In a message dated 2/5/2003 5:53:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, skjones@triad.rr.com writes: > 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. > Sherry, You are correct in what you say above and in the rest of your posting. Perhaps the original question was either misstated or asked without full knowledge of armory. Either way it really doesn't matter. The stated reason for wanting a Jones family crest was to adorn a book. Technically, the American author could choose any Jones crest for that job, since English armory carries no significance in the United States other than fancy decoration. But its decoration that would make the front of a publication look really attractive. Larry Jones I'm in the business of beating the odds.

you wrote: But its decoration that would make the front of a publication > look really attractive. I agree...... Sherry ----- Original Message ----- From: <LDEAA@aol.com> To: <JONES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 05, 2003 6:00 PM Subject: Re: [Jones] JONES Family Crest > In a message dated 2/5/2003 5:53:44 PM Eastern Standard Time, > skjones@triad.rr.com writes: > > > 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. > > > > Sherry, > > You are correct in what you say above and in the rest of your posting. > Perhaps the original question was either misstated or asked without full > knowledge of armory. Either way it really doesn't matter. The stated reason > for wanting a Jones family crest was to adorn a book. Technically, the > American author could choose any Jones crest for that job, since English > armory carries no significance in the United States other than fancy > decoration. But its decoration that would make the front of a publication > look really attractive. > > Larry Jones > I'm in the business of beating the odds. > > > ==== 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 > >

Here is a link to the British College of Arms which explains crests, coats of arms, etc. http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/ Kathi Jones-Hudson __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com