The ICGenHer or Catalan Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry is a research institution and publishing house specialized in

genealogy Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kins ...

heraldry Heraldry is a discipline relating to the design, display and study of armorial bearings (known as armory), as well as related disciplines, such as vexillology, together with the study of ceremony, rank and pedigree. Armory, the best-known branch ...

nobility Nobility is a social class found in many societies that have an aristocracy (class), aristocracy. It is normally ranked immediately below Royal family, royalty. Nobility has often been an Estates of the realm, estate of the realm with many e ...

, family and genealogical documentation and

palaeography Palaeography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, UK) or paleography (American and British English spelling differences#ae and oe, US; ultimately from grc-gre, , ''palaiós'', "old", and , ''gráphein'', "to write") ...

. Sàpiens:La Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica ha programat un seguit de cursos sobre genealogia, heràldica, nobiliària, documentació familiar i genealògica i paleografia
/ref> It also organizes courses on these topics. It was founded on October 24, 2007 by the current president, Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa . Publishes the magazine ''Armoria'' . Wordcat:Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica
/ref> Since October 2018, the organization has been a member of the ''Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique,'' with correspondents all over the world '','' in which it actively participates. As a publisher, the institution has published works by Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, Antoni Pladevall i Font, Ignasi Ametlla, Jordi Mestres i López, Esteve Canyameres, Francesc Albardaner i Llorens and others. One of the major successes is the manual ''Who Were My Ancestors?: New Handbook of Genealogy'' (2009).

Published literature

Books

Source:Wordcat:Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica
/ref> * Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa ; Antoni Pladevall and Font ; Ignasi Ametlla and Guxens, ''Who were my ancestors? : new handbook of genealogy'' . (2009) * Antoni Pladevall i Font; Esteve Canyameres and Ramoneda, ''Genealogy as a popular culture of its connection to the land, to the house, to the profession'' (2010) * Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, ''Manual of heraldry and blazon technique'', co-published with Editorial Galerada (2011) * Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, ''Manual of Catalan nobility'' (2012) * Francesc Albardaner and Llorens, ''The Catalanity of Columbus: historical science or patriotic fanaticism'' (2013) * Javier de Cruïlles de Peratallada, ''Heraldry of the Cruïlles de Peratallada archive'' (2013) * Armand de Fluvià and Escorsa; Pedro Moreno and Meyerhoff, ''Collection of articles : nobility and royalty : 1958-2015'' . (2015) * Armand de Fluvià and Escorsa; Josep Maria Salrach and Marès ; Francesc Cabana i Vancells, ''Catalan General Nobiliary'' (2016) * Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, ''Collection of articles 1958-2015.'' ''Nobility and Royalty'' (2016) * Pedro Moreno and Meyerhoff, ''Genealogical History of the House of Híjar'' (2018)

Booklets

* ''The appropriation of the National Symbols of Catalonia by Aragonese historians'' (18 pages) (2009) * ''Catalonia, a country without a shield'' (16 pages) (2010) * ''History of a noble forgery: The Barony of Gavín in Aragon'' (40 pages) (2010), (castilian) * ''Margarit lineage, from the 14th to the 19th century and that of all related lineages'' (24 pages) (2010) *

References

External links

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