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The laws and practices of heraldry have changed over the years. In the eighteenth century, many burgher families had coats-of-arms that they recorded with the appropriate government agencies. | The laws and practices of heraldry have changed over the years. In the eighteenth century, many burgher families had coats-of-arms that they recorded with the appropriate government agencies. | ||
===Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon=== | |||
Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon or '''New General German Aristocracy Lexicon''' is the title of a series of historical reference books written by Professor Dr. Ernst Heinrich Kneschke about the German aristocracy, including royalty and nobility. This series is one of the most inclusive source of the German Aristocracy. | |||
The families are listed alphabetically by surname. Each listing includes the origin of the family, the master seat, sometimes family [[Coat of arms|coats of arms]], fundamentals of [[family history]] and prominent members. | |||
[http://de.wikisource.org/wiki/Ernst_Heinrich_Kneschke Wikisource: Neues allgemeines Deutsches Adels-Lexicon: Volumes I - IX ] | |||
[http://wiki.genealogy.net/wiki/B%C3%BCcher_in_der_Google_Buchsuche#Neues_allgemeines_deutsches_Adels-Lexicon Google Books: Deutsches Adels-Lexicon German Nobility Lexicon] | |||
Verlag Friedrich Voigt, Leipzig 1859 - 1870 | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||