Research your family name (last name). Answer these questions in your sketchbook and draw a sample of your family coat of arms. Look up the meaning of your last name. Are there different spelling variations? What country of origin? Are there more than one? Look up your family's coat of arms. What symbols are used? What do those symbols stand for? What color scheme is used? What do those colors stand for? |
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These are my husband's family crests. My husband is Swedish and his last name means "Grove Branch". (lund is Old Norse for lundr = 'grove', or 'clump of trees' and gren (green, gren) which is Old Norse for 'branch' (of a tree) |
MOTTO: "Per Deum et Ferrum obtinui" TRANSLATION: "By God and my sword I have obtained." Symbolic Meaning:
The Genealogy Guide - Symbols and Meaning |