| Title: | Celt Notefile |
| Moderator: | TALLIS::DARCY |
| Created: | Wed Feb 19 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Tue Jun 03 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1632 |
| Total number of notes: | 20523 |
The National Genealogical Society Ethics Committee recently issued the
following warning on Coats of Arms:
Several companies sell coats of arms or ancestral arms for thousands of
surnames. Some employ artists to design original coats of arms; others
adapt coats of arms found in books.
Coats of arms purchased in shopping malls or by mail order are most
likely not related in any way to the purchaser's ancestry. Rules for
the use of authentic coasts of arms differ.
You may rightfully use British coats of arms only if you can trace your
ancestry through the male line directly to the man who was granted that
coat of arms. To ensure authenticity, you should register your arms
with the English College of Heralds or the Scottish Lord Lyon, King of
Arms.
Does any one know how this effects Irish names?
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| 1518.1 | Caveat Emptor & you get what you pay for! | NEMAIL::HANLY | Fri Oct 13 1995 14:47 | 12 | |
The heraldry companies in shopping malls are only accurate in a
sweeping, broad sense. For example, they will give you the origin of
the name and coat of arms, etc, but it may not apply to your particular
branch of the family or sirname. They are only accurate becasue they
copy Lysagt's and other publications printed in Ireland and England
verbatim. Because they do it in the US, they escape legal
ramifications and provide a quick, inexpensive solution to many. As
long as you don't pay much and expect a lot, the mail order and
shopping mall heraldry companies are alright. This is all based on my
opinion and some research my father did.
Regards, Ken Hanly
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