Some family historians I've met over the years have been particularly interested in their family crest. If you're among them, you'll want to read about this Coat of Arms website. John Lehman has created a heraldry/surname history website: https://coadb.com/, and he's gone to great lengths to differentiate it from other sites. Lehman says: (Other) coats of arms websites are a dime a dozen, but mine is different for the following reasons, which make it a legitimate endeavor: 1) All of our arms are fully sourced to real historical documents. The main sources I use are Burke's Armorial Général, authored by Sir Bernard Burke and published in 1884, as well as the Armorial General, authored by Johannes Baptista Rietstap in 1861. 2) We provide the blazon on the page, sometimes in Italian and French in addition to English! 3) Whereas other websites depict only the shield, we depict the crest and supporters (if present). 4) Whereas other websites only have one arms per surname, we list multiple arms per surname (ex. we have 54 arms for Allen, and 297 for Smith). 5) Every page includes a disclaimer (in bold and in red text) that makes people aware of the fact that the term "family crest" is a misnomer and that arms belong to individuals, that way they can make an informed decision. Unfortunately, I must use the term family crest, because the misnomer has stuck over the years. 6) Every page will include a 700 (sometimes less, sometimes as much as 9,000) word article about the surname history and meaning, not just boilerplate: I've paid someone to do genuine research. It's a slow process, and so far, only about 50% of the articles are complete. Coadb.com is still small (we only have ~24,000) arms, but my intent is to have hundreds of thousands of arms over the years from all areas of Europe and serve as the world's largest heraldry database.