References for Coat of Arms & Family Crests
Source References
1. The general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales; comprising a registry of armorial bearings from the earliest to the present time
By Burke, Bernard, Sir, 1814-1892
https://archive.org/details/generalarmoryofe00burk/page/n5/mode/2up
2. A complete guide to heraldry
By Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 1871-1928
https://archive.org/details/completeguidetoh00foxdrich/mode/2up
3. Armorial général : précédé d’un dictionnaire des Termes du blason
By Rietstap, Johannes Baptist, 1828-1891
https://archive.org/details/armorialgnra02rietuoft/mode/2up
4. Dictionary of British Arms : Medieval Ordinary : Volume One
By Woodcock, Thomas; Chesshyre, Hubert
http://www.oapen.org/search?identifier=634733
5. Fairbairn’s book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland
By Fairbairn, James
https://archive.org/details/fairbairnsbookof01fair/page/n6/mode/2up
6. Two Tudor books of arms; Harleian Mss. nos. 2169 & 6163
By Foster, Joseph, 1844-1905; British Museum. Mss. (Harleian 2169); British Museum. Mss. (Harleian 6163); Cook, Robert, d. 1593?
https://archive.org/details/twotudorbooksofa00fostuoft/page/n15/mode/2up
7. An ordinary of arms contained in the public register of all arms and bearings in Scotland
By Paul, James Balfour, Sir, 1846-1931
https://archive.org/details/ordinaryofarmsco00paul/mode/2up
8. Wappen-Almanach der souverainen Regenten Europa’s
https://archive.org/details/wappenalmanachde00rostuoft/mode/2up
9. A system of heraldry, speculative and practical, with the true art of blazon, according to the most approved heralds in Europe: illustrated with suitable examples of armoria figures, and achievements of the most considerable surnames and families in Scotland, together with historical and genealogical memorials relative thereto
By Nisbet, Alexander, 1657-1725
https://archive.org/details/systemofheraldry01nisbuoft/page/2/mode/2up
10. Dictionnaire des figures héraldiques
By Renesse, Théodore de, comte, 1854-1927; Rietstap, J. B. (Johannes Baptist), 1828-1891
https://archive.org/details/dictionnairedesf01reneuoft/page/22/mode/2up
11. A manual of heraldry, historical and popular
By Boutell, Charles, 1812-1877
https://archive.org/details/manualofheraldry00boutrich/page/8/mode/2up
12. Etymologisches Wörterbuch Des Altindoarischen Mayrhofer EWA 1 1992
By Dr. Narinder Sharma
https://archive.org/details/EtymologischesWrterbuchDesAltindoarischenMayrhoferEWA11992/mode/2up
13. Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue françoise
By Ménage, Gilles, 1613-1692
https://archive.org/details/b30456459_0002/page/n21/mode/2up
14. Dizionario storico-blasonico delle famiglie nobili e notabili italiane, estinte e fiorenti
By Crollalanza, G. B. di (Giovanni Battista di), 1819-1892
https://archive.org/details/dizionariostoric03crol/page/n5/mode/2up
15. Herbarz polski Kaspra Niesieckiego S.J.
By Niesiecki, Kasper, 1684-1744; Bobrowicz, Jan Nepomucen, 1809-1892
https://archive.org/details/herbarzpolskika00bobrgoog/page/n23/mode/2up
16. Personal and family names; a popular monograph on the origin and history of the nomenclature of the present and former times
by Long, Harry Alfred
17. Etymological geography
by Blackie, C; Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895