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: | Banns, Baptisms, Burials / Cremations, Marriages, Parish Records, Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
| Link: | Dorset County Data from Ancestry |
| Description: | Dorset County Data Collection from Ancestry |
| Extra Info: | Includes parish register extracts; Visitation, 1623; The registers of Almer, Co. Dorset : 1538-1812. |
| 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 - Dorsetshire |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationofdors00harv... |
| Description: | Visitation Book - Dorsetshire 1565 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Index at end. |
| Classification: | Pedigrees, Visitations |
| Title: | Visitation Book - Dorsetshire |
| Link: | https://archive.org/details/visitationofdors00dors |
| Description: | Visitation Book - Dorsetshire 1623 |
| Extra Info: | Online book. Includes many pedigrees. Index at end. |
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