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Berkeley County Huguenot Society of South Carolina

Deutsche Hugenotten-Gesellschaft e.V.

Bad Karlshafen, Germany.

Huguenot Historical Society

New Paltz, New York.

Huguenot Society of Australia

Our society's aims are: to foster a bond of friendship amongst descendants of the Huguenots; to encourage knowledge of Huguenot history and the Huguenot contribution to all countries where they and their descendants settled, including Australia; to offer advice on Huguenot family history research.

Huguenot Society of South Africa

Huguenot Society of South Carolina

Charleston.

Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin in the Colony of Virginia

Huguenots began coming to Virginia as early as 1620. In 1700-1701, five ships arrived at the mouth of the James River, then the York and the Rappahannock rivers, east of present-day Richmond, Virginia. French Huguenots, having fled religious persecution, had lived in England and Ireland and done military services for King William. They were granted lands in the New World for a permanent home where they had the freedom to worship as they pleased. West of Richmond, many founded a colony on the site of a village deserted by the Monacan Indians. This is a society of the descendants of that colony and French Protestants who came to Virginia before 1786.

Pierre CHASTAIN Family Association

The Huguenot Society of America

Located in New York, NY. Open to persons above the age of eighteen who can prove lineal descent in the male or female line of a Huguenot who emigrated from France prior to the Edict of Toleration on November 28, 1787.

The Huguenot Society of Great Britain and Ireland

The Huguenot Society of the Founders of Manakin

Beginning in 1700, King William granted land to Huguenots, west of what is now Richmond, Virginia. It was the only colony intended to be exclusively for French Protestants. This is a society of the descendants of about 250 families there.

The National Huguenot Society

Bloomington, Minnesota. The National Huguenot Society is an organization devoted to: 1. Coordinating activities of member societies, and promoting and supporting fulfillment of their common purposes which include: a. perpetuating the memory and promoting the principles and virtues of the Huguenots; b. commemorating the great events of Huguenot history; c. collecting and preserving historical data and relics illustrative of Huguenot life, manners, and customs; 2. To give expression to the Huguenot tenets of faith and liberty, and to promote their understanding for the good of the United States; 3. To encourage and foster the organization of new member Societies within states, territories of the United States, and the District of Columbia where none currently exist.