UK, Ireland, & Scotland

  • The Great Hall of the Clans To date this site is the largest repository of Scottish heraldry and Clan information on the Internet. Below you will find links to all of the Clans that are currently represented in the Great Hall. Each Clan has its own page with information on its history, traditions, motto, tartan, etc. Where possible we have also included gif or jpeg images of tartans, crests, castles, etc.
  • The Gaelic Cutural Centre Food and Drink, Religion and Mythology, Scottish History, Scottish Politics, Scottish Geography, Song and Dance, Language, Folklore and Superstition, Travels in Scotland, Literature, Highland Games, Sports
  • The Gathering of the Clans Welcome to the Gathering of the Clans. This site is devoted to all things Scottish. The Gathering was started in March of 1994 and has since grown and grown, regularly receiving over 60,000 visitors a month. You will find within these pages information on Scottish folklore, history, culture as well as images of Scottish heraldry.
  • ARMORIAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION Experts for Canadian and Continental European Arms, Learned Society Heraldic Artwork & Design, Authentic Research Armorials Web Pages
  • Nessie on the Net What would Scotland be without ole Nessie!
  • Gateway to Scotland General information about Scotland.
  • Tracing your Scottish Ancestry This is collection of resources designed to assist those wishing to trace their Scottish Ancestry
  • GENUKI: UK & Ireland Genealogical Information Service The aim of GENUKI is to serve as a "virtual reference library" of genealogical information that is of particular relevance to the UK & Ireland. In the main, the information that is provided in GENUKI relates to primary historical material, rather than material resulting from genealogists' ongoing research, such as GEDCOM files.
  • The American College of Heraldry An introduction to the study and perpetuation of Heraldry in the United States and abroad
  • Armorial Heritage Foundation At this Web site you can: Learn about Canadian Heraldry & Law of Arms, Reach specialists in European Heraldry (especially German), Order Framed prints of European state/city/town shields, Commission Heraldic Artists for coats of arms, Design personalized coats of arms via ancient tradition, Learn to register or authenticate personal/family arms, Publish your arms in a scholarly Armorial or Web Page.
  • The British Heraldic Archive pages contain a collection of articles on heraldry and related subjects.
  • The College of Arms holds the official register of all Coats of Arms or heraldry in England and Wales (the Court of Lord Lyon has jurisdiction in Scotland).
  • F. Velde's Heraldry Site Welcome to my Heraldry Site, devoted to heraldry (the study of coats of arms) in all forms and in all places.
  • The Great Hall of the Clans To date this site is the largest repository of Scottish heraldry and Clan information on the Internet. Below you will find links to all of the Clans that are currently represented in the Great Hall. Each Clan has its own page with information on its history, traditions, motto, tartan, etc. Where possible we have also included gif or jpeg images of tartans, crests, castles, etc
  • Heraldic Primer This is a primer on the language of heraldry, under construction., Blazon and Emblazon, Tinctures, Field and Charges, Geometric Charges, Ordinaries, Directions, Orientations, Arrangements, Charges on Charges, Field Divisions, Counterchanging, Quadrupeds and their Postures, Birds and their Postures, Sea Creatures and their Postures, Tools and Weaponry, Other Charges, Complex Lines, Special Variants of Ordinaries, Advanced Word-Order, Counterchanging, Proper Tinctures, Field Partitions, Field Treatments, Roundels, Goutes, Blazoning Exercises, Glossary
  • Heraldry This Page deals will heraldry and related topics as practiced in the SCA. You will find articles dealing with both the subitions of arms and names to the College of arms as well as the East Kingdom herald's handbook, some usefull refrences and a very nice article on how to put on a period style tourney. At the Bottom you will find a list of non SCA heraldry pages.
  • Heraldry Dictionary
  • Heraldry in Ireland
  • Jeff Alvey Genealogy History Heraldry an excellent discussion of the evolution (differencing) of Arms over time.
  • OzGen - Arms and Heraldry of Some Old Cheshire Families
  • Usenet Newsgroup rec.heraldry