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Summer Edition - The Computer Corner

June 2001 by Duane Stabler – RE-EDITED JAN 2003

.We're never to old to learn

Whenever the time permits, I enjoy reading and learning about my genealogy. But, sometimes I need a little help learning how to find information. The following site is linked to various informational bits of information. Take some time and check it out:.

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~haas/learningcenter.html

Does your family have a Coat of Arms?

It is true that Family Coats of Arms are many times "created" by companies eager to make some money.

At this below website are:

International Civic Arms or Civic Heraldry

at:

http://www.bng.nl/ngw/indexgb.htm

If you know your ancestor's Germanic village or town of origin, you can find it's official Landeswappen or

Gemeindewappen. I found these are still used in the publications and town halls of the specific towns

presently in Germany. The above website contains pages for each known village, town, area or country. The page

usually pictures in color the "Wappen" for the place and sometimes quite a bit of history about it.

Below is an example of Malsch from where some of our Kutschurganers originated from:

http://www.bng.nl/ngw/int/dld/m/malsch.htm

German Civic Heraldry

MALSCH [colored image not shown here]

District (Kreis) : Karlsruhe

Additions : 1971 Sulzbach, 1972 Waldprechtsweier, 1973 Völkersbach

State : Baden-Württemberg

Origin/Meaning:

Malsch is one of the oldest settlements in the area. It was the seat of the counts of Ufgau, who named themselves

afterwards the counts of Malsch. Their successors, the counts of Eberstein founded at the end of the 12th century

some estates in the area. At the end of the 13th century, the village became part of Baden. In 1318 the counts

of Baden sold the village to the Herrenalb abbey. After the reformation in 1535 the village became part of

Württemberg. In 1604 it was again sold, this time to Baden-Durlach and finally in 1622 again to Baden.

The oldest seal of the village dates from 1471 and shows already the plough iron. It probably was the old village sign,

a symbol put on stones to mark village boundaries. All later seals show the plough iron. The colours were not known

and finally in 1900 the present colours were adapted. [not shown here]

Seals of Malsch from 1471, 16th century and 1696. [not shown here]

Literature : Stadler, K. : Deutsche Wappen - Bundesrepublik Deutschland.

Angelsachsen Verlag, 1964-1971, 8 volumes; John, H. : Wappenbuch des

Landkreises Karlsruhe. Stuttgart, 1986.