One family story I heard was about my second great grandfather. My gran wanted me to find about him especially about his life in Ireland. The story was when his boat was coming to shore he jumped off and swam to shore. This got spun into other speculated stories like "there will be no record for him" " he may have gotten in trouble in Ireland and was afraid of being deported". After finding a Irish and us census listing him and his adopted sister I searched for the sister's name. Found the ship and sure enough above her, circled together in fact, was my 2nd great grandfather, and to strengthen it further the pair of them listed my 2nd great grandfather aunt as the destination, the same woman listed in the US census.the reason we couldn't find him was: 1- he came through Boston and not new York. 2- his name was mistranscribed
Great video as always. I was very interested in the Coat of Arms part. Where do places like House of Names .com come up with their Coat of Arms/Family Crests?
Relying on the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) for information is not a good idea. At my reservation corrupt officials have destroyed records to hide embezzlement by burning down their office in the 1950's. They also do not register all people of Indian descent for various political reasons that are probably only known to them (although my family on the reservation has it's own theories on that). That is why the disparity between people claiming Indian descent and those registered is so large. To make it worse, people are claiming to be Indian to get what they think are big yearly checks from the tribes. Which makes tribes think that if you aren't already registered you are a gold digger out for money, and of course, leads to even fewer people getting registered. The checks aren't that big by the way, and most don't qualify for them anyway.
My grandfather always said that he been told he had some NA ancestry but we never proved it so I keep looking for information but only use it as a starting point to search.
According to the College of Arms UK, "The arms of a man pass equally to all his legitimate [male] children, irrespective of their orders of birth." I have an example. My ancestor William Farrar's younger brother John Ferrar was confirmed the right to bear arms during the 1623 Heraldic Visitation of Surrey County. Their oldest (living) brother Henry Farrar was confirmed the right to bear arms during the 1634 Heraldic Visitation of Hertfordshire. The three of them and their brother Humphrey are all listed on both pedigrees listed during these Heraldic Visitations. Their father John Farrar of Croxton and London had the right to bear arms as the son of William Farrar of Ewood, Yorkshire.
You can search a particular coat of arms, but it takes a bit of work. You would need to look through books called "rolls of arms." Some are organized by name, some are organized by the main elements of the arms (ie, the lions together, the birds together, etc.).
Had no idea there was a publish facility (I'm neuro-atypical so it's very possible I just didn't spot it). Is there a video somewhere with directions for that?
Yeah, I figured as much. I understand that the Coat of Arms are for individuals, and not for a surname, but there is one for my family name that has been circulated as THE "coat of arms" for many decades, at least. My grandmother even had a framed version of it. I wonder how I could figure out the individual to whom this actually belongs?
There are registers of coats of arms going back many centuries. The "buy your family coat of arms" places usually just pick one that belonged to someone with a particular surname, but it doesn't belong to everyone with that surname.
Exactly! Coat-of-arms were bestowed upon an individual and typically, goes only through the direct male line; although, in some rarer instances, there have been cases of heraldic heiresses (e.g., noblewomen who were only children), etc.
One family story I heard was about my second great grandfather. My gran wanted me to find about him especially about his life in Ireland. The story was when his boat was coming to shore he jumped off and swam to shore. This got spun into other speculated stories like "there will be no record for him" " he may have gotten in trouble in Ireland and was afraid of being deported". After finding a Irish and us census listing him and his adopted sister I searched for the sister's name. Found the ship and sure enough above her, circled together in fact, was my 2nd great grandfather, and to strengthen it further the pair of them listed my 2nd great grandfather aunt as the destination, the same woman listed in the US census.the reason we couldn't find him was: 1- he came through Boston and not new York. 2- his name was mistranscribed
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Great video as always. I was very interested in the Coat of Arms part. Where do places like House of Names .com come up with their Coat of Arms/Family Crests?
Relying on the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) for information is not a good idea. At my reservation corrupt officials have destroyed records to hide embezzlement by burning down their office in the 1950's. They also do not register all people of Indian descent for various political reasons that are probably only known to them (although my family on the reservation has it's own theories on that). That is why the disparity between people claiming Indian descent and those registered is so large. To make it worse, people are claiming to be Indian to get what they think are big yearly checks from the tribes. Which makes tribes think that if you aren't already registered you are a gold digger out for money, and of course, leads to even fewer people getting registered. The checks aren't that big by the way, and most don't qualify for them anyway.
My grandfather always said that he been told he had some NA ancestry but we never proved it so I keep looking for information but only use it as a starting point to search.
According to the College of Arms UK, "The arms of a man pass equally to all his legitimate [male] children, irrespective of their orders of birth." I have an example. My ancestor William Farrar's younger brother John Ferrar was confirmed the right to bear arms during the 1623 Heraldic Visitation of Surrey County. Their oldest (living) brother Henry Farrar was confirmed the right to bear arms during the 1634 Heraldic Visitation of Hertfordshire. The three of them and their brother Humphrey are all listed on both pedigrees listed during these Heraldic Visitations. Their father John Farrar of Croxton and London had the right to bear arms as the son of William Farrar of Ewood, Yorkshire.
You can search a particular coat of arms, but it takes a bit of work. You would need to look through books called "rolls of arms." Some are organized by name, some are organized by the main elements of the arms (ie, the lions together, the birds together, etc.).
The House of Names has been known as spam for a long time.
Had no idea there was a publish facility (I'm neuro-atypical so it's very possible I just didn't spot it). Is there a video somewhere with directions for that?
Yeah, I figured as much. I understand that the Coat of Arms are for individuals, and not for a surname, but there is one for my family name that has been circulated as THE "coat of arms" for many decades, at least. My grandmother even had a framed version of it. I wonder how I could figure out the individual to whom this actually belongs?
There are registers of coats of arms going back many centuries. The "buy your family coat of arms" places usually just pick one that belonged to someone with a particular surname, but it doesn't belong to everyone with that surname.
Exactly! Coat-of-arms were bestowed upon an individual and typically, goes only through the direct male line; although, in some rarer instances, there have been cases of heraldic heiresses (e.g., noblewomen who were only children), etc.
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I guess until mid 1990's about 9.5 million Americans have claimed to served as soldiers in Vietnam War while never been even near that place.