Can someone find a Bering family crest or coat of arms?

Question:

Can someone find a Bering family crest or coat of arms?

it's a danish surname. thank you.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Mitchell is correct, you should have documented proof that you are a direct descendant of the noble whose coat of arms it is.

Also, not everyone with the same surname comes from the same root. There was a time when people did not have surnames. They took the name of the town they came from or the castle they lived close to. A person can make a mistake of thinking they were kin to the noble family that owned a castle simply because one of their direct ancestors with the surname of the castle lived close by.

Some denote descendancy like Jackson, but you can imagine how many guys named Jack had sons. The suffix lin means lineage of.

Sam that lived on a hill became Sam Hill but a lot of people lived on a hill and took the surnane Hill.

Some took the name of their occupation, smith,jones, miller, fisher, barber, carpenter, clark(clerk), etc.

Now your Bering might have come from Denmark but the name might have been changed in spelling
Also, the name might have its origin in other places.

You need to work your family tree by starting with your parents and going backwards.

Most of the picture of "crest" that have been provided by some as links to questions are really coats of arms. A crest was added to a coat of arms for a noble deed. They were worn on the helmet of a knight. About the Elizabethan period in England all coats of arms had crest. The crest went from the father to the oldest son.

There are about 200 coats of arms, for instance,with the surname Lewis. But just because someone has the surname Lewis does not that they had an ancestor that had a coat of arms.

The United States has no law regarding heraldry and a person is free to display one if they wish but it is like putting up a picture of a famous person with their name and claiming him as their ancestor whether they know he is or not. There are a lot of coat of arm peddlers in the U.S. and particularly on the internet.