Humanities

Genealogy and Heraldry

Descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor and coats of arms and other armorial bearings associated with an ancestor.

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Abstract

Descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor and coats of arms and other armorial bearings associated with an ancestor.

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Synonyms

4 entry terms
  • Geneology and Heraldry
  • Heraldry and Genealogy
  • Heraldry and Geneology
  • Heraldry

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Indexing Annotation

do not confuse with GENEALOGICAL TREE see PEDIGREE

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History Note

1966

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Tree Number

  1. K01w.400w.359

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Genealogy and Heraldry. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005789. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005789
  2. Genealogy and Heraldry. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q97577059