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Royalty was the first to have heraldic Coats of Arms. There is some controversy in the genealogy world about authenticity of Coat of Arms because in olden times they were presented to individuals and passed down through the generations. So it is important to find historically correct Coat of Arms. The Coat of Arms was passed down from family to family. The eldest son would often inherit his family’s coat of arms without any changes but the younger male siblings would often add symbols to further identify themselves. The symbol a younger son added was usually a smaller picture placed in the middle of the shield. When a woman married, the Coat of Arms of her family was often added to her husband’s arms. Many times the Coat of Arms were quartered, or divided into different parts. Many Coats of Arms have belonged to the same family, being handed down from father to son for generations.
Are you entitled to use Coat of Arms? There are organizations like the College of Arms that anyone may apply to. Provided you are "worthy persons" and have no criminal record, you will be rarely refused. However, they charge fees for their services. The Coats of Arms presented here are taken from the books of either “Burke’s General Armory”, “Rietstap’s Armorial General” or “El Solar Catalan Valenciano y balear”. They are the most accurate Coats of Arms for the family names represented that you can obtain without spending a great deal of what would probably be wasted resources to produce the same results.