Afamily history society orgenealogical society is asociety, oftencharitable ornot-for-profit, that allows membergenealogists andfamily historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals. Some societies concentrate on a specific niche, such as the family history of a particular geographical area,ethnicity,nationality, orreligion.Lineage societies, also calledhereditary societies, are societies that limit their membership to descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.Nobility associations gather persons who belong to a country'snobility under current or historical law and can prove it.
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