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

• Genealogical Society of Ireland
• Clans of 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

• California Genealogical Society and Library
• Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
• Genealogical Society of Utah
• New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
• New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
• Utah Genealogical Association (UGA)

Ethnic societies

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

Nobility associations

Main article: Nobility association

• CILANE, which includes, among others, the following:
  • Croatian Nobility Association
  • Danish Nobility Association
  • Finnish House of Nobility
  • Réunion de la Noblesse Pontificale
  • Corpo della Nobiltà Italiana
  • Swedish House of Nobility
• Russian Nobility Association in America
• Polish Nobility Association
• Kasumi Kaikan

See also

• Society portal

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