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Local Genealogy and Historical Societies
Home » Genealogy » Genealogy Organizations » Local Genealogy and Historical SocietiesPosted by Your Guide on July 6, 2006 9:41 PM
Not only are there local genealogy societies for almost every city, town, parish, and/or county, there are also state and national societies whose entire goal is to aid others in their pursuit of genealogy information. These organizations are usually located within and focused on a certain geographic area and the people who have inhabited that area for the last few hundred years. By organizing their membership, pooling their money, and housing their information collection in a library or other repository, they assist each other in a common goal: knowing more about their ancestors.
Local genealogy societies are usually small organizations that meet on a regular basis to conduct business, plan for the future, approve new acquisitions, and instruct and encourage other researchers in their family history pursuits. Not only are these amateur historians a support group; they are also an educational endeavor to help newer historians learn the basics of documenting research and locating difficult to find information.
Regional genealogy societies are a cooperative effort among their members, but also the smaller genealogy societies that lie within their borders. They share a common history and often house information on some of the same people groups. Regional genealogy societies are a great place to find information about the area's people as a whole.
State and National genealogy societies, of course, are responsible for information for such large geographic areas that they focus on the history of the state or nation as a whole, but can contain much larger libraries, archives, and database holdings. National and State genealogy societies are made up of members from many different locations who are interested in the history and people of the state or country. They are also supported by many of the local and regional organizations that lie within their borders.
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