"Mick Gurling" <No.Spam.mickg@toto.com> wrote in message news:<b8b9jl$bvh$1@askin-17.linkpendium.com>... > > All that will tell you is that there is (or once was) a person > > sharing Your surname who bore arms. Suppose your name were "Jones"; > > it wouldn't be very significant to learn that there was once an > > English armiger named "Jones". > > Wouldn't he have been more likely of Welsh origin? > > ;) Whatever origin, the coat of arms will make a great conversation piece. Go for it! lscacchi@aol.com (Lawrence Scacchi)