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Crest and Arms is a wonderful service! Extremely good at what they do and quite responsive to customer inquiries. I highly recommend this company! Great job, keep up the good work!!

Needed two crests to celebrate both sides of the family coming together for a birthday. The team were helpful and got me the crests well in time, as well as provided some follow up details on the symbolism which was great.

This was a fun research for us. We used it for a painting of my son as a knight in shining armor. The customer service team was very helpful when I inadvertently deleted/lost our crest explanation and they resent it to me. It wouldn't have meant as much to my son if I didn't have that with the painting. Thank you so much!

I love how our family coat of arms turned out, and upon further research, it was accurate. I had only ordered the coat of arms itself, and had neglected to order the information sheet on it, so I went on a research hunt, including a book that was written on our family, and some other various historical papers that had been passed down. I knew that our family was landed in Germany, France and Holland, and had held military and court positions from the 12th century on, and the coat of arms we received was accurate. I am very pleased with what I received, and am happy that I now have it in different formats that may be used for a variety of purposes.

The customer support team was great. They were very polite and helpful with a specific request and I’m thankful they were able to assist me in the situation. It made me feel a great sense of relief after speaking to them. I will definitely say they put a lot of effort into researching information because of how much detail there was in the products they produced.

Very speedy return on original order, and exceptional customer service to a follow up question. Much appreciated. This has been a wonderful, and very personal, gift for a family member. Thank you.

This is just my experience, but their customer service is non existent, as they don't reply to emails.

They gave no response after contacting them to let them know that some of the surname definitions posted on their website are wrong. I included the correct definitions with references to prove this. They won't change the incorrect definitions on their website, which implies that they don't care about accuracy.

Always question what someone says about a family surname, especially if they are profiting in some way, and look up information for yourself.

I'll post the corrections here about the surnames Giarratano and Giarratana (the former surname derives from the latter):

Giarratano is a habitational name from the town of Giarratana in Ragusa, Sicily, and is possibly an ethnonym from Giarre in Catania (Reference 1). The town of Giarratana can be traced back to the 12th century, and was often referred to as the ancient Ceretanum, a Latin name, in many international historic texts (References 2-17).

Therefore, the approximate meaning of the surnames Giarratano and Giarratana is land of the oak trees, since the root word 'cerro' means the Turkey oak tree or quercis cerris (sources 18 and 19).

Reference 1
Rossoni, E. (2014). L'Origine dei cognomi italiani storia ed etimologia: In appendice l'elenco dei cognomi ebrei in italia. Melegnano.

Reference 2
Sladen, D. B. W. (1907). Sicily, the New Winter Resort: An Encyclopedia of Sicily.

Reference 3
Piale, L. (1853). New guide to Naples, Sicily, and the environs carefully compiled and enlarged according to Galanti and Mrs. Power In Two Parts.

Reference 4
Gasca Queirazza, G., Marcato, C., Pellegrini, G. B., Petracco Sicardi, G., & Rossebastiano, A. (Eds.). (1990). Dizionario di toponomastica: storia e significato dei nomi geografici italiani. UTET. Pg. 305.

Reference 5
Amico, V. M. (1757). Lexicon topographic um siculum in quo Siciliae urbes, opida, c um vetusta tum extantia montes, flumina, portus adiacentes insula ac singula loca describuntur, illustrantur: Tomus primus [Lexicon Topographicu m Siculum in which Sicilian cities, towns, ancient and existing mountains, rivers, ports, adjacent islands, and individual locations are described and illustrated: Volume One]. Ex Typographia S. Benvenuti.

Reference 6
Pasqualino, M. (1786). Vocabolario siciliano etimologico, italiano e latino (Vol. 2). Reale Stamperia.

Reference 7
Graesse, Johann Georg Theodor. (1972). Orbis latinus: Lexikon lateinischer geographischer Namen des Mittelalters und der Neuzeit. 1: 1, A - D.

Reference 8
Anonymous. (1820). Neue militärische Zeitschrift. 1811/12, 1. Geistinger.

Reference 9
Bartels, Johann Heinrich. (1792). Briefe über Kalabrien und Sizilien. 3, Reise von Katanien in Sizilien bis zurück nach Neapel.

Reference 10
Binzer, August Daniel von. (1827). Encyclopädisches Wörterbuch der Wissenschaften, Künste und Gewerbe: bearbeitet von mehreren Gelehrten. 8.

