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

Regional societies

Australia

Canada

England

Ireland

Scotland

South Africa

United States

Ethnic societies

Nobility associations

Main article: Nobility association

See also

References

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