'Morning all.
When I first joined Rootschat, I took my family crest, from a choice of 7, from forum profile info. I have never bothered researching this area and was pleased to think that even a common old surname like Johnson merited a crest.
However, my parents and my brother have recently both independently discovered crests for Johnson......surprise, surprise, everyone is different and neither of theirs is shown in the profile info.
I can see that this is probably because each particular area or clan had their own crest, but how do I go about finding my own true one? Virtually every Sunday supplement has a catalogue offering goods with a family crest on, but how genuine can they be?
As far as they're concerned there is only one crest for Johnsons everywhere. Not only that, my Johnson ancestors were very poor people (5 of my father's 8 gt grandparents died in the workhouse!)
so would they even have had a crest? Is this delusions of grandeur on my part?
This is probably a boring /obvious post to everyone, but if someone would take the time to reply, I would be delighted.
Thanks, Shumagh
