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Re: familly crest

Hugh Macartney (View posts)
Posted: 27 Mar 2002 3:39PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 18 Dec 2003 8:07PM GMT
Surnames: Rainey
Rainey is mainly found in eastern Ulster - Antrim and Down.
There can be several origins of the name:
1. It may denote descent from an Irish family, O Raighne.
2. It can of English or Scottish origin. In County Down Rainey was interchangeable with the Scottish name Rennie.
3The name Reaney is an anglicization of O Raighne.

As far as a family creat is concerned it is important to check your name's origins because there could be a variation in them. You should check in a library for books on Irish, Scottish and English heralry and see what the designs look like. There are many commercial companies who will provide you with a copy of a crest but it is important to make sure they are authentic and not, as is common, a made up one.
You could try <familycrests.com.r> or <iol.ie/~plugin/herald01> If you type in rainey family crest on one of the search engines such as Google you will find many of these. Flaunches or flanches are bites taken out of the sides of heraldic shields. Mnay so called "family crests" were simply made up by Victorian families to impress others and have little or no historical significance. So check authenticity before you buy.
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Matthais1285 27 Mar 2002 4:19PM GMT 
Hugh Macartney 27 Mar 2002 10:39PM GMT 
Nicole 24 Apr 2002 1:23AM GMT 
Hugh Macartney 24 Apr 2002 4:00AM GMT 
Nicole 24 Apr 2002 8:49PM GMT 
Hugh Macartney 25 Apr 2002 12:52AM GMT 
michael1ugsn3... 22 Jul 2003 2:33PM GMT 
Matthew Raine... 14 Jul 2014 2:37AM GMT 
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