In the Middle Ages, anybody could adopt heraldic devices, and the majority of blazons were produced by their imagination. All that was required was not to use coats of arms already beared by another person or family. In Switzerland, heraldry is very common and not reserved to nobility.

You see here several of the chests of arms of the Dardels and allied families, for the time being mostly from families of the area of Neuchâtel. If you have more of these, or if the shown arms do not correspond to what is used in your own family, send me new pictures and heraldic descriptions. THe quality does not need to be good, as I will redraw the arms anyway.

Click the yellow envelope at the bottom of the page to send me a message.

And click any of the arms on the page to see it in a larger size, with some comments (these in French). The underlined names are links to the name index of the genealogy pages. You will find the blazoning (heraldic description) of these arms in a separate page; click "blasonnement".

Note: the pictures are in vectorial (SVG) format. Internet Explorer does not always do a good job with those. Safari, Google Chrome and Firefox do not have problems, though.