Description: Society of American Armigers is a heraldic community and Register of American Arms.
Heraldry is Art, Language, History and Ancestry all in a single form.
Born of military necessity, heraldry grew to become an inheritance of honor and meaning. The beauty of heraldry is in its form, but its deeper meanings and long-held traditions are rarely familiar to the average individual. The interest in, and use of Heraldry is as popular as ever in the United States, especially with the growing interest in genealogy. It can be exciting when we find an ancestor who bore arms. Armorials speak to us, on a deeper level through its beauty and esoteric meanings.
The terms "family crest" and "last-name coat of arms" are often misused to describe an armorial design belonging to an individual with a similar surname. There are hundreds if not thousands of unscrupulous businesses (typically called "bucket shops" by the heraldic community) that sell "surname" or "family" arms.