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
External links 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)