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, 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 that limit their membership to descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.
National and international societies
- American Society of Genealogists
- The Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc (AFFHO) (AUS & NZ) (external link)
- Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) (UK)
- Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) (US)
- Guild of One-Name Studies (UK)
- National Genealogical Society (US)
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc (external link)
- Society of Genealogists (UK)
- Genealogical Society of South Africa
Regional societies
Australia
- Australian Jewish Genealogical Society
- Family History Association of North Queensland Inc (external link)
- Genealogy Society of the Northern Territory (external link)
- Genealogical Society of Victoria (external link)
- NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc (external link)
- Queensland Family History Society
- Royal Historical Society of Queensland
- Society of Australian Genealogists (external link)
- South Australian Genealogy & Heraldry Soc. Inc (GenealogySA) (external link)
- Tasmanian Family History Society Inc (external link)
- Western Australian Genealogical Society Inc (WAGS) (external link)
Canada
- Alberta Family Histories Society
- Alberta Genealogical Society
- British Columbia Genealogical Society
- Centre du patrimoine, Société historique de Saint-Boniface
- Family History Society of Newfoundland
- Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie (FRENCH only)
- Kelowna and District Genealogical Society
- Genealogical Society of Nova Scotia
- Manitoba Genealogical Society
- New Brunswick Genealogical Society
- Ontario Genealogical Society
- Prince Edward Island Genealogical Society
- Quebec Family History Society
- Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
- Société généalogique du Nord-Ouest (FRENCH only)
- Victoria 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
- Essex Society for Family History
- Letchworth and District Family History Group
- Norfolk Family History Society
- Northumberland and Durham Family History Society
- Shropshire 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
Estonia
France
Haiti
Ireland
Lithuania
New Zealand
- New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc (external link)
Scotland
South Africa
Sweden
- Sveriges Släktforskarförbund (The Federation of Swedish Family History Societies - 166 societies)
United States
- California Genealogical Society and Library
- Dallas Genealogical Society (external link)
- Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania
- Genealogical Society of Utah
- Indiana Genealogical Society
- New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
- New York Genealogical and Biographical Society
- Upper Shore Genealogical Society of Maryland (external link)
- Utah Genealogical Association (UGA) (external link)
- Wisconsin State Genealogical Society (external link)
Ethnic societies
- American-French Genealogical Society
- International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain