Family history society

A family history society or genealogical 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, 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, also called hereditary societies, are societies that limit their membership to descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance. Nobility associations gather persons who belong to a country's nobility under current or historical law and can prove it.

National and international societies

  • American Society of Genealogists
  • Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) (UK)
  • Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) (US)
  • Genealogical and Heraldic Office of Belgium
  • Guild of One-Name Studies (UK)
  • National Genealogical Society (NGS) (US)
  • Society of Genealogists (UK)
  • Genealogical Society of South Africa

Regional societies

Australia

  • Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
  • Queensland Family History Society
  • Royal Historical Society of Queensland
  • Society of Australian Genealogists

Canada

  • New Brunswick Genealogical Society
  • Ontario Genealogical Society

England

  • Buckinghamshire Family History Society
  • Cambridge University Heraldic and Genealogical Society
  • Cleveland Family History Society
  • East Yorkshire Family History Society
  • East Surrey Family History Society
  • Manchester and Lancashire Family History Society
  • Northumberland and Durham Family History Society
  • Suffolk Family History Society
  • Sussex Family History Group (covering East and West Sussex)
  • Upper Dales Family History Group
  • Yorkshire Archaeological Society, Family History Section

Ireland

Scotland

  • Borders Family History Society
  • Scottish Association of Family History Societies – a federation of around 30 regional and local FHSes throughout Scotland[1]

South Africa

  • Genealogical Society of South Africa

United States

Ethnic societies

  • American-French Genealogical Society
  • International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
  • Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

Nobility associations

See also

  • Family association
  • List of hereditary and lineage organizations
  • List of historical societies
  • List of Mormon family organizations

References

  1. ^ "Members". SAFHS.org.uk. Scottish Association of Family History Societies. 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
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