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Question:The family crest that I am looking for is for Stanley G. Brooker from Croyden England. My father Steven M. Brooker wants a tattoo of our crest, and I can not find the original. I would appreciate any help offered in this. Thank you. Darcy Brooker


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The family crest that I am looking for is for Stanley G. Brooker from Croyden England. My father Steven M. Brooker wants a tattoo of our crest, and I can not find the original. I would appreciate any help offered in this. Thank you. Darcy Brooker

There is no such thing as a "family crest."

A Crest is part of a coat of arms. See the links below, one from the British College of Arms and The National Genealogical Society (U.S.)

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

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

A coat of arms is or was granted to an individual and is past down from father to son only. They DO NOT belong to surnames.

It is quite possible for there to be several individuals named Brooker that were granted a coat of arms, not all necessarily related.

Anyone on this board can give you a number of links and website that are in the business of peddling coats of arms based solely on a surname, but we would be totally dishonest if we did not tell you that what you find might not have anything to do with anyone with whom you are related.

If your father is entitled to a coat of arms, the only way you would know is either his father has it or you would have to do research of your family tree. You just can't put a name into a website and then up pops a coat of arm with your name under it and you can rest assured that it was even granted to someone to whom you are related. Like I stated, there might be several individuals named Brooker that were granted a coat of arms, but the merchants of deceit that sell them will not have all of them. They don't need to in order to sell one to gullible people.

I understand those granted to men that are knighted are not hereditary.

This is an All English Speaking Board and people on it are from the U. S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

In some countries a person would risk prosecution for displaying a coat of arms without documented proof that they are entitled to it.

In the U. S., a lot of people have bought those dinky little walnut plaques with a coat of arms on it and their surname underneath it. What that means is they are just displaying one that was granted to someone with their surname and probably isn't any way related to them. There are no laws regarding heraldry in the U. S.

google family crests on google

Check out the Church of Latter Day Saints-great geneology databases.

Please, Darcy.. pay attention to what Shirley says. You can buy them online many places, but they are just hanging out, waiting for someone who has no background in genealogy at all.
At least someone who falls for them and buys a plaque or coffeemug, can hide it in the closet, once they find out that they are a scam. Can't hide a tatoo in the closet.

http://www.freecoatsofarms.com/

I have an extremely rare surname, and there are TWO coats of arms for it! Just by googling your surname and finding one, doesn't mean it's the right one. Beware of errors.