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Heraldical, historical and genealogical publishing

  • Histoire et Généalogie
    Website of Philippe Houël de Chaulieu, Publisher, proposes the digitalization of today untraceable or extremely expensive printed historic, genealogical and heraldic reference books under the shape of a numerous collection of CD and DVD.
    [http://www.histogeneal.com]
  • Burke’s Peerage & Gentry International Register of Arms
    Private register of armorial bearings in current use throughout the world which includes the names and family biographies of the bearers along with the rationale and history behind their use and design.
    From this material, a printed armorial is published (Volume number1 was published in 2011).
    http://www.armorial-register.com/

Craftsmen

  • Histoires d’art …
    Creation of regional jewels inspired by the Romanesque art and creation of unique items in contemporary jewelry
    http://www.goineau-art-roman.com/

Scientific societies and institutes

  • Société Française d’Héraldique et de Sigillographie
    60, rue des Francs-Bourgeois
    75141 Paris cedex 03
    France
    [http://sfhs-rfhs.fr/]
  • Official website of the Vlaamse Heraldische Raad (Heraldic Authority of Flanders) which shows all the coat of arms created by the authority.
    http://www.erfgoed.net/heraldiek/
  • Musée de la Légion d’honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie
    You have to see it’s wonderful collections and the beautiful building called the Hôtel de Salm.
    2, rue de la Légion d’honneur (in front of the Musée d’Orsay)
    75007 Paris
    France
    http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/

Heraldry enthusiasts

  • Website of a friend fascinated by heraldry: Dr Bernhard PETER. This fabulous website presents more than a thousand photos of German heraldic monuments carved in stone accompanied with excellent historic, heraldic and genealogical comments. A must on the internet!
    http://www.dr-bernhard-peter.de/Heraldik/seite38.htm
  • La langue du blason
    The wonderful French blog of Anne Behaghel-Dindorf, Doctor in Linguistics. The content is of a high scientific quality and the illustrations taken from armorials are beautiful. The author really likes the heraldic art.
    [http://lalanguedublason.blogspot.fr/]
  • Grandes De Espana.
    Extremely well informed website dedicated to the heraldry and to the genealogy of the Spanish grandees as well as to the history(story) of the institution of the grandesse. It contains a remarkable part devoted to the history and the characteristics of the Spanish heraldry based on the best works dealing with the question. Website in Castilian. The heraldic part is trilingual: Castilian, French and English.
    http://grandesp.org.uk/index.html
  • The Chinese Armorial
    Website devoted to be a register of coats of arms, badges, and heraldic devices used by armigers of Chinese heritage.
    [ http://www.chinese-armorial.com/]

Bookplates

  • The Cyber Journal of Heraldic Bookplates
    http://www.bookplate.info/Bookplate/
    The website of two prominent amateurs of bookplates with an international reputation: José Vicente de Braganza and Stewart LeForte. They love real bookplates and heraldic ones.

Vexillology

  • C.I.S.V.
    Centro Italiano Studi Vessillologici (Italian center for vexillological studies)
    http://www.cisv.it/

Miscellaneous

  • Nymeo
    Creation of names, names of product or service, naming of company and names of internet domain. Contact: Pierre Chanut.
    [http://www.nymeo.com/]