This is a list of
notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the
Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America. It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance. It does not include general
ethnic heritage societies.
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Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts
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Aztec Club of 1847
The Aztec Club of 1847 is a military society founded in 1847 by United States Army officers of the Mexican–American War. It is a male-only hereditary organization with membership of those who can trace a direct ancestral connection "based on ma ...
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Associated Daughters of Early American Witches
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Association Royale des Descendants des Lignages de Bruxelles
The ''Association Royale des Descendants des Lignages de Bruxelles'' ( French) ( Dutch'': Koninklijke Vereniging der Afstammelingen van de Brusselse Geslachten;'' ) is a hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent fr ...
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Bloodlines of Salem
Bloodlines of Salem was a Salt Lake City-based family-history group in the United States. Its purpose was described as providing a "place where visitors share ideas and information about the Salem witch trials of 1692, its participants and the ...
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Children of the American Revolution
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Children of the Confederacy
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Cleveland Grays
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The Colonial Dames of America
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The Colonial Dames XVII Century
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Dames of the Court of Honor
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Daughters of Hawaii
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Daughters of the American Revolution
The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (often abbreviated as DAR or NSDAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a patriot of the American Revolutionary War.
A non-p ...
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Daughters of the Cincinnati
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Daughters of the Republic of Texas
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Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1861-1865
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General Society of Colonial Wars
The General Society of Colonial Wars is a Patriotism, patriotic Voluntary association, society composed of men who trace their descents from forebears who, in military, naval, or civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by acts or counse ...
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General Society of Mayflower Descendants
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General Society of the War of 1812
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General Society Sons of the Revolution
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Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors
Hereditary Order of the First Families of Connecticut*
Holland Society of New York
The Holland Society of New York is a historical and genealogical society founded in 1885 in New York City. Its primary goal is to gather and preserve information about the settlement and history of New Netherland, a Dutch colonial empire, Dutch co ...
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The Huguenot Society of America
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International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers
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Jamestowne Society
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Job's Daughters International
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John More Association
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Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
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Legion of Valor of the United States of America
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The Mayflower Society
The General Society of ''Mayflower'' Descendants—commonly called the Mayflower Society—is a List of hereditary & lineage organizations, hereditary organization of individuals who have documented their descent from at least one of the 102 passe ...
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Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States
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Military Order of the Carabao
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
The Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS), or, simply, the Loyal Legion, is a United States military order organized on April 15, 1865, by three veteran officers of the Union Army. The original membership was consisted ...
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Military Order of the Stars and Bars
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. Militaries are typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with their members identifiable by a d ...
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Monticello Association
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National Society Children of the American Colonists
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National Society of the Colonial Dames of America
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National Society Daughters of the American Colonists
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National Society Daughters of Colonial Wars
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National Society of Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
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National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865
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National Society Descendants of American Farmers
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National Society of New England Women
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National Society of Sons of Utah Pioneers
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National Society United States Daughters of 1812
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Naval Order of the United States
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New England Society in the City of New York
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Order of Daedalians
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Order of the First Families of Virginia
The Order of the First Families of Virginia was instituted on 11 May 1912 "to promote historical, biographical, and genealogical researches concerning Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in ...
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Order of Lafayette
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Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
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Order of the Indian Wars of the United States
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Pioneers of Alaska
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Russian Nobility Association in America
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Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York
The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York is a charitable organization in New York City of men who are descended from early inhabitants of the State of New York. Thomas S Johnson is the current president. The organization preserves his ...
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Society of California Pioneers
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Society of Colonial Wars
The General Society of Colonial Wars is a patriotic society composed of men who trace their descents from forebears who, in military, naval, or civil positions of high trust and responsibility, by acts or counsel, assisted in the establishment, d ...
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Society of the Cincinnati
The Society of the Cincinnati is a lineage society, fraternal, hereditary society founded in 1783 to commemorate the American Revolutionary War that saw the creation of the United States. Membership is largely restricted to descendants of milita ...
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The Society of Daughters of Holland Dames
*Society of Descendants of the Conquest
*Society of Descendants of Ireland
*Society of Descendants of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem
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Society of the Descendants of the Schwenkfeldian Exiles
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Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford
*Society of Descendants of Scotland
*Society of Indiana Pioneers
[https://indianapioneers.org/ ]
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Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers
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Sons and Daughters of the Vietnam War
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Sons of the Revolution
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Sons of the American Legion
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Sons of the American Revolution
The Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), formally the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (NSSAR), is a federally chartered patriotic organization. The National Society, a nonprofit corporation headquartered in Louisvi ...
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Sons of Confederate Veterans
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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
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Sons of Utah Pioneers
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Southern Dames of America
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Swedish Colonial Society
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Union des Descendants des Commandeurs Hereditaires et Chevaliers du Grand Prieure Russe de l'Ordre de St Jean de Jerusalem
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United Daughters of the Confederacy
The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is an American neo-Confederate hereditary association for female descendants of Confederate Civil War soldiers engaging in the commemoration of these ancestors, the funding of monuments to them, a ...
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United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada
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Winthrop Society
See also
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Family history society
A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research semina ...
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List of historical societies in the United States
This is a partial list of historical and heritage societies in the United States.
National societies
* American Antiquarian Society
*American Historical Association
*American Baptist Historical Society
* Jewish American Society for Historic P ...
External links
The Hereditary Society Community
References
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