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7th December
2022:
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7th January
2013: The Armorial
Register would like to
announce an exciting
development regarding its
website
http://www.armorialregister.com
. At present, each
Volume of the ‘Armorial
Register’, along with other
publications, is deposited
with the British Library and
other major Libraries around
the globe. The website,
however, which also holds and
maintains the Arms, personal
information and genealogies of
our contributors, has not,
until now, enjoyed any
significantly long term or
independent security.
The
British Library UK Web Archive http://www.webarchive.org.uk has
invited The Armorial
Register to have its
website archived approximately
twice every year. This means
that a complete record of the
website and all changes to its
content would be recorded from
early 2013 thus building a
permanent picture of the site’s
development and expanding
content for years to come.
What is
the British Library UK Web
Archive?
The UK
Web Archive contains websites
that publish research, that
reflect the diversity of
lives, interests and
activities throughout the UK,
and demonstrate web
innovation. This includes
"grey literature" sites: those
that carry briefings, reports,
policy statements, and other
ephemeral but significant
forms of information.
There
are millions of UK websites.
They are constantly changing
and even disappearing. Often
they contain information that
is only available online.
Responding to the challenge of
a potential "digital black
hole" the UK Web Archive is
there to safeguard as many of
these websites as practical.
Its purpose is to collect,
preserve and give permanent
access to key UK websites for
future generations.
The
archive is free to view,
accessed directly from the Web
itself and, since archiving
began in 2004, has collected
thousands of websites.
See
YouTube Introduction to
the UK Web Archive
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV-G3I0HkFk&feature=youtu.be
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27th Sept
2011:
Over the next few days browsers
of the website of The
Armorial Register will
notice that a number of changes
have taken place, the most
important of which is the return
of the branding to the now
established name of The
Armorial Register –
International Register of Arms.
For a number of years The
Armorial Register Limited has
enjoyed a special relationship
with the owners and directors of
Burkes Peerage & Gentry
(UK) Ltd and has been
pleased to licence the name of
Burke’s Peerage & Gentry for
use with its International
Register of Arms. Over the last
few months Burkes Peerage &
Gentry (UK) Ltd has been
subjected to negotiations
towards a private business sale
and this is, as far as the
directors of The Armorial
Register Limited are aware,
progressing towards a successful
completion. The sale of Burkes
Peerage & Gentry (UK) Ltd
will mean a complete change in
ownership and therefore
management of the Burke’s
company.
With this in mind, the directors
of The Armorial Register Limited
and the outgoing board of Burkes
Peerage & Gentry (UK) Ltd
have decided that it is now an
appropriate time to end our
agreement. The Armorial Register
Limited will continue to publish
its International Register of
Arms (entries are now being
received for Volume
2) along with its latest
project “A
Celebration of Scottish
Heraldry” (see the web
site for the contributors to
this project). A future planned
publication is a similar volume
to celebrate English Heraldry.
We wish the outgoing team at
Burke’s all the very best for
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2nd June 2011
I just thought I would give you
the heads up on our latest
project. Now that we have got the
International Register of Arms
Volume One well underway we are
proposing to work on a Book of
Scottish Arms. We have yet to
finalise details but below is our
outline. Romilly Squire of
Rubislaw, co-author of Collins
Scottish Clan & Family
Encyclopedia, is assisting us.
A Celebration of
Scottish Heraldry
In
anticipation of the 340th
anniversary of the Lyon King
of Arms Act 1672 The
Armorial Register Limited,
publishers of Burke’s Peerage
& Gentry International
Register of Arms, is inviting
the submission of digital
photographic material for the
publication of a fully
illustrated prestigious book
dedicated to the many practical
ways in which Scottish
Armigers of today enjoy
and demonstrate their personal
armorial bearings.
Whilst this book will be an
armorial, it is not just an
armorial; its main purpose is to
illustrate practical usage of
Scots Armory in the 21st
century. If your arms are
recorded in the Public Register
of All Arms and Bearings in
Scotland you are invited to
submit photographs, along with
as much detail as you wish, of
any armorial item you have made
use of be it your Letters
Patent, library painting, crest
badge, seal matrix, flag,
cutlery, dirks, sporrans,
engraved items ……… As a bare
minimum we would request
that you illustrate your entry
with an original grant of arms
or matriculation document (we
would be happy to blank out
addresses etc if you so wish).
From our own collections we have
put together a number of
examples which we feel would be
of interest to enthusiasts
throughout the world and which
would also benefit your favoured
heraldic artists and craftsmen.
Participation in this project is
free (although obviously
there will be a cost associated
with the purchase of the actual
book if participants wish to
acquire one).
The
Book is now published
Regards,
Martin
Goldstraw, Editor
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