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Question:This is my favorite:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...

There are others. The best way is to trace your ancestry, though.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: This is my favorite:
http://www.ancestry.com/learn/facts/defa...

There are others. The best way is to trace your ancestry, though.

www.heraldry.com

type it in at Wikipedia.com, i think

Hi Try the web site below, or you can get your hands on Surname Directory I use the Oxford Book of Names which covers Place, Given and Surnames, you should be able to get a copy through your local library,


Good look and good hunting

Don't get taken up with the heraldry link. There is no such thing as a family crest. A crest is part of a coat of arms. Coats of Arms do not belong to surnames. There are peddlers on the internet, at shopping malls, at airports and in magazines selling surname products. Since there are no laws regarding heraldry in the U. S., merchants of deceit take advantage of Americans.

See the link below from the most prestigious genealogical organization in the U.S., The National Genealogical Society.

http://www.ngsgenealogy.org/comconsumerp...

Try putting this into a search engine:
Put your surname instead of the xxxxxx, of course!

+xxxxxx +origin