[ANSTHRLD] Building a Library

[Alasdair MacEogan]

Are you looking at just names or also armory.  If armory what do you want to use it for.  Pic dic is good for personal reference but not good for consultation if you are trying to show examples of what they did in period.

"Joseph Percer" <jpercer at gmail.com> wrote:

>Because I think it will be useful for other folks besides myself, I'm
>curious what the heralds with established libraries will respond
>with...
>
>Aside from the following books, which book would you recommend most to
>the person building a heraldic library?
>
>Withycombe's 3rd Ed Oxford Dict of English Christian Names
>Reaney & Wilson's English Christian Names
>O'Corrain & Maguire's Irish Names
>
>I listed those three above because I've already procured them from
>Amazon for about maybe 20.00 for all three. My next logical choice
>would be to grab a copy of Black's Surnames of Scotland, alas
>it's not very cheap (Looking at around 50.00 for a used copy).
>
>So I thought I'd seek guidance from you all to find your most used
>resources to see if I can't build up my own personal library.
>
>Jayme
>
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