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

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
  • Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society

Nobility associations

  • 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

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

References

  • List of UK and Ireland Family History & Genealogy Societies (Genuki)
  • Federation of Family History Societies: List of Member Societies
  • List of UK Family History Societies (My Family Ancestors)