For International Genealogy Day here is a sample of images from the archive of birthbrieves, reference material and genealogies held in the Lyon Office. The images here show a sample of the assets we hold, maintain and make available for third party researchers to access, research not being a service offered by the Lyon Court staff. In our MS safes, there are 170+ manuscripts, the first 17 of which are indexed online at archive.org (a search for “genealogies in the Lyon Office”), many predating the inauguration of the Public Record of all Arms and Bearings in 1672. Our plan chests hold over 350 large genealogies, many of which are handwritten on parchment. The Lord Lyon Society exists to support the eventual digitisation of all of these historic muniments for access by the public.
