Family History Society - Definition and Overview

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.

National and International Societies

• Scottish Genealogical Society
• Anglo-Scottish Family History Society
• Irish Family History Society
• Society of Genealogists
• Guild of One-Name Studies

Religion-Based Societies

• Catholic Record Society
• Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain

Regional Societies

England

• Bedfordshire Family History Society
• Berkshire Family History Society
• Buckinghamshire Family History Society
• Buckinghamshire Genealogical Society
• Cambrideshire Family History Society
• Fenland Family History Society
• North Cheshire Family History Society
• South Cheshire Family History Society
• Cornwall Family History Society
• Cornish Forefathers Society
• Cumbria Family History Society
• Furness Family History Society
• Derbyshire Family History Society
• Chesterfield and District Family History Society
• Devon Family History Society
• Dorset Family History Society
• Somerset and Dorset Family History Society
• Cleveland Family History Society
• Northumberland and Durham Family History Society
• Essex Society for Family History
• Thameside Family History Group
• Waltham Forest Family History Society
• Bristol and Avon Family History Society
• Gloucestershire Family History Society
• Royal Forest of Dean Family History Society
• Hampshire Genealogical Society
• Isle of Wight Family History Society
• Herefordshire Family History Society
• Hertfordshire Family History Society
• Royston and District Family History Society
• Huntingdonshire Family History Society
• Folkestone and District Family History Society
• Kent Family History Society
• North West Kent Family History Society
• Tunbridge Wells Family History Society
• Woolwich and District Family History Society
• Lancashire Family History & Heraldry Society
• Lancaster Family History Society
• Lancashire Parish Register Society
• Liverpool and SW Lancs Family History Society
• Manchester and Lancs Family History Society
• North Meols Family History Society
• Ormskirk and District Family History Society
• Leicestershire and Rutland Family History Society
• Isle of Axholme Family History Society
• Lincolnshire Family History Society
• East of London Family History Society
• Hillingdon Family History Society
• London and North Middlesex Family History Society
• West Middlesex Family History Society
• 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

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

United States

Canada

Australia

New Zealand

South Africa