Hello list, Last month I posted a message concerning a JONES Coat of Arms or a JONES Family Crest. Thanks to all who replied to my posting. After all the information I received plus doing some research I found many Coats of Arms & Family Crests for the JONES Family. Some countries require these items to be registered to make them valid. I happen to have two JONES lines. So, after my investigating this I have decided to design my own JONES Family Crest. I have not yet been able to trace either of my JONES lines back to the country of origin which was probably Wales for at least one of them. This being the case I have designed my Family Crest with respect to present day time rather that historic times. Should anyone be interested in this idea pay a visit to my homepage at: http://home.indy/~ejones1 I have 4 pages on the site. Ed Jones

I have been told the "Family Crest", "Coat of Arms" were only of one person, not a Family. And in order for someone back then to get a Crest or Coat of Arms, they had to apply for it, and it was only owned by that one person. It's not really considered part of the Family. So there would be no Jones Family Crest or whatever the surname. It would only be... "Charles Jones Crest", or "Alfred Jones Coat of Arms". Or whatever the Surname might have been. That if you really want the Crest or Coat of Arms researched, it isn't worth the research unless your doing it for fun. And if your going to pay someone to do the research for you, unless they charge a minimum of $300.00 or more, then the research won't be worth it. I have a few Coat of Arms in my family line and I thought about researching them, So I ask around to other Genealogist that research them and this is what they told me. So I guess you should judge for yourself of weather or not you really want to trace the family and see if there were any "Family Crest", "Coat of Arms" through out your line. Good Luck Hunting. Best Wishes, Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: "EDWIN JONES" <ejones1@indy.net> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: [Jones] JONES Family Crest follow up > Hello list, > > Last month I posted a message concerning a JONES Coat of Arms or a JONES Family Crest. Thanks to all who replied to my posting. After all the information I received plus doing some research I found many Coats of Arms & Family Crests for the JONES Family. Some countries require these items to be registered to make them valid. I happen to have two JONES lines. So, after my investigating this I have decided to design my own JONES Family Crest. I have not yet been able to trace either of my JONES lines back to the country of origin which was probably Wales for at least one of them. This being the case I have designed my Family Crest with respect to present day time rather that historic times. > > Should anyone be interested in this idea pay a visit to my homepage at: > http://home.indy/~ejones1 I have 4 pages on the site. > > Ed Jones > > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at jones-admin@rootsweb.com > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html > >