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ENGLISH GENEALOGlES.
An Interesting Letter on the Subject
From Logan,
o. w. Atkins Sng Fcsts n Means Of
Obtaining Important In.
formation.

LOGAN, Utah, June Z, Is03.-Yosier-
day saw lotlor In your issue asking
Tor Information upon genealogirs.
IIavlog spont many months before
coming 10 this country and got much
information In the time upon this all
important and very interesting work,
herewith beg to ask you to favor mo
by inserting the enclosed, as It may DO
Il interest not ouly to tho one seeking
Information, but TO othc's also:
Ia the Herald's College, Qleon Vic.
tofia street, London, England, entered
from Bcnneips Hill and Doctors Com.
NOM, anu supported entirely by fets
Is preserved the largest and most
valuable genealogical and huraliic
collection In THIS or ia any other
country In the world, the college
having been incorporated by charter
from King Richard III. There are
two classea Of documents preserved
there, the records aud the collections.
The former oompriss ~ the sories 0.
books called Visitation Books, con
tanning the ptdigrce8 aud arms Of the
nobility and gentry Of tho kiugiom
from Il Henry the Nlil to the
latter eni OF the seventeenth
century, the nrst being Issued
la q Henry VIII and tho lat
In James. (2) Two books OF modern
records; these coutilu tho miscellano.
Gus poiigrces ami arms OF peers com.
piled pursuant 10 the standing orders
oftho House Of Lords VI II May, 1867;
four books OF pedigrots and arms OF
bAr1nsIs under royal warrant VI
Q Dee, 1883. Tor core citing and pre-.
venting ABUSES la the order Of biro-
nets. (8l Grants OF arms; these com.
prize tnu grants OF armouAl bearings
down a. thu present day.
q thc second class Of documents,
the collections consist OF some two or
three thoutand volumes OF manuscript,
! ETC., 10 Say nothing uf urchasps ouch
as the collection Of parish registers
OF the late Colonel Chrstrr, etc. Ac.
ccs, 9 tho college Il much easier and
toe lees mucn lighter than people
generally suppose. An Ordinary
search upon petBDnal npph.
cation Is g.; n general tCafuh
though the records { p; aud gen.
tral search through tue records and
collections e. o.. Transcripts OF pcdl.
gtees are charged o.. each generation,
an eatia charge being made for
sketch o. thoamg. Each county has
one specially convcrsant with the
same. Mr.. Aihill Is 40 with the
eastern counties.
Printed Vslthtlona. - Berry,
series o. County Gouoalosies, issutd
half n century ago, should not he
overlooked. rhcy are rs fOlllws:
Sussex 1880; KEN, 1881; Hnn,s, 1888;
Surrey, 1881; Berks, 1881, Bucks, 1887,
Essex, no date; Here, no date. Sir 4.
fhillips' Folio Volume 81 printed
prdigrees, 1860, l. also noticeable, as Ia
his privately prinlei lndrx % the
VisitaIions Ia his library, lsIl. Cum
bcillnd, 1880, vol. ~, printed by w.
II. ID. LOngslatie; Vol. Z, 1915, printed
by J. FriherstOne; DvrDishifc, 1862
.; DevOuaIirr, l5dl, 1864 aud 1870,
printed by Col. Nivian; 1870, by +. r.
Colby, syU. 1879; HARLEM So.
ciety, vol. o, 1864, by Il. II.
C0lury Sv0n 1851; 1880, partially
printed with additions by j. rucke1i,
1868; Gloucester, 1928, printed for the
Hauuian Society, vol. n hy Sir
). Macean anu w. @. Hetne. As
lar as y sslble the visilagluns OF 1863
AMI 1858 have teen worked into tnis
1852 anu 1888 printed by Il. Il. Foo.
wick and w. q. Matoalt, 1854. MlBt
u the above, however, have been
printed from transcripts, 80 reference
should always be made 10 the original
visithtions IN the College Of Arms.
w. RYE's "RECORps AND RECORD
6EARCutNu"-rh There nave been oil lac |
yeats Gnned throughout England |
aTcl ig logical societies in which Mr.
Rye tak,s a very active part. lie has |
published many works aud Ia slllIuu.
gagged In the good labor. He would,
| have no doubt, give any Information |
uIou this subject. | AN sorry | do |
not know his address; bur 1t could, | |
think, bB obtained from the secretary |
oi tue Harleian Society, Loudon, |
England.
think II tho Elders were 10 fad |
out the secretaries Ut these archie iiugl. |
cal societies Of Whatever county |
they might want, which can |
be IN most cases obtained nc |
any public libriafy, In the city or |
county, they would Oo able ~ get their |
geneAl gius much easier than they |
now do. ThiB IL my experience, fOrI al. |
ways found tho members OF the |
society T. + the city Of Norwich, Nor. |
folk England, ready ~ assist mo la |
NY labOrs Many parish r gl.tera have
been transcribed aud she Raw. Il. Proc. |
teri OF Wilton, Norfolk, must be non.
Urud for the following;
Antlngham, BactOn, Garfield, Crost.
wight Dilham, Els, Rust0r, Happis-
bufeh, Hurning, HOuty Knaut1n, |
Lossingham (with Hsmpsteai a |
Eccl,sJ Mundesly Palliuv (wlth /
Wuxhaml Rldllngtou, 5lyley, all In
Norfolk an Somerton Fast Rud West,
Sutton, Thorpe Market, rrauch Wal. |
cot, Winterton and Whi,tou by Walls.
ham, Walsham North, WRlshRm South,
WCsiwiCh aud WlrstraI.
Mr., W. Rye hHs copied Frlmlughnm
~ Hmallburgh, Norfolk, anu Mr.. r. @.
Rye Inns copied BilChAm, Norfolk,
same being printed.
Should any Of your readers OF the
names Of Vincent Ur Howard, come
from tho city u Norwich, Norfolk, |
England, | have several hundred II
tnosr names from the d tlrreut pprisnes
OF said city, which / win gladly supply
" informed Of the parish, NJ n any OF
the same name az myself aru from
Nor OH, Gloucester VI Norwich city,
] shall be nltased 10 hear from ,hcm