Fischer/Fisher Heraldry and Genealogy: A Geographical Perspective

This one-of-a kind book is the 6th in a series exploring the heraldry and genealogy of common German surnames, with a focus on the English-speaking family historian who seeks another fresh approach to their research. This is not another book about how to trace your German ancestors or a reprint of readily available information from other sources. Armed with this book, the reader will start to overcome barriers of language and shifting state boundaries.

Discover How to Enhance Your Family History

1. Find out about the origins, meanings, variations and distribution of the Fischer/Fisher surname.
2. Over 3500 place names of historical and modern geographic locales in the Holy Roman, German, and Austria Empires, as well as Switzerland.
3. Synopses of 33 current and past Germanic political states and regions, with links to genealogy records at the FamilySearch website.
4. Illustrations of 126 coats-of-arms as well as genealogical and geographical information on the associated families.
5. A Glossary of Heraldic Symbolism with over 400 interpretive definitions.
6. A chapter devoted to interpreting the heraldry of Fischer.

Frederick George Siler

2025, 8.5" x11", paper, index, 256 pp.

ISBN: 9781628593976

121-FR0707