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My interest in (civic) heraldry started already at a young age, I have no idea anymore what triggered my interest. In the 1980s I started to draw all Dutch civic arms by myself on paper. In the early 1990s this was transferred to electronic files and I started to draw the Dutch arms on-line. | My interest in (civic) heraldry started already at a young age, I have no idea anymore what triggered my interest. In the 1980s I started to draw all Dutch civic arms by myself on paper. In the early 1990s this was transferred to electronic files and I started to draw the Dutch arms on-line. | ||
At the end of 1995 a colleague of mine started an internet provider service and he offered me some web space. The site was launced in | At the end of 1995 a colleague of mine started an internet provider service and he offered me some web space. The site was launced in 1995 with the address of www.teleoffice.nl/ngw/index.htm. The abbreviation ngw, which is still used, stands for Nederlandse GemeenteWapens (Dutch municipal arms). The domain teleoffice.nl is now being used by another company. | ||
To see how the site looked in 1996 click [http://web.archive.org/web/19961119234823/www.teleoffice.nl/ngw/index.htm here]. | To see how the site looked in 1996 click [http://web.archive.org/web/19961119234823/www.teleoffice.nl/ngw/index.htm here]. | ||
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In 2004 the bank stopped the sponsoring and the domain name was transferred to me. In 2006-7 I had hardly any time to make additions to the site, but I revived my activities in 2008. | In 2004 the bank stopped the sponsoring and the domain name was transferred to me. In 2006-7 I had hardly any time to make additions to the site, but I revived my activities in 2008. | ||
In | In January 2009 the new name Heraldry of the World was introduced still with domain name www.ngw.nl. Since 2010 it has been a wiki-style site. | ||
In 2010 the logo was formally introduced, based on the arms of [[Aasiaat]] in Greenland and with permission of the local council (obtained already during a visit in 2001). | |||
From Christmas 2018 onwards the new URL is www.heraldry-wiki.com. | |||
Of course I do not do all the work completely alone, I have during the years received much information from a number of people, see contributors. I have no income from the site except from some advertisements on the left of the screen. | Of course I do not do all the work completely alone, I have during the years received much information from a number of people, see contributors. I have no income from the site except from some advertisements on the left of the screen. | ||
*[[Contact]] and e-mail | |||
*Awards | |||
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|align="center"|[[File:coolsite.gif|center]] <br/>Surprising Site of the Day, April 9, 1996 | |||
|align="center"|[[File:award1.gif|center]] <br/>Cool Site (1998) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:lycosaward.gif|center]] <br/>Lycos (1999) | |||
|align="center"|[[File:award.png|center]] <br/>Sitekeuring.NET Award (2013) | |||
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*If you want to donate items or images, click [[Wanted|here]], for financial donations please do so using [http://www.paypal.com PayPal] to <strong>webmaster@ngw.nl</strong> | |||
Ralf Hartemink | Ralf Hartemink | ||
The following domain names also refer to this site: | The following domain names also refer to this site: | ||
*heraldry-of-the-world.org | *http://heraldry-of-the-world.org | ||
*heraldry-of-the-world.com | *http://heraldry-of-the-world.com | ||
*heraldry-of-the-world.net | *http://heraldry-of-the-world.net | ||
*heraldry-of-the-world.info | *http://heraldry-of-the-world.info | ||
*worldheraldry.net | *http://worldheraldry.net | ||
*worldheraldry.info | *http://worldheraldry.info | ||
*worldheraldry.org | *http://worldheraldry.org | ||
*gemeentewapens.be | *http://gemeentewapens.be | ||
*gemeindewappen.net | *http://gemeindewappen.net | ||
*http://heraldique.info | |||
*http://heraldry.wiki | |||