Tat- Thanks for the useful information. I have the crest it is a red and white checkered field representing the the white and red croats.. it has a crowned eagle in a gold field above the checkered field, and a black band from the lower left to the upper right of the field. thanks for letting me know the origin, its interesting, especially when you go to familysearch.org and enter Bakic, and look at the history of Vuksic(aka Vukcic?) the early despots/or rulers depending on your origins. Dave On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 12:51:03 EDT [email protected] writes: > From Ivan von Bojnicic: Adel etc, Nuernberg 1899, page 115 > > Matkovich (Matkovic') > The crest from the document 1649; Michael von MATKOVICH, lector at > Canon etc > A family originating in Croatia but later found also in Weissenburg, > Raab, > Zala etc. Written also: MATKOVITS, MATTKOVICH. > > Comment: > the picture of the coat of arms shows a checkerboard and over it a > bird, > probably the eagle > > >