Bondarczuk or Bondar family

[sandra c]

Hi not sure if this i the right board, Where can i found out if the Bondarczuk family has a family crest. The family came from Poland in world war 11 and the name was changed in 1949 to Bondar Thank you sandy

[Little Nell]

Continental heraldry is quite different to that of these islands.  And it seems that Polish heraldry is quite unique.

Have a look at this link:

http://www.polishroots.org/Research/Heraldry/tabid/63/Default.aspx

There might be something useful there, although some of the links appear to be broken.  A knowledge of Polish might be in order though 

The wikipedia article is also quite instructive.

Nell

[behindthefrogs]

However you still need to be aware that coats of arms belong to individuals and their direct descendants.  Having a particular surname does not entitle any individual to use a coat of arms.  How far the entitlement spreads within a family varies from country to country.  They are often wrongly referred to as crests, which is mainly an American habit.  The crest sits on the helmet within a coat of arms but is sometimes used on cutlery and other items where there is not room for the full coat of arms.