...

judyjetson

On mine, it gives the name of a famous person who shared my surname, but unfortunately it's not actually his real name. just one he took at a later date. Being an American site, it's certainly one they should have known as well! :rotfl:

Sola

Edna_Bucket wrote: »

James Blount dropped the "o" when he left the Army and went into pop - might that explain it? If he is your cousin, you might want to keep it quiet...

Nope, not him. It was someone in the 18th century who married the daughter from an old Irish family; he added his wife's surname to his as a condition of her inheriting from her family, so that the name would be continued. This site got it wrong.

Farway

Sorry to spoil the party, there is no such thing as family coat of arms in UK

A coat of arms is granted to a person, not a family

quote & more

"Q. Do coats of arms belong to surnames?

A. No. There is no such thing as a 'coat of arms for a surname'. Many people of the same surname will often be entitled to completely different coats of arms, and many of that surname will be entitled to no coat of arms. Coats of arms belong to individuals. For any person to have a right to a coat of arms they must either have had it granted to them or be descended in the legitimate male line from a person to whom arms were granted or confirmed in the past."

http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Faq.htm

These web sites are aimed mainly at gullible Americans and their dollars

NickiM

They didn't have my surname either