Free Webinar
An Introduction to Heraldry for Genealogists
Thursday, September 14, 3:00-4:00 p.m. ET
Presented by Dr. Nathaniel Lane Taylor
Heraldry is an ancient and compelling visual expression of personal and family identity. Heraldry can also be a useful lens through which to research family history. In this online lecture, Nathaniel Taylor will briefly introduce the fundamental visual building blocks of a coat of arms, and will focus on how coats of arms can signify genealogical relationships including marriage and descent. He will lay out the right questions to ask and the first resources for using heraldry in the context of family history.
Dr. Nathaniel Lane Taylor, FASG is the Editor and Publisher of The American Genealogist and a specialist in Medieval Europe. He taught medieval and modern history at Harvard and elsewhere for fifteen years, including the social, political, and military origins of heraldry at the time of the Crusades. His genealogical research spans from medieval Spain, France, and Britain to colonial New England and Virginia. He has been on the NEHGS Committee on Heraldry since 2006 and is now its Registrar. He was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Genealogists in 2011 and is Chairman of the Scientific Committee for the 36th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences held in Boston, September 2024.