Family Crest Search

I've put together this modest web site to help point anyone doing a family crest search on the internet in the right direction.

Hi,

I've been looking for family crests on the web since the 90's and I have kind of gotten good at it.

There are a lot of places on the internet where you can find family crests for specific surnames or groups of family crests from specific countries.

Sometimes you can only look at them and sometimes you can download them as well. The quality of the downloads will range from poor to average. If you want something nice, you will have to pay for it. If the family crests you find at these locations are of any use to you, I'll leave that up to you to decide.

I'm also going to give you a few tips on how to do your search and also lead you to the best places to look for family crests.

How would you like to see a full color illiustration of a coat of arms for your name along with a bit of the history of the name. It's a goldmine for coat of arms research. Point your browser to House of Names. Enter your name in the "Search for surname" box on the top left side of the page.

Jump over to Coats of Arms and Family Crests.  There are coats of arms for 600 popular names and more are added weekly.

Another website is Free Coats of Arms. There are over 2,000 coats of arms ready for download.

Also try the Google Images search  trick on the right panel.