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Thank you Stefan for the list of links. I will be adding them to my blog's link list as well as bookmarking them. I want to thank everyone for the compliments, comments, links, and constructive criticism. All of it helps me learn and in turn share what I have learned. Wulfhere On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 5:52 PM, Stefan li Rous <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > I highly recommend the Academy of St. Gabriel and refer folks to that site > all the time. I used to collect a bunch of name info as I found it in > various newsgroups, but once the Academy started, I stopped doing so. > > However, I do have a number of articles in the HERALDRY and the NEWCOMERS > section of the Florilegium, with the idea of giving folks a beginning idea > of SCA naming and heraldry and more advanced info for those trying to > figure out how to chose their name and heraldry and how to submit it. > > In the NEWCOMERS section: > http://www.florilegium.org/files/NEWCOMERS/idxnew.html > > Choose-a-Name-art (12K) 10/ 3/09 "Choosing a Society Name: Hints for > Newcomers" by Dietmar Reinhart von Straubing and Malachias von Morgenstern. > > names-FAQ (14K) 5/ 8/96 Choosing and registering names in the SCA. > > In the HERALDRY section: > http://www.florilegium.org/files/HERALDRY/idxheraldry.html > > heraldry-msg (74K) 9/24/12 Heraldry in history and the SCA. > > heraldry-bks-msg (27K) 6/ 7/96 Heraldry books. book reviews. > > heraldry-tips-msg (9K) 9/28/95 SCA heraldry for cultures that didn't have > heraldry. > > Of course I'm always looking for new good articles to add. Or if you just > have a few comments, an email I can add to the appropriate file(s). > > For instance, it looks like I don't have an article on choosing/developing > your own heraldry or on the use of devices vs. badges. Anyone written such > articles? :-) > > Stefan > > On May 9, 2014, at 12:07 PM, Berry Canote <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > > Hail Tibor! > > > > It certainly is not an easy task, and the fact it is not an easy task I > fear may discourage many newcomers. I really think there needs to be more > resources made available to newbies, perhaps something like lists of > documented names from a variety of period languages and cultures with > citations that can be used on a submission form. There are already several > such lists, but there need to be more, and it would be helpful if they were > all in one place. There just needs to be something to make finding the > right name not such a chore. I am thankful for the Academy of St. Gabriel. > It is an amazing resource, but even then someone needs to know what they > are looking for and where to look. on their site. Perhaps with time heralds > and other scholarly types can make more resources available. I am thinking > of creating a small database of Anglo-Saxon names myself as none seems to > exist. > > > > In Service, > > Wulfhere > > -------- > THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra > Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas [log in to unmask] > http://www.linkedin.com/in/marksharris > **** See Stefan's Florilegium files at: http://www.florilegium.org **** > > -- > Manage your subscription at http://listserv.unl.edu. > Due to Yahoo's DMARC policy: listserv.unl.edu lists do not accept > incoming email from Yahoo.com > -- Manage your subscription at http://listserv.unl.edu. Due to Yahoo's DMARC policy: listserv.unl.edu lists do not accept incoming email from Yahoo.com