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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]. | ||