Linking to the Academy of Saint Gabriel's Website
Thank you for your interest in the Academy of Saint Gabriel. We are pleased
that you think enough of our work to direct your members/readers to us. We
are happy to answer questions from anyone interested in our services;
however, we have found that many people who write to us don't understand the
services we offer. The unfortunate result is that they ask us questions
which are outside our scope, and we can only write back explaining the help
we can offer. Therefore, we request that you include the following
explanation on your web site along with the link to our home page.
The Academy of Saint Gabriel does
historical research on names and heraldry, primarily for history hobbyists
interested in re-creating medieval and Renaissance Western cultures. The
Academy will give you information about the authenticity of your name or
arms; and if they believe it could be more authentic, they will suggest ways
to improve it. However, they cannot help you with questions about genealogy
or family arms. They also generally do not help people trace the origins of
modern surnames.
This page maintained by Jim Trigg (known in the SCA as Blaise de Cormeilles),
blaise@s-gabriel.org