Monday, April 6, 2026
Artificial Intelligence, Maybe Not Quite So Intelligent After All
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At least not for correctly identifying coats of arms, anyway. My on-going, and only partly successful, attempts to use artificial intelligen...
Thursday, April 2, 2026
I Love My Friends. Artificial Intelligence, Not So Much
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Late last year a friend of mine, Katie, returned from a two-week river cruise vacation in Europe, and here and there amidst all of the fun a...
Monday, March 30, 2026
A Heraldic "Stray" in Massachusetts
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I have often said that "You can find heraldry everywhere," and my travels, both local and further away, still confirm that. Nearin...
Thursday, March 26, 2026
A Final Armorial Tomb from Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts
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For our final tombstone with a coat of arms on it, we come to the tomb of Thomas Jackson. The Heraldic Journal , Vol. II, p. 140, informs us...
Monday, March 23, 2026
A "Freaky" Coat of Arms
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You must pardon me for the pun in the title of this post. (Well, not necessarily "must", but I wish that you would.) But whether y...
Thursday, March 19, 2026
An Important Tomb With an Unusual Coat of Arms
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Our next armorial tomb in Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts, is the table tomb of the Faneuil family. The Heraldic Journal , V...
Monday, March 16, 2026
The Armorial Tomb of the Rev. Joseph Eckley
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Once again, The Heraldic Journal , Vol. II, pp. 128-129, gives us a lot of biographical and genealogical information about the owner of this...
Thursday, March 12, 2026
The Bowdoin Armorial Tomb
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Of this next heraldic tomb, The Heraldic Journal , Vol. II, pp. 135-136, tells of this family: This stone is placed at the entran...
Monday, March 9, 2026
How Do You Spell "Lazenby"?
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I have often been heard to state that spelling in times past was a bit more "flexible" that it is today. But back then, people wro...
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
A BIG Armorial Memorial in Granary Burying Ground, Boston
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One of the largest memorials, with heraldry or not, in Granary Burying Ground in Boston, Massachusetts, is that memorializing John Hancock. ...
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