
They may already know what the family coat of arms is! They may have stories, pictures, documents, or other artifacts that can help in your quest. Parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, uncles, aunts, etc. Here are some ways you can find your family's coat of arms: Boil it down to a few key themes to narrow down your choices for symbols.
What is the main purpose of your business or organization? If you’re designing a coat of arms for a company or organization, think about what the main purpose of the organization is. What are your hobbies or interests? Is it music? Sports? Reading? If, for example, you love to play badminton, a racket and/or shuttlecock can be used to represent that. For example, justice is commonly associated with a balance or scale. What values are important to you or your family? Or you may ask: What are your best characteristics? Many values, attributes, or characteristics have associated symbology. What is your ancestral background? Tracing your family line back to medieval times (or further) can give you ideas of traditional symbology used by your ancestors or even by your ethnicity. When deciding what symbols to include in your family crest, here are some ideas to think about: You can certainly research these and follow them to see what you can create, but you can also let your creativity flow free. Traditional heraldry has many customs and rules to abide by. However, if you don’t have a coat of arms, by all means create one of your own to represent you or your family. (We will discuss this later in the article.) You can trace your genealogy to see whether your family has a coat of arms, and there are many services to help you with this.
Traditionally, a family crest can be legally used only if given to you by the appropriate authority (e.g., in the United Kingdom, the King of Arms).