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John Byrne
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I envy you your gryphons! Much cooler than hands!
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Michael Tortorice
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| Posted: 19 January 2011 at 2:14pm | IP Logged | 2
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Griffins denote vigilance, which is okay. The open hand was used to indicate faith, sincerity, and justice. I kinda like yours.
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Lars Johansson
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"My" coat of arms I have not seen, such stuff is not popular here but it should be the same as the guy as in Anna Karenina if history had been different. I think everybody should have their coat of arms, place pictures that represent yourself and waveforms should represent a lake, if you are from a place where there was a lake etc.
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Wayde Murray
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| Posted: 19 January 2011 at 3:43pm | IP Logged | 4
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I envy both the hands and the griffins: the Murray crest has three mullets (gold stars, basically) on a blue field, no chevron. It's one of the oldest of the Scottish clans, and the crest is relatively simple as a result. One of my favorite throwaway bits on Star Trek was that Scotty's dress uniform incorporated the Scott tartan. That was a nice touch. Too bad they couldn't get him a real claymore for Day of the Dove.
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Dwayne Gassmann
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Not sure how reliable it is, but a quick search reveals my family crest is a duck.
I think griffins and hands are better than duck.
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Dave Pruitt
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I've never done much in the way of geneaology research on the Pruitt family name, but turns out it's apparently Welsh. I always thought it was Scottish. The Family crest I turned up looks basically the same as Jones (also Welsh I believe), with the inclusion of a raven and for Jones, the Lion is bleeding. The Raven must have something to do with the family motto, which is the Cryptic "Deus pascit corvos", God feeds the ravens. 
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Trevor Smith
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I'm not even going to *bother* trying to google "Smith
family crest" - I could probably fill the next ten pages
with images!
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Al Cook
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Apparently the same is true of Cook family crests...
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Knut Robert Knutsen
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We don't have a family crest (not being -ptui- aristocrats) , but I suppose we do have what is called "bumerke". Sometimes used the way iliterates would make a "mark" instead of signing their names, they have shapes that are easily carved into wood. Meaning they're a collection of runes, geometrical shapes, letters, numbers that fit into a small space. Sort of like a cartouche. They usually start off with a basic shape and then get revised, a line added here or there to distinguish members of the same family. I don't actually know what the most recent "bumerke" for our family is, but my grandfather , who was a carpenter, used the pentagram to sign tools or furniture he made. It's a fairly standard basic form. On the other side of my family, some have used a trident.
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Wallace Sellars
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This looks a bit odd to me, but...
Edited by Wallace Sellars on 20 January 2011 at 8:47am
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Michael Todd
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I found two for Todd, I've no idea which if either belongs to my family.
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Andrew Davey
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Well this is close as I have found (Davy vs Davey). And we have stories of the family name being changed at Ellis when Patrick came over from Ireland in the late 1800s but I have yet to find verification for that. Some family stories said it was change to escape some troubles. I'm sure it is loaded with symobolism and meaning. Perhaps it would be neat to make my own. Hmmm.
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