How Do You Design A Family Shield?
The family shield was an actual shield that a family member carried into battle. It would display the heraldic family crest. The crest, or coat of arms, would display symbols which could be read as certain historic attributes of a family. The coat of arms on a shield would distinguish a family member’s identity while in battle. Over the generations the family coat of arms, or, as it has been tagged, family shield, has been passed down as a symbol of ancestry and pride. The coat of arms generally depicted the occupation or industry the family was involved in. There could also be symbols of the family faith, acts of bravery and talents. You can design a family shield based on your knowledge of the family name, original registered coat of arms through worldwide heraldic rolls or make one up of your own. You may choose to do a nontraditional family shield and make a modern family coat of arms depicting your family today. Look up your family name on the Internet to get some ideas of ancestr
