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American Association for State and Local History

Ancestry.com - Message Boards - Organizations and Societies

Association for Gravestone Studies

Associations G

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Crowd Sourced Indexing

CSI: Crowd Sourced Indexing. A tool for genealogy societies and special interest groups to manage their indexing projects.

EasyNetSites

A suite of web-based tools designed for today

Family Tree Connection - Clubs and Societies

Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.

Family Tree Connection - Historical Societies

Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.

Findmypast - Search - Institutes & Organizations $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Genealogy Dig

Contains a list of genealogy societies by US state. Also a list of UK counties and US counties.

Genealogy Newsletter Editor's Corner

A gathering place for editors of genealogy and family history newsletters.

Guild of One-Name Studies

Located in London, England, U.K. The world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple).

Historical Societies - MuseumStuff.com

List of hundreds of historical societies in the United States with descriptions, collections overviews, link to website where available.

Historical Societies - Society Hill Directory

Latter Day Saint Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)

A free registration, publication and support consortium for Ancestral Family Organizations (AFOs) that have historical connections to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. An Ancestral Family Organization (AFO) is larger than a parent or grandparent family and includes the descendants of a common ancestral couple. LDSAFA encourages the continuation of LDS AFOs through freely registering, publicizing and supporting their genealogical and historical activities. In fact LDSAFA can be considered a free "one-stop-shop" for locating links and information about LDS AFOs.

My Society Online Radio by mysociety | Blog Talk Radio

My Society is presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies and each week we tackle the issues that confront genealogy societies.

Railroad Historical Society Index

Virtual Genealogical Association

A global organization serving family history enthusiasts of all levels, geared towards those whose circumstances make it difficult to attend local genealogical society meetings; who prefer online presentations, special interest groups (SIGs), conferences, and socializing; with an interest in connecting, networking, and mentoring with global genealogists.

Why Should a Genealogy Society Give Records Away?

Article by Jeffrey A. Bockman, Naperville, IL, originally published in the FGS Forum, Winter 1997, page 25.