The Armorial Register - International Register of Arms

Hello to all, For those interested in the heraldry of the region around Luxembourg/Luxemburg, Daniel Elperding has redrawn the arms collected in what is known as the Armorial Loutsch after the original compiler of these historical family arms. A list of family names with blasons and images (click on...

Good timing for the holiday. "I Saw Three Ships", eh?

Happy Heraldic Holidays



Regards from South Carolina

Kurt

Hello Michael, The stars are intended to be in a rather random pattern much as real stars in the sky. In this case, I think the less-used expression 'accompanied by' would be preferable to semee or the like. No particular constellation in mind. Thanks for asking, though. Do you by chance have a comm...

Hello all, Here is a website with a German name http://wappenwiki.org but with explanatory texts in English. The site covers a variety of topics of heraldic interest, including new renderings/renditions of the arms found in quite a few medieval armorials. Click the link at the top of the home page t...

Here is another link worth trying from the Consortium of European Research Libraries.

http://data.cerl.org/siebmacher/_search

Regards from SC

Kurt

Hello Michael, Actually, as I learned very recently from the American Heraldry Society's Facebook page (never visited it until very recently) as well as from a link to a listing early American arms at the AHS's own site, our new Supreme Court Justice is a direct descendant in the Gorsuch line that b...

Hi Joe, After some further sleuthing, I am beginning to wonder which is correct, 2 bends or 2 bends sinister. Take at look at the image at the top of this page https://www.historisches-lexikon-bayerns.de/Lexikon/Hutten,_Adelsfamilie , and then farther down on the page where the 'Ahnenproble' (pedigr...

Thanks for the info and for posting my heraldic dabbling Martin. Just saw the Attach file box at the bottom.

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Kurt

Hi Joe, Regarding the party per Argent and Gules arms you posted, you might wish to contact the C.A. Starke Verlag in Germany to see if the current Hessisches Familienwappenbuch or the earlier Rhein-Mainisches Wappenbuch (pub. 1943) contains any arms for the Zipfel family. Many family arms granted l...

The following link http://archivportal.at/archivplansuche.aspx?ID=2724711 will take you to a page in the Austrian State Archives where it is possible to search for names and COAs in the 'Reichsadelsakte' (Acts of Imperial Ennoblement). The basic instructions on the page are in English. Other archive...

Here is some info for those interested in such From a 2005 thread http://www.heraldik-wappen.de/viewtopic.php?t=1284 in the German Heraldik im Netz forum, there are 21 COAs with a 'Hakenkreuz' (aka swastika) in Siemacher. Names and dates are listed by German heraldrist and genealogist Friedhard Pfei...

P.S. Where do you post images to get them to appear in this forum? The link(s) above work for me the the German Heraldik im Netz forum, but apparently not here.

Kurt

Hi Joseph, Sorry for the delayed 'Thank you'. I was also familiar with these from the now-defunct 'myblazon' website that existed until recently. Possibly of interest to you and other is this link http://boutique.genealogie.com/v4/genealogie/blasons.mvc/findbyname to colored renderings (albeit water...

Also posting this information here, since it is an online resource. Here is a website in English that I believe many might find useful and enjoyable http://heraldica.hypotheses.org/ in particular, the digitized armorials here http://heraldica.hypotheses.org/1770 under Resources and Tools. Regards fr...

For those with some command of German blazon terminology and an interest in searching Siebmacher, here is a link that is quite useful when used properly. Results are listed by Siebmacher volume, with the full blazon in German. No images. Please note: blazon terms entered must be in German. Instead o...

Hello Joseph,
Are you continuing with this project? I would be glad to hear from you since we are at least in the same part of the country (more or less).
Regards from South Carolina
Kurt

Here is a website in English that I believe many might find useful and enjoyable

http://heraldica.hypotheses.org/

in particular, the digitized armorials here

http://heraldica.hypotheses.org/1770

under Resources and Tools.

Regards from South Casrolina

Kurt Alex

To all who enjoy a bit of etymology now and again. From www. phrases.org.uk In spades Meaning In abundance; very much. Origin It's easy to believe that this expression derives from the imagery of digging with spades and that 'in spades' is just short for 'in spadefuls'. However, the spades concerned...

Neil Gorsuch - Candidate for US Supreme Court

A Google search for Gorsuch COA yields 3 additional COAs associated with the Gorsuch name. Can anyone provide more background information on these?

Regards from South Carolina/USA

Kurt

Hi Chris,
Just sent the PN again ("Message Sent" appeared and message appears in Outbox, but not under Sent messages for some reason).
Regards from South Carolina
Kurt

Hi Chris,
Something went awry. I will try to send the PN once again.
Regards from South Carolina
Kurt

Hello Chris,

Thanks for the response. Please see the PN I sent regarding the IAAH registration.

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Kurt

So, what is a Leisten? Glad to provide some clarification via links for those interested. As I am bilingual German-English, I will advise against using Google translate because of the specialized nature of the terminology. First of all, 'Leisten" is the plural of "Leiste". However, we really need to...