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Origins of Coat of Arms

 Our Warren coat of arms has given inspiration to our family. Not the type of inspiration that you would expect. The colours on the shield are blue and yellow and my father in law took that as a sign to paint his home in those colours. I love the meaning …

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Nicol Warren May 20, 2015 May 20, 2015Ancestry research, Names Coat of Arms, College of Arms, Heraldry, knights, Warren, William de Warrenne 1

Origins of Surnames in Britain

I was surprised to find out that surnames are a recent thing. I guess you don’t really think about it too much when you and everyone you know has had one all your life. But to know that little villages in England just had their own Adam and Eve and …

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Nicol Warren March 4, 2015 March 4, 2015Ancestry research, Names British surnames, Doomsday book, Surnames, UK ancestry 0

Why are names so important?

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My 6 and eight year old young daughters talk about what it’s going to be like when they have kids. They ask me “Does Dad wish that he had a boy?”, I say “No, Dad is happy that your all healthy but of course he would have liked to have …

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Nicol Warren October 5, 2014 January 26, 2015Genealogy, Names Baptism, Edna Lilian Hoad, Emily Lown, family names, names in genealogy
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