Judi <tara13@gateway.net> wrote: > >Kathy Pechmann of Ontario wrote "according to tradition in my family, the >Schumann's were innkeepers". She's responding in regard to the phase that >is under this "Schumann Coat of Arms". It appears to be "Schumann de >Mausegg hut". > [snip] The German word "hut" can also be used much as we would use the word "care" or "protection". Thus, it is possible to read the phrase as "Shuman under the protection of Mausegg" or Shuman the protector of Mausegg" but that still doesn't tell us what the word "Mausegg" means. My son was also unable to provide a definition for this word. Could it be a proper name, place, or title? JS ____________________________ James Shuman, art instructor Modesto High School jshuman@telis.org ____________________________