Can you help me with the symbols of my family crest?

Question

There is a shield that is squarish but at the bottom it points down in the middle. And there are two red arrows like this. Except the have an angle of 90 degrees. Then there is a diamond on top but it is like a feather and the colors go red white red wight red. and a it is french

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Answer 1

www.fleurdelis.com

Red (Gules) = Warrior or martyr; Military strength and magnanimity

Letter (i.e., A, B, C) = May represent great battles or tournaments beginning with that letter

The "squarish shield that points down in the middle" is the CONTINENTAL  shape (http://www.fleurdelis.com/shields.htm)--

look at the 2nd one or the gray one. Is that like the one you're talking about?

  Most historians agree that the shape was usually determined by the time period and geographic region.

If all else fails, and you have a picture of it, send it to this address and maybe they can explain it to you:

          Fleur-de-lis Designs

  1607 Agawela Avenue

Knoxville, Tennessee 37919-8320

  tel: [phone]  or fax:  [phone]

Answer 2

http://www.vam.ac.uk/vastatic/microsites...

http://www.yourchildlearns.com/heraldry....

Do a search on Google         (free+heraldry+software)

There's programs you can download to make a surname coat of arms.

Hope that helps

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