> 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? ;) -- Mick Gurling CT USA "Mick Gurling" <No.Spam.mickg@toto.com>