Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica
The ICGenHer or Catalan Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry is a research institution and publishing house specialized in genealogy, heraldry, nobility, family and genealogical documentation and palaeography. It also organizes courses on these topics. It was founded on October 24, 2007 by the current president, Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa.
Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica

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- Founded
- 2007
- Founder
- Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa · Pere Francesc Puigderrajols i Jarque
- Headquarters
- Spain
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The ICGenHer or Catalan Institute of Genealogy and Heraldry is a research institution and publishing house specialized in genealogy, heraldry, nobility, family and genealogical documentation and palaeography. It also organizes courses on these topics. It was founded on October 24, 2007 by the current president, Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa.
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Booklets
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• The appropriation of the National Symbols of Catalonia by Aragonese historians (18 pages) (2009) • Catalonia, a country without a shield (16 pages) (2010) • History of a noble forgery: The Barony of Gavín in Aragon (40 pages) (2010), (castilian) • Margarit lineage, from the 14th to the 19th century and that of all related lineages (24 pages) (2010) *

Antoni Pladevall, Armand de Fluvià i Esteve Canyameres al cicle de debats de la Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica.
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- Spain
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Publishes the magazine Armoria. Since October 2018, the organization has been a member of the Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique, with correspondents all over the world, in which it actively participates. One of the major successes is the manual Who Were My Ancestors?: New Handbook of Genealogy (2009).
Source: • Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa; Antoni Pladevall and Font; Ignasi Ametlla and Guxens, Who were my ancestors?: new handbook of genealogy. (2009) • Antoni Pladevall i Font; Esteve Canyameres and Ramoneda, Genealogy as a popular culture of its connection to the land, to the house, to the profession (2010) • Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, Manual of heraldry and blazon technique, co-published with Editorial Galerada (2011) • Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, Manual of Catalan nobility (2012) • Francesc Albardaner and Llorens, The Catalanity of Columbus: historical science or patriotic fanaticism (2013) • Javier de Cruïlles de Peratallada, Heraldry of the Cruïlles de Peratallada archive (2013) • Armand de Fluvià and Escorsa; Pedro Moreno and Meyerhoff, Collection of articles: nobility and royalty: 1958-2015. (2015) • Armand de Fluvià and Escorsa; Josep Maria Salrach and Marès; Francesc Cabana i Vancells, Catalan General Nobiliary (2016) • Armand de Fluvià i Escorsa, Collection of articles 1958-2015. Nobility and Royalty (2016) • Pedro Moreno and Meyerhoff, Genealogical History of the House of Híjar (2018)
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- 1.Sàpiens:La Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica ha programat un seguit de cursos sobre genealogia, heràldica, nobiliària, documentació familiar i genealògica i paleografia.
- 2.editorialgram - comencen-els-cursos-de-la-icgenher.
- 3.El genealogista i heraldista català Armand de Fluvià rep la Medalla d'Or al Mèrit Cultural de. La Vanguardia. 2015-01-20.
- 4.Worldcat:Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica
- 5.Confédération Internacionale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique: Membres.
- 6.de Fluvià i Escorsa, Armand. Qui eren els meus avantpassats? : nou manual de genealogia. Institució Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica. 244. 2009. 9788461606894.
- 7.Amela#, Víctor-M. "Todos deberíamos hacer nuestro árbol genealógico". La Vanguardia. 2013-11-15.
- 8.Manual d'Heràldica.
- 9.Sancho, Jesus. Armand de Fluvià: 'Muchos reyes descienden de campesinos'. La Vanguardia. 2013-01-22.
- 10.de Fluvià i Escorsa, A. Historia de una falsificación nobiliaria: la baronía de Gavín, en Aragón. Institutció Catalana de Genealogia i Heràldica. 2010.
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