Beautiful Oil Painting of your Family Crest

Rex

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Sep 29, 2001, 11:18:11 PM9/29/01

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Here's a terrific organization that will create a magnificent oil painting of
your Family Crest / Coat of Arms. If you don't happen to have a copy of your
Family Crest, they will even do the research for you free-of-charge. Check it
out at

http://www.family-crests.net/

e-mail : cre...@family-crests.net

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Charles Sullivan

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Sep 30, 2001, 12:20:49 AM9/30/01

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Yeah, great - if you like to pretend. Just don't believe they have
anything whatsoever to do with your family.

In article <9p63bl$ifh$3...@news.loxinfo.co.th>, "Rex" <r...@instructor.net>
wrote:

TomofSNJ

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Sep 30, 2001, 10:34:29 AM9/30/01

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>Subject: Re: Beautiful Oil Painting of your Family Crest
>From: "Charles Sullivan" cwsu...@triad.rr.com
>Date: 9/30/2001 12:20 AM Eastern Daylight Time
>Message-id: <pan.2001.09.30.0...@triad.rr.com>

>Yeah, great - if you like to pretend. Just don't believe they have
>anything whatsoever to do with your family.

I know. I know that several different family members have purchased a family
crest. The only problem is there are at least 4 different one that have been
presented as the offcial.....I can see old great grandfather having a big crest
in his famine cottage. Just not sure which one of the 4.

Charles Sullivan

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Sep 30, 2001, 2:51:25 PM9/30/01

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In article <20010930103429...@mb-cg.aol.com>, "TomofSNJ"
<tomo...@aol.com> wrote:

The fact is that a Coat of Arms was granted to an individual. It might be
inherited by the eldest son of each generation but is in no way a "family"
thing. If the four CoA's you've seen are indeed genuine (which is usually
doubtful), it means merely that there were four individuals who at one
time or another were granted one by the sovereign. If you can prove your
descent back though the eldest sons to one of these individuals, you can
claim his CoA (and possibly also the right to be called "Sir Tom"), but
not otherwise. I understand that in England it's illegal to claim as your
own a CoA you're not entitled to.

I don't know about Ireland, but in America there are no laws prohibiting
your use of a CoA. (Except of course you might be sued by the rightful
owner, or for copyright infringement by one of these vendors who has
fabricated the CoA from scratch.) So if you want a colorful display you
might as well hang up all four on your wall.

Alison Causton

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Sep 30, 2001, 4:16:36 PM9/30/01

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TomofSNJ wrote:
...

> I know. I know that several different family members have purchased a family
> crest. The only problem is there are at least 4 different one that have been
> presented as the offcial.....I can see old great grandfather having a big crest
> in his famine cottage. Just not sure which one of the 4.

Moreover:

1 = apricot
2 = bittersweet
3 = blue green
4 = blue violet
5 = brick red
6 = burnt sienna
7 = carnation pink
8 = gold
9 = grey
10 = green blue
&tc.

But that's just being wicked, innit?

Alison

Padraig O Gealagain

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Sep 30, 2001, 8:24:08 PM9/30/01

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To my knowledge in comparatively contemporary times the, then, Chief
Herald of Ireland, Edward MacLysaght managed to arrange for 'generic'
family coats of arms, meaning that it was lawful for anyone to use
those so designated . But of course such items specially designed,
created, and paid for by for an individual was and is copyrighted by
the individual owner.

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