How It All Started

Genealogy  Societies are organizations that allow you to network with others who  love genealogy and family history, to build our skills through  collaboration, courses and conferences and provides access to records  and information not readily available to the general public.

I have become a member of the following Societies to help me (and you!) in my Family Research.

The objective of the Scottish Genealogy Society is to advance education and lifelong learning by promoting the study of Scottish family history and genealogy.

This Society was formed in November 2000 to assist those researching family history and genealogy throughout the county of Wet Lothian.

In 1977, a newspaper advert invited interested parties to come to a meeting with a view to forming a new Society to “promote the study of family history in Glasgow and the west of Scotland” and the Glasgow & West of Scotland Family History was founded as a Charity run by a Council of volunteers.

The  British Columbia Genealogical Society (BCGS) was incorporated in 1971.  In 2021, the Society turned 50 years old.  Members have been  researching, preserving and publishing their own family histories and  that of British Columbia, Canada families. A primary focus of the  Society is to give individuals and groups the necessary skills to carry  out their own research.