A Family History Society is a society, often charitable or non-profit making, where genealogists and family historians can profit from shared knowledge.
Some societies offer large collections of original source material, others concentrate on the family history of a particular geographical area. Others concentrate on a particular group of people, such as Jewish or Italian-American genealogy.
The Society of Genealogists is a UK-based charitable organisation whose objects are to promote, encourage and foster the study, science and knowledge of genealogy. Its library, at its headquarters in Clerkenwell, London has an extensive collection of genealogical material, including a very large collection of Parish Register transcripts and... The Guild of One-Name Studies is a UK-based charitable organisation for one-name studies. ... Hamilton National Genealogical Society, Inc. ...
Westminster and Central Middlesex Family History Society
Norfolk Family History Society
Mid-Norfolk Family History Society
Northamptonshire Family History Society
Peterborough and District Family History Society
Mansfield and District Family History Society
Nottinghamshire Family History Society
Oxfordshire Family History Society
Shropshire Family History Society
Weston-super-mare Family History Society
Birmingham and Midland Society for Genealogy and Heraldry
Tipton and Wednesbury Family History Society
Felixstowe Family History Society
Suffolk Family History Society
East Surrey Family History Society
West Surrey Family History Society
Eastbourne and District Family History Society
Hastings and Rother Family History Society
Sussex Family History Society
Coventry Family History Society
Nuneaton and North Warwickshire Family History Society
Rugby Family History Society
Warwickshire Family History Society
Wiltshire Family History Society
Yorkshire Archealogical Society
City of York and District Family History Society
East Yorkshire Family History Society
Barnsley Family History Society
Bradford Family History Society
Calderdale Family History Society
Doncaster and District Family History Society
Huddersfield and District Family History Society
Keighley and District Family History Society
Morley and District Family History Society
Pontefract and District Family History Society
Ripon, Harrogate and District Family History Group
Rotherham Family History Society
Sheffield and District Family History Society
Wakefield Family History Society
Wharfedale Family History Society
The Cleveland Family History Society, more formally The Cleveland, North Yorkshire and South Durham Family History Society, is a family history society that covers this named part of the North-East of England. ...
Wales
Gwynedd Family History Society
Powys Family History Society
Cardiganshire Family History Society
Dyfed Family History Society
Clwyd Family History Society
Glamorgan Family History Society
Gwent Family History Society
Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society
Scotland
Aberdeen and North East Scotland Family History Society
Tay Valley Family History Society
Glasgow and West of Scotland Family History Society
Highland Family History Society
Alloway and Southern Ayrshire Family History Society
Largs and North Ayrshire Family History Society
Troon and Ayrshire Family History Society
Borders Family History Society
Isle of Arran Family History Society
Caithness Family History Society
Central Scotland Family History Society
Dumfries and Galloway Family History Society
Lothians Family History Society
Fife Family History Society
Lanarkshire Family History Society
Orkney Family History Society
Renfrewshire Family History Society
Shetland Family History Society
West Lothian Family History Society
Ireland
North of Ireland Family History Society
Irish Ancestors
United States
National Genealogical Society
New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS)
Canada
Australia
Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations
FamilyHistorySocieties are generally non-profit or charitable endeavors, with people untied to share a love for such pursuits and a genuine desire to spread the knowledge that they have themselves gained over the years from dedicated research and good old-fashioned legwork.
The focus and coverage of these FamilyHistorySocieties vary from organization to organization, with some groups concentrating on familyhistory, bloodlines and familial lineages of one particular geographical area while others may focus on a particular race or ethnic group.
Many of these societies count prominent and well respected community members among their rosters, who share an interest in preserving their particular town’s historical legacy by keeping comprehensive records of familyhistories and bloodlines.
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