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A useful periodical for Swiss Heraldry&nbsp; is <u>Genealogisch-Heraldischen Gesellschaft&nbsp;Bern&nbsp;Mitteilungsblatt </u>and is available at the Family History Library.&nbsp; The call number is 949.452 B2m.&nbsp; it is a bi-annual publication.  
A useful periodical for Swiss Heraldry&nbsp; is <u>Genealogisch-Heraldischen Gesellschaft&nbsp;Bern&nbsp;Mitteilungsblatt </u>and is available at the Family History Library.&nbsp; The call number is 949.452 B2m.&nbsp; it is a bi-annual publication.  


In Switzerland, having a coat of arms did not necessarily mean that you were of the noble class.&nbsp; It was very common for most citizens to have their own coat of arms regardless of the class.&nbsp; Here a website for the Canton of Basel with many family coats of arms. [http://www.baselland.ch/Familienwappen.309588.0.html Basel coat of arms]
In Switzerland, having a coat of arms did not necessarily mean that you were of the noble class.&nbsp; It was very common for most citizens to have their own coat of arms regardless of the class.&nbsp; Here a website for the Canton of Basel-Landschaft with many family coats of arms. [http://www.baselland.ch/Familienwappen.309588.0.html Basel coat of arms]  


[[Category:Switzerland]] [[Category:Basel]]
[http://www.staatsarchiv.lu.ch/familienwappen.htm Lucerne coat of arms]
 
[[Category:Switzerland]] [[Category:Basel]]&nbsp;[[Category:Lucerne|Lucerne]]