The mcCANN COAT OF ARMS HEREBY ILLUSTRATED IS OFFICALLY DOCUMENTED IN BURKE'S GENERAL ARMORY. THE ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION OF THE ARMS (SHIELD) IS AS FOLLOWS: " AZ. FRETTY OR, ON A FESS AR. A BOAR PASS. GU." WHEN TRANSLATED THE BLAZON ALSO DESCRIBES THE ORIGINAL COLORS OF THE McCann arms as: Blue, EMBLAZONED WITH A SERIES OF GOLD INTERLOCKING VOIDED LOZENGES ON WHICH IS SUPERPOSED A SILVER FESS, CHARGED WITH A PASSING RED BOAR. ABOVE THE SHIELD AND HELMET IS THE CREST WHICH IS DESCRIBED AS, A NATURALLY COLOURED SWIMMING SALMON. CHEERS. FRED. -----Original Message----- From: atmeyer [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: April 12, 2002 11:40 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCann coat of arms listed as Hi: Some one just sent me the most beautiful picture of the McCann Coat of Arms It filled the whole page. I also asked it they knew what the Motto stood for, I'm sure we'll get answer. I can see that the animal isn't a Bull now. Ann Meyer (Ann McCann) ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 12, 2002 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [McCANN] McCann coat of arms listed as > In a message dated 4/12/2002 1:08:48 PM Central Daylight Time, [email protected] > writes: > > > http://www.freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dgarvey/surnames/McCann/griff_m > > ccann.html > > The problem I see in this URL is the addition of the "www" that should not be > there. > > I get the page to come up fine. I saw the Coat of Arms and the Motto. If > anyone can interpret the motto, I would appreciate knowing what it says. > > Nancy in MO > > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== > Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: > Address: [email protected] > Subject: archive > Text: get volume98/latest/n > n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18. > > ==== McCANN Mailing List ==== Note: To RETRIEVE the most recent McCann RootsWeb Digests from Archives: Address: [email protected] Subject: archive Text: get volume98/latest/n n = number of digests you want -- up to a max of 18.