Herald's Visitations were where heralds made tours of the country, starting in 1530, for the purpose of checking on the unlawful assumption and display of arms and of the titles of "esquire" and "gentleman" - in other words, to examine gentleman's claims. Herald's visitations were discontinued in 1686.
| Classification: | GRO BMD, Census, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | England Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | England Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes 1861-1901 Censuses; 1837-2005 GRO BMD; visitations and other records. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - The North of England |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationsofthe00surt... |
| Description: | Visitations of the North of England - Part 1 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Visitations 1552, 1558, 1563-4, 1567, 1575 and additional pedigrees from 1560-1. Index at end. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - The North of England |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/heraldicvisitat02 |
| Description: | Visitations of the North of England - Part 2 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Visitations 1563-4, 1567 for Yorkshire and adjacent counties. Index at end. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - The North of England |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationsnorth03/pag... |
| Description: | Visitations of the North of England - Part 3 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Visitations 1480-1500. Index at end. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - Yorkshire |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationofyork1618fl... |
| Description: | Visitation Book - Yorkshire 1563 and 1564 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Index at page 376 as iit is followed by a Visitation Book for Cheshire 1580. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - Yorkshire |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationofcoun00dugd |
| Description: | Visitation Book - Yorkshire 1665-6 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Index page 387. |
| Classification: | General, Visitations, Wills / Probate |
| Title: | York's Archbishops Registers Revealed |
| Link: | https://archbishopsregisters.york.ac.uk/ |
| Description: | Free access to over 20,000 images of Registers produced by the Archbishops of York, 1225-1650 |
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