I have found the coolest stuff through Ancestry.com. First of all, the Library has a subscription so I can get the cool stuff I couldn't afford before. I found the manifest from Grampa's arrival at Elsi Island, a photo of the ship that brought him, Great Grampa's first name. And... I found that Gerbstadt was a city state name given to a family that rose to noble ranks, giving them the privilege of a coat of arms. I almost have the Wappenbuch translation completed. I am hung up on a few things that are colloquialisms or compound words which don't have the same meaning in this age as they did then.
This is very cool and exciting. It may be time to create a new blog. Oh... Lauenstein also has two crests. The one that looks like the emblem on a communion wafer i knew about. the other I didn't. It turns out the Lauenstein's came out of the Gerbstadts becoming nobles. At least if I have translated this correctly.
yes, geek has to learn about heraldry now. Fortunately I have always been fascinated by armour and pennants and such.
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