"tara13" <tara13@gateway.net> wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a Shuman "Coat of Arms" on our website? I'd >really be interested in seeing and knowing if there is one listed. So far as I know, none has been posted. We also need to keep in mind that in the original tradition, "Coats of Arms" belonged to an individual rather than to an entire surname. Of course, here in America, we're more interested in the pageantry of the heraldry than in its legal significance. More than 60 years ago, my grandfather sent to Washington, DC, for some research into "Shuman Genealogy" which included a description of "the original Shuman Coat of Arms." As I recall, the description was something like this: azure, a half-boot gules on a mound vert Remember, this is a GERMAN coat of Arms, not English, but the terms used were pretty standard, even if the designs differed. Translated into our language, it would be something like this: a blue sky, a green hill, with a red half-boot (think of the story "Puss in Boots") standing on it As I recall that report, the above "Coat of Arms" was awarded to someone in Germany whose "rank" might have corresponded to a chamberlain in England. Has anyone else seen or heard of any other? JS ____________________________ James Shuman, art instructor Modesto High School jshuman@telis.org ____________________________