IM LOOKING FOR MY COAT OF ARMS OR FAMILY CREST MY FATHER HAS TRACED US ALL THE WAY BACK TO NORWAY MY LAST NAME (SURNAME) IS STRAND IVE SEARCHED ALL OVER THE INTERNET AND HAVENT FOUND ANYTHING BUT SOME CAVEMAN AND I KNOW THATS NOT IT ITS FROM A CREST MILL..ANY HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED MY EMAIL IS JOSEPH7351@GMAIL.COM
Hi Joseph, we need more information as names, birth, wedding etc. There are maybee hundreds of places and farms named Strand in Norway. A search on Google in Norway give you 1.6 millon pages containing the name Strand.
Coats of Arms in Norway are only for Royality and shields for Kommunes or governmental bodies.
The peasant class in Norway identified their property by Bumerke marks. I recommend you do some historical research on Norwegian history and such.
There are alot of companies out there selling made-up, imaginary Coats of Arms for people who would never qualify in the old days, these are just ego trips and are meanless.
However, if you go back enough, and I mean really far back, everyone is related to royality in some way. It is being a direct, inheriting descendant that is important.
NEED HELP!!!
Posted - 02/02/2007 : 03:39:51
