I'm trying to find the coat of arms for Zilska anyone who has any imforation please email me at Dizzydona1@ya

Question

I have tried many family crest sites with no luck any imforation would greatly be appericated than you Donna Zilska

Answer 1

Zilska in the U.S. is of Saxony-German origin which means the surname most likely originated in Poland (Polska) where your surname IS your coat of arms. Unfortunately you still have to trace your surname back to it's hyphenate to find which coat of arms.

Please read more in the Wikipedia article below.

Answer 2

Tebs gave you some very good information and links.  If this is a school project, please print off the links he has furnished you and give them to your teacher.   .

The peddlers that sell them on the internet, at airports, at shopping malls, in magazines frequently are selling valid coats of arms but what isn't valid is they make it sound like they belong to everyone with a particular surname and they don't.  Actually, in many cases, there are several men with the same surname, not all necessarily related, each granted their own coat of arms, all different.

No one peddler that sells them will have all of them. They don't need to in order to sell their dinky little walnut plaques, keychains, coffee mugs etc.  The only time they will have more than one for a surname,is  if more than one person with the same surname from different national origins were granted coats of arms. Then they will have one of each when there might have been several of each.

Feel free to print off what I have posted here and give to your teacher.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as a "family crest" the crest is a part of the heraldic achievement, or design, that makes up a coat of arms, it is that which adorns the helmet.

There may well be a coat of arms that was granted to a man known as Zilska, if there is it does not mean that it belongs to every person with the name of Zilska.

You must prove, by way of documentary evidence, that you are a direct descendant of the man who was originally awarded the grant of arms, you must then present your complete documented family history to the chief herald of the country in which the arms were originally granted who will then make a descision as to whether or not to allow your claim to use and display those arms, permission will be refused if you cannot adequately prove your claim.

I think Zilska is possibly a Czech or Slovak name. Coats of arms were awarded, in the main, from about the 13th.century and before Czechoslovakia existed, and when it was, I believe, mainly a mix of Hungarian and German states.

You can find out more about Heraldic arms at

http://www.americancollegeofheraldry.org...

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http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/

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http://www.imperialcollegeofheraldry.com...

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http://www.heraldica.org/topics/national...

Answer 4

Zilska may not be an armigerous name. Lots of names ar not armigerous. This keeps the College of Heralds busy in Great Britain. When somebody is Knighted or becomes a Dame, he or she  needs a family crest. So the College of Heralds will design one for you if you don't already have one. This costs hundreds of dollars.. That doesn't mean you can't design your own family crest. We don't

have Colleges of Heralds in this country, and there are no laws that say you can or can't have a family crest.  Feel free to design your own!