"Brit-Am Now"-949
Contents:
1. Cam Rea: The Antiquity of Heraldry- Corrected
2. Boers of South Africa: predominantly German?
3. New Addition to Brit-Am Hebrew Pictures: Ancient Egyptians
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1. Cam Rea: The Antiquity of Heraldry- Corrected
From: Cam Rea <tragicpoet77@yahoo.com>
re "Brit-Am Now"-948
#1. Cam Rea: The Antiquity of Heraldry

Subject: Stephen Spykerman
[Note the article in "Brit-Am Now"-949 had spelling mistakes
caused by a spelling machine]

I agree with  Stephen Spykerman on this issue on the issue of Heraldic evidence. To say the these symbols came way after the migration would be wrong to think. Many groups would bring symbols that would be used or not used by certain families. Some families added symbols later on that were from older symbols once thought to be lost. Take my family for instance. I'm a Rea who's family use to be called Macrae, and before that McGrath. My family shield has three lions on one corner, a Mediterranean antelope on another corner, a sailing vessel on another, and a type of cross on the shield. These are very old symbols, and were on my families shield back in the 11 to 10 century AD. As to where each originally comes from is total not for sure but the fact remains that they mean something. Some symbols are quite obvious while other are uncertain but it shows they were in use before they were first recorded. What we can tell is that three Lions may stand for Royalty the Antelope may in dictate the region my family came from before arriving in Ireland which may have been the middle east due to the sailing vassal being on the shield as well indicating that my family sailed from a far distant land. As for the type of cross is uncertain it could have been added later or that my clan was Christian before they came. As to when the came to Ireland is not known for sure. But the symbols were around long before they were recorded or even known by many others. Just like the symbols many others have used. They are nothing knew but in most cases a way to show ones origins and beliefs for they could not read and write effectively.
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2. Boers of South Africa: predominantly German?
Is the following entry correst?

http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/2002_08.html
[2] Names that start with de in South Africa are the legacy of the Huguenot colonists. I read once that the ancestors of the Afrikaners were about 1/4 Dutch, 1/4 French and 1/2 German (and yes, 5% non-white, whether Khoisan, Bantu or Asian). Though French and Dutch surnames remain, somehow the German one's disappeared. I suspect that the closeness of German and Dutch contributed to this, as the northern Germans that flocked to the Cape Colony were rather similar to the Protestants from the United Provinces in language, religion and physique. On the other hand, the French-speaking settlers were set off from their Germanic neighbors and resisted assimilation. On the issue of Germany, much of the Ostmark was settled after the assimilation of west Slavic and Baltic peoples (Wends and Prussians).
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3. New Addition to Brit-Am Hebrew Pictures: Ancient Egyptians
http://britam.org/HebrewTypes7.html
According to the simple meaning of Scripture, Joseph married an Egyptian and the Children of Joseph are therefore partly of Ancient Egyptian Stock.
[Genesis 41:45] AND PHARAOH CALLED JOSEPH'S NAME ZAPHNATHPAANEAH; AND HE GAVE HIM TO WIFE ASENATH THE DAUGHTER OF POTIPHERAH PRIEST OF ON. AND JOSEPH WENT OUT OVER ALL THE LAND OF EGYPT.