Family history society

Family history society

A family history society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries containing large collections, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals. Some societies concentrate on a specific niche, such as the family history of a particular geographical area, ethnicity, nationality, or religion. Lineage societies are societies which limit their membership to descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.

National and International Societies

*American Society of Genealogists
*Federation of Family History Societies
*Guild of One-Name Studies
*Monticello Association
*Noble Society of Celts
*Serbian Genealogical Society
*Society of Genealogists
*Winthrop Society

Regional Societies

Australia

*Queensland Family History Society

England

*Buckinghamshire Family History Society
*Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society
*East Yorkshire Family History Society
*Essex Society for Family History
*Letchworth and District Family History Group
*Shropshire Family History Society
*Suffolk Family History Society

Estonia

*Estonian Genealogical Society ( [http://www.genealoogia.ee/English/english.html external link] )

Ireland

*Genealogical Society of Ireland
*Clans of Ireland

Lithuania

*Lithuanian Global Genealogical Society ( [http://www.lithuaniangenealogy.org/ external link] )

cotland

*Borders Family History Society

United States

*First Families of Virginia
*Genealogical Society of Utah
*Holland Society of New York
*National Genealogical Society
*New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
*New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
*Russian Nobility Association in America
*The Mayflower Society
*Willamette Valley Genealogical Society

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/Societies/ List of UK and Ireland Family History & Genealogy Societies] (Genuki)
* [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/General/Members/Alpha.htm List of members of the Federation of Family History Societies]


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