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People join genealogical societies for different reasons: the benefits they offer, the group projects, or that sense of being part of a group that understands your obsession with genealogy. ;) Most societies have a small membership fee to pay when you join, but it’s usually more than worth what you’ll get back from being part of the group. These people take part in group efforts to compile, transcribe, preserve, and make other genealogical documents available for research. Many societies offer quarterly newsletters, genealogical look-ups, guest speakers and classes on various topics, and they may also have access to local resources and records not found anywhere else.
A lot of people are members of more than one genealogical society, sometimes from different cities, counties, states, or even countries! Unless your family has lived in the same place for the past few hundred years, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to check out what other societies have to offer. Even though you may live several states away, you never know what you’ll be able to find through the local society.
My husband’s mother’s side of the family is from the Northern Ohio area, so I have been looking into one of the genealogical societies there and I have been getting a ton of new information. The society there is much more active than the ones around here, and the website is so much better. It never hurts to look and see what other places have to offer. :)
A lot of people are members of more than one genealogical society, sometimes from different cities, counties, states, or even countries! Unless your family has lived in the same place for the past few hundred years, it wouldn’t be a bad idea to check out what other societies have to offer. Even though you may live several states away, you never know what you’ll be able to find through the local society.
My husband’s mother’s side of the family is from the Northern Ohio area, so I have been looking into one of the genealogical societies there and I have been getting a ton of new information. The society there is much more active than the ones around here, and the website is so much better. It never hurts to look and see what other places have to offer. :)