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  Is there a list of online visitations ?

Heralds' visitations and the College of Arms  http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/guide/vis.shtml

Is there an online list of standardised family names ?

 Is there an online glossary for converting common latinisations ?

Is there an online converter of regnal, festal and Julian dates to Gregorian ?

Is there an online gazetteer of pre-1838 county boundaries ?

Is there online guidance on how to record coats of arms ?

Wikipedia - Heraldry is the design, use, regulation, and recording of coats of arms and related emblems. Originally, coats of arms were "assumed", or designed and adopted by the persons using them. Eventually, the Crown reserved to itself the right to grant coats of arms to individuals, not families.