Reference 11
Hoffmann, W., Pahl, WM, & Pfaff, K. (1834). Beschreibung der Erde, nach ihrer natürlichen Beschaffenheit, ihren Erzeugnissen, Bewohnern und deren Wirkungen und Verhältnissen, wie sie jezt sind: ein Hand- und Lesebuch für jeden Stand. 2,1.

Reference 12
Johann Georg Heinrich Hassel. (1820). Vollständiges Handbuch der neuesten Erdbeschreibung. Geographische Institut.

Reference 13
Neigebaur, Johann Daniel Ferdinand. (1840). Handbuch für Reisende in Italien: in 3 Theilen. 3.

Reference 14
Massa, Giovanni A. (1709). La Sicilia In Prospettiva Parte .... 2, Cioè Le Città, Castella, Terre, e Luoghi esistenti, e non esistenti in Sicilia, la Topografia Littorale, li Scogli, Isole, e Penisole intorno ad essa.

Reference 15
Pierer, Heinrich August. (1842). Universal-Lexikon der Gegenwart und Vergangenheit oder neuestes encyclopädisches Wörterbuch der Wissenschaften, Künste und Gewerbe. 12.

Reference 16
Société de géographes (1828). Dictionnaire géographique universel: contenant la description de tous les lieux du globe interéssans sous le rapport de la géographie physique et politique, de l'histoire de la statistique di commerce, de l'industrie .... 4.

Reference 17
Sommer, Johann Gottfried. (1842). Lehrbuch der Erd- und Staatenkunde. 1.

Reference 18
Avolio, Corrado (1898). Supplementi periodici all' Archivio glottologico italiano [Periodic supplements to the Italian Glottological Archive]. P. 79.

Reference 19
Cerro. In Collins Dictionary.

References viewable on archive org, google books, or can be viewed online on the Digitized Archives website, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek

Doesn't matter what name you type in, even gibberish will net you a "good news" and a note telling you they've found your family coat of arms

This company is totally amazing. I bought the entire kit and kaboodle and am absolutely thrilled with it. Our family crest is so beautiful in the black frame.
Love the detailes in the explanation of coat of arms and crest. The PDF files are very nicely done too.
My friends are in awe as well.
Well done and sooooo well worth it.
I would and do recommend that everyone should have this done.😎🫶

Very quick and excellent quality

Crest and Arms are a perfect team. They respond to every question in no time and deliver the perfect result the customer wants. I'm very satisfied. And if there are any problems, their support team responds immediately without long waiting times. I highly recommend this shop.

After doing research on my own, I did find acrest and arms for my son-in-law’s Christmas present. I could not use the image I found as it wasn’t good enough. I contacted this company, ordered the bundle, and received it within 4 to 5 days. I questioned the one I received as
It was different than the one I found. I contacted them and question the validity. They immediately got back to me, the owner of the company by the way, and said they would investigate it more for me. And just a couple days he did contact me back and offered a different “regional version“ which is the one that I had found. They sent me the file with the new crest and arms, the authenticity certificate, and a few days later, the meaning of the name and explanation of the symbols! I couldn’t be happier!
This company went way above and followed up with the promises he made to me! I will definitely use them again as I already have plans for my own sons’ crest and arms!

Very accommodating and helpful. My husband loved it! Thankyou so much!

Friendly and generous customer service! Gave me everything I ordered in a timely manner and went above and beyond to answer all my questions! High quality work too!! :)

My experience was great with this company. A email right back stating they will do their research and and will be sending it to me.

Super fast and efficient service. Very happy with results and that I chose Crest and Arms to investigate our family creations and its meaning.

This company is a “diamond in the rough” for customer service, “genuine response”, and integrity! As a long time small business owner, investor, and consumer I am deeply saddened by the loss of integrity, follow through, and added value. Not so with this business…Crestandarms went totally above and beyond with their attention to detail and responses to my questions. I would highly recommend them!

I wasn’t sure at first, but ordering from Crest & Arms was super easy. I’m really happy with my order! My package arrived faster than I expected, and when I had a question, their support team replied quickly. Overall, it was a smooth and trustworthy experience!

The product is amazing and they have excellent customer service. Bought as a Christmas gift and cannot wait to share it. They took the time to answer my questions. Highly recommended.