Welcome to the website of Slovak Genealogical and Heraldic Institute Predkovia.sk. We offer our clients professional services in the fields of genealogy and heraldry. Professional genealogists will compile your family tree and heraldry experts will design your family’s registered coat of arms.

We are proud of our team of leading Slovak specialists in the fields of genealogy and heraldry, who are also published scholars. Professor Ján Lukačka, former chair of the Department of Slovak History at Bratislava’s Comenius University, is the chief research officer (CRO) of Predkovia.sk.

Our main focus is research area in the Slovak and Czech Republic. (former Czechoslovakia, before part of The Austrian - Hungarian Monarchy, thus research in Austria and Hungary possible). 

 

Family coats of arms

Family coats of arms are a unique present for those who have everything. Give yourself, or your family, something of lasting value that is sure to become one of your family’s most valued treasures. Take advantage of this chance to create and register a family coat of arms that can be used for generations to come.

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Gift certificates

Would you like to surprise your family or friends with a family tree or coat of arms, but you don’t know which would be the right choice? You can let the recipient decide for himself or herself by giving one of our gift certificates for a family tree or coat of arms. Gift certificates also make great last-minute presents.

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Art studio

We invite you to use the services of our art studio, where professional restorers create historically accurate family insignia. Whether you are interested in a family coat of arms on parchment, or a wood carving, mural, signet ring or sword with family insignia, we will advise you and custom design your insignia so that they conform to all the heraldic rules.

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