Evert Meulie esq. wrote: > Some days ago I came across an Internet company that researches/ > sells Coats of Arms via the 'no cure, no pay' principle. Since my > last name, Meulie, is very rare (only 4 living people in the whole > world) I thought it was worth the 'risk'. Great was my surprise when > I received an email, with attached to it the coat of arms of the > Meulie family, or so they say... > > Is there any way I can verify that the coat of arms I received is > actually that of the Meulie family, and not something that has been > made by some random coat of arms generator program? ;) > > For who is interested, the image received is visible at: > http://www.meulie.net/CoA/ > > Anyone who can give me any info on this matter: yes, please! :) I see you've found rec.heraldry (crosspost cut out) - that would have been my first suggestion. I've seen several conversations which get cross-posted between r.h and soc.culture.scottish which I also read, and I suspect you'll get pretty good answers there. You don't tell us what country is involved. If the arms are Scottish, I can assure you that they aren't yours; arms in Scotland attach only to an individual. For other countries, you'll have to do more searching. British heraldry (including a section on Scotland): http://www.heraldica.org/topics/britain/ -- Joe Makowiec can be reached at: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Joe Makowiec <makowiec@nycap.rEMOVECAPSr.com>