St. Andrews, Scotland, has been playing host to The 27th International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences this week.
[Organizer Mark Dennis] said: "This event will be singular and quite unusually memorable event given its historic significance.Called "the Olympics of genealogy and heraldry," the Congress began on a sour note after two participants tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, and a lecturer on Myth and Propaganda in Roman Papal Heraldry pulled a hamstring.
"It will be the first time since the Middle Ages that heralds of several countries have met together in State and will be a colourful affair with the university's traditional robes and maces intermingling with state dress, civic robes, tabards and armorial banners." [Link]
