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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_noble_families Wikipedia links to German noble families] | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_noble_families Wikipedia links to German noble families] | ||
*[http://www.almanachdegotha.org/id212.html Nobility of the World--Germany] | *[http://www.almanachdegotha.org/id212.html Nobility of the World--Germany] | ||
Heraldry is the design, use, regulation, and recording of coats-of-arms. Originally, coats-of-arms were granted to individuals, not families. However, sometimes the right to bear a coat-of-arms was inherited by the descendants of the person to whom it was granted. | |||
In Germany mainly the noble class, gentry, and some burghers (city residents with citizenship rights) were entitled to bear coats-of-arms. The ruling monarch granted a noble title and the right to use a coat-of-arms as a reward for persons who performed a heroic deed, achieved a notable accomplishment, or held a prominent government position. These grants were documented. | |||
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. | |||
==Resources== | |||
*[http://www.heraldica.org/biblio/annotate.htm '''Click here'''] for an annotated bibliography of heraldry books. | |||
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===Armorials=== | |||
Various authors have prepared armorial, or heraldry, books. An armorial is a collection of descriptions of coats-of-arms and the families that bear them. It also briefly describes the family's entitlement to that coat-of-arms. It may note early bearers of the coat-of-arms and sometimes notes their relationships, birth dates, and other genealogical information. Each armorial differs from the others and includes different names. | |||
Some minor noble families are not included in any books. The following sources are of particular interest in Germany: | |||
*Rietstap, Johannes Baptist. ''Armorial Géneral.'' Two Volumes. Gouda, Germany: G.B. van Goor Zonen, 1887. Reprint. Berlin, Germany: J.S. Stargardt, 1934. Reprint. New York, NY, USA: Barnes and Noble, 1965. (FHL book940 D6r; films 1,045,393 items 2-4 and 1,045,394.) | |||
*Siebmacher, Johann J. ''Siebmacher's grosses undallgemeines Wappenbuch (Siebmacher's great book of general heraldic arms).'' Six Volumes. Nürnberg, Germany: Bauer und Raspe, 1857-1920. (FHLbook 943 D6j old ser.) | |||
The books below index Siebmacher's work: | |||
*Jäger-Sunstenau, Hanns. ''General-index zu den Siebmacher'schen Wappenbüchern (Generalindex to Siebmacher's heraldry books).'' Graz, Germany: Akademische Druck und Verlagsanstalt, 1964. (FHL book 943 D6j index 1964; film 1,181,781 item 4.) | |||
*''Index to v. 1-3 of Siebmacher's Wappenbuch.'' Chicago, Illinois, USA: Newberry Library, 1971. (FHL book 943 D6j index 1971; film 1,181,790 item 9.) | |||
The Family History Library has collected many armorial and heraldry books. These are listed in the Place Search of the catalog under: | |||
GERMANY - HERALDRY | |||
GERMANY, [STATE] - HERALDRY | |||
Sources with information about noble ancestors may also be listed under: | |||
GERMANY - NOBILITY | |||
GERMANY, [STATE] - NOBILITY | |||
Such families are often subjects of published genealogical books or articles. See the “Genealogy” and “Nobility” sections. | |||
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