From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Sat Aug 12 03:18:13 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7C9IDjb006721; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:18:13 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7C9I8wP016989 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 03:18:08 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k7C6cfFI030881 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:38:41 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k7C6cfSm030880 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:38:41 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k7C3dmFI030455 for ; Fri, 11 Aug 2006 23:39:48 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k7C6J5Qu002293 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:19:05 -0600 X-Envelope-From: george@vandermerwede.org Sat Aug 12 00:19:05 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k7C6J5jb002284 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:19:05 -0600 Received: from slcpx01.servnow.com (slcpx01.servnow.com [208.101.11.34]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k7C6IYxg031974 for ; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:18:35 -0600 Received: from 69-171-233-45.clspco.adelphia.net ([69.171.233.45]:33190 helo=[127.0.0.1]) by slcpx01.servnow.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.52) id 1GBmpN-0004Nd-Nb; Sat, 12 Aug 2006 02:18:34 -0400 Message-ID: <44DD72B2.3000606@vandermerwede.org> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2006 00:18:26 -0600 From: George van der Merwede User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.5 (Windows/20060719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kith-n-Kin CC: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] SCHEFFLER Coat of Arms References: <00a001c6bd99$de7d7e10$6601a8c0@TOWER> In-Reply-To: <00a001c6bd99$de7d7e10$6601a8c0@TOWER> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-onsmart-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-onsmart-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-onsmart-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-onsmart-MailScanner-From: george@vandermerwede.org X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - slcpx01.servnow.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - rootsweb.com X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - vandermerwede.org X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com For US citizens here is a link to the American Heraldry Society which can also help. There is a good forum for discussion. http://www.heraldrysociety.us/ also international: http://www.amateurheralds.org rgds George Kith-n-Kin wrote: > Ralph > > I think reader George has given you a better answer than I could. These coats of arms that many of us have > came from some relatives who had big aspirations. Or, some non-relatives with the same surname. > > There is a company -- the name of which I forget -- that used to sell "family books" and "coats-of-arms" > that were, to put it one way, made out of whole cloth. > > Now, there are websites that will do the same thing. Just now, I Googled "scheffler coat of arms" and came > up with 1900 or so entries. > > But, if you want to learn about the heraldic process, here is a place to look: > > http://www.heraldica.org/ > > Good luck, > > Pat > > |-----Original Message----- > |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com > |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ralph Scheffler > |Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 14:18 > |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com > |Subject: [ROOTS-L] SCHEFFLER Coat of Arms > | > | > | > |Pat - > | I have been trying to find out about my family surname > |SCHEFFLER "Coat of Arms" for some time. Can you give me some > |direction so I can determine (1) where they are from; (2) who > |proclaimed this Coat of Arms on the particular family; (3) and > |history of its design. You see, I have three pictures of > |different SCHEFFLER "Coat of Arms" that I can display in an > |attachment - if this allowed on this site. Because I am a > |woodcarver, I have carved all three of these Coat of Arms in > |wood and would like to separate each to a specific area of the > |Country; if it is in Germany, Poland or Russia. Thanks for > |your help and direction. > | > |Ralph Scheffler > |rscheffler@dc.rr.com > | > | > | > > > > > > >