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Index to Sources on Family Coats of Arms

An index to thirty-three titles that contain information and illustrations pertaining to family coats of arms

Indexed Titles

Indexed Titles

Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy. Edited by Frederick A. Virkus (Chicago, 1925). CS69.V814 v.1–7

America Heraldica; a Compilation of Coats of Arms, Crests and Mottoes of Prominent American Families Settled in this Country before 1800. Edited by Edgar de Valcourt-Vermont (New York, 1886). CR1209 .V4 1886

American Biography (New York, 19161933). E176.A47

Americana (New York, 19091943). E171.A63

Burke, Arthur Meredyth. The Prominent Families of the United States of America. Volume 1. (London, 1908). CS61.B8 v.1

Burke, John. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of The Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland (London, 1833-1838). LVA has the 1977 reprint of the 1834-1838 London edition, v. 14. CS425.B68 1977

Burke, Sir John Bernard. A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Series I. (London, 1855). CS419.B88

Burke, Sir John Bernard. A Visitation of the Seats and Arms of the Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland. Series II. (London, 1854). CS419.B875

Colonial and Revolutionary Lineages of America (New York, 1940). CS61.A5 1940

Connecticut Magazine (Hartford, 1908). F91.C85 v. 12

Davenport, Cyril. English Heraldic Book-Stamps (London, 1909). Z994.E5D2

Dow, Grace Ann (Ball). Dow, Ball, Eaton and Allied Families (New York, 1951). CS71.D743 1951

Flower, William. Pedigrees Recorded at the Visitations of the County Palatine of Durham (London, 1887).  CS437.D8A3

Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles. Armorial Families (London, 1929). CR1619.F7 v.12

Franklyn, Julian. Shield and Crest (New York, 1960). CR21.F76

Heraldic Journal; Recording the Armorial Bearings and Genealogies of American Families (Boston, 18651868). CS42.H42

Howard, Joseph Jackson. Visitation of England and Wales (London, 1893-1919). CS419.H65 v.121

Lynch-Robinson, Christopher. Intelligible Heraldry (New York, 1948). CR21.L9 1948

Mackenzie, George Norbury. Colonial Families of the United States of America (Baltimore, 1966)CS61.M2 v.17

New England Historic Genealogical Society. A Roll of Arms Registered by the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic Genealogical Society (Boston, 1928–). CR1209.N45 pt.17

Pecquet du Bellet, Louise. Some Prominent Virginia Families (Lynchburg, 1907). F225.P36 v.14

Pittman, Hannah D. Americans of Gentle Birth and their Ancestors (Baltimore, 1970). CS55.P55 1970 v.1–2

Rand, Nettie Hale. Rand-Hale, Strong and Allied Families (New York, 1940). CS71.R187 1940

Revolutionary Soldiers and Their Descendants. Genealogical Records. Missouri Ed. (New York, 1898?). F465.R4

Reynolds, Jack A. Heraldry and You (New York, 1961). CR27.R45

Richmond News Leader (Richmond, 19031992). Film 5

Ruf, Alpha H. Ruf, Haight, Eddy, Sumner, Hatch and Allied Families (New York, 1932). CS71.R8886 1932

Saint-George, Sir Henry. The Visitation of London. Vol. 12 (London, 1880–1883). CS410.H3 v. 15, 17

Sayles, Mary Dorr (Amos). Sayles and Allied Families (New York, 1925). CS71.S274 1925

Stephenson, Jean. Heraldry for the American Genealogist (Washington, D.C., 1959). CR27.S8

Stevenson, John H. Heraldry in Scotland (Glasgow, 1914). CR1652.S8 v.12

Watson, Annah Robinson. Of Sceptred Race (Memphis, 1910). CS71.W34 1910

Welles, Albert. American Family Antiquity (New York, 1880). CS69.W5 v.1