East Kingdom Heraldic Education
The next Elmet heraldic training class will be held on Thursday, January 30, 2025, beginning at 7:30 PM EST. Heraldic Submissions 101: Filling Out The FormsThis class is recommended for local and consulting heralds who help submitters with their forms. In addition to the core subject material these sessions often include time for unrelated questions Read More …
You are invited to attend a class about using OSCAR and doing commentary on heraldic submissions, to be be held via online video conference on December 9 (Monday) 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm Eastern time. (The zoom link will be posted here as the date of the event approaches.) What’s OSCAR you ask? It’s the Read More …
You are invited to join Alys Mackyntoich via Zoom on Monday, November 11, from 7:30 – 9:30 to discuss heraldic topics or begin a consultation for personal names and armory. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85812513488?pwd=AINqZ5O7punjs3ougYzhH0Oboqzn3v.1
On Monday, December 12, at 7:30 pm Eastern Time (GMT-5), I will be teaching a class called “What Does A Local Herald Do?” via Zoom. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83272756465?pwd=NENwNzBvN1RLV3YxcFlFRWNxTWhyZz09Zoom Meeting ID: 832 7275 6465 / Passcode: 511519 Anyone is welcome, whether presently in a local herald’s office or merely interested in one day holding such an office. The Read More …
Astute observers of this office will have noticed that activity has slowed to a crawl over the last year or so as I have been overwhelmed with other projects and family obligations. Following my call for a successor, I was pleased to hear that Alys Mackyntoich was willing to step up when her term as Read More …
I am pleased to report that the East Kingdom Herald University videos are once again all online and available for viewing. Many of the videos became unavailable late this summer due to changes in the permission system at YouTube, but after a laborious process of downloading them all and reuploading them, they’re now back in Read More …
To the heralds of the East, as well as our counterparts in foreign lands and those interested in learning the trade — greetings from Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Elmet education herald. You are invited to join us online for a book-heraldry discussion and OSCAR commentary session on Friday, September 17, from 7:30 to around 9:30 PM Read More …
It has now been three years since I accepted the position of Elmet Herald, the East Kingdom’s heraldic education officer, and while the first two years were productive, the truth is that over the last year I haven’t been doing a very thorough job, as I’ve taken on additional roles in the Society that have Read More …
To the heralds of the East, as well as our counterparts in foreign lands and those interested in learning the trade, greetings from Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Elmet education herald. You are invited to join us online for a book-heraldry discussion and OSCAR commentary session on Wednesday, March 24, from 7:00 to around 9:00 PM Eastern. Read More …
To the heralds of the East, as well as our counterparts in foreign lands and those interested in learning the trade, greetings from Mathghamhain Ua Ruadháin, Elmet education herald. Please join me for an online heralds’ chat and OSCAR commentary session on Saturday, November 21, from 5:00 to 7:00 PM Eastern. As with previous sessions, Read More …