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Needing help finding my past ancestors coat of arms.

Needing help finding my past ancestors coat of arms.

Posted: 13 Apr 2015 2:42PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 16 Apr 2015 4:42PM GMT

Hello all,
I am a student researcher at Lake Central High School and I
am researching the German, polish, Italian, and Irish, and English sides of my family
with the goal of trying to find my families coat of arms and to find out how
far back into my families ancestry I can go.

I have started a family tree of the Irish and Polish/German sides of my family.
http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/78805186/family?fpid=42393293...

The Bilski side of my family I can go as far back as 1882 before I start to hit dead ends.
The reason that the Bilski family name was changed is because when Maxamillion Bilski
immigrated to the US he changed the family name from Bilski to Bilsley to sound more American.

On the Irish side I can go as far back as the 1700s before I hit dead ends after James Whelan and Brian Cowell.

I also have the Giunta side (The Italian side of my tree)
that I have to start building if I can find more information on those ancestors.

I also know that during Immigration to the US that some of the names of my ancestors have
their name spelled wrong (which really puts a kink on finding new information).

any and all help is greatly appreciated! :)

If any of you can point me in the right direction/directions that will hopefully lead me to finding more ancestors (or more information on the ones I have currently listed in my tree) please contact me at ryanp525@yahoo.com. When/if you contact me please put the subject as family research help so I do not think that email is spam.

Thank you all for your help!

Ryan Powers.












Re: Needing help finding my past ancestors coat of arms.

Posted: 16 Apr 2015 4:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello Ryan:

You are definitely on the correct website to explore your families' roots. (Rootsweb.com and Acestry..com)

This particular message board is not a genealogical resource, but rather one for Coat of Arms and Heraldry. We can only address that aspect on this topic board.

Not all families had a Coat of Arms. They are earned by and granted to individuals. It is always easiest to track to a Coat of Arms if you have some family lore or knowledge that a particular person may have been a knight, duke or have some other standing in their country that would cause them to fall into the classification of people most likely to be found in the registers of those in charge of Heraldic Law.

My suggestion is that you begin with the Tutorial found (FREE) on Rootsweb's opening page http://rwguide.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ This will help you plan how to go about researching your family.

As Admin for this board, I have removed the names you put in the surname box as this topic board is not genealogical and the surname box is not used for this board.
Bilski, Whelan, Rinkowski, Flynn, Eitler, Eibig
When you post to the surname boards for your family names be sure to put ONLY the surnames that you mention in that post in the surname box.

It is entirely possible that people of your family surnames were Armigers and had a Coat of Arms awarded to them. However, sharing a family surname, does not always mean being related.

Good luck to you in your genealogical endeavors. It is fascinating to research and study the origins of your family.

Lauren McLachlan
Coat of Arms and Heraldry Board Admin
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