Genealogy History of the Surname Butler

At times the name Butler may come up in surname genealogy research. I have often wondered where the surname Butler derived from. It could have been from several different ancestries. Read this to get some genealogy history on the Butler Surname. [...]

Classification of Arms of Heraldry

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Arms are not only granted to individuals and families, but also to cities, corporate bodies, and learned societies. They may therefore be classed as follows:

Arms of DOMINION, PRETENSION, CONCESSION. COMMUNITY, PATRONAGE, FAMILY. ALLIANCE, AND SUCCESSION.

Arms of Dominion or Sovereignty – are properly the arms of the kings or sovereigns of the [...]

Heraldry and Genealogy

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Heraldry is the practice of creating, verbally describing (called blazoning) and granting Armorial Bearings (also called a Coat of Arms, or Armory) to an individual, and of recording the genealogy, or family tree, of that line.