I don't know about my branch having arms...haven't heard of others either.
I do know that there are definitely companies out there who will make them
up for you (whether you ask them to or not) when you send them money to find
"your" arms. It is important to remember also that arms were issued to an
individual, perhaps to be differenced as passed down through the
generations, but NOT to anyone who happened to have the same surname.
-- Tim
----- Original Message -----
From: David Strickland <dstrickland(a)optekinc.com>
To: <CAPSTACK-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 2:47 PM
Subject: RE: [CAPSTACK] Coat of Arms
my branch of the capsticks never were important enough to get one.
and
the
yorkshire/westmorland connection were all woodcutters, farmers, and
cattle
drovers. certainly not the stuff of areistocracy.
coats of arms have become like scottish tartans. some merchant will
invent
one for you for a price.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marion Maychell [SMTP:Marion.Maychell@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2000 1:45 PM
> To: CAPSTACK-L(a)rootsweb.com
> Subject: [CAPSTACK] Coat of Arms
>
> Hi,
> Does anyone know if CAPSTICK ever had a coat of Arms ?? I found one here
>
http://infokey.com/cgi-bin/baseall
> but as it's a commercial site I am inclined to suspect it.
> Would be interested in your comments on this .