Associations

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Associations are organizations that help individual researchers by region, family name, ethnic origins, religion, military service, attendance in an event, etc.

Contents 1 Family name associations 2 Military associations 3 Lineage associations 4 Regional historical societies

Family name associations

• Menges Family Association of America
• Spencer Historical & Genealogical Society (SHGS)

Military associations

• Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
  • Library of Congress GAR page

Lineage associations

Lineage societies help educate successive generations about the lives and sacrifices our ancestors made to keep their nation safe or to create better lives for their descendants. These organizations can be important resources to provide historical context for your ancestor's lives.

• Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)
• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 (DUVCW)
• General Society of Mayflower Descendants
• Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)
• Jamestowne Society
• National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812
• Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV)
• Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)
• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW)
• United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC)

Regional historical societies

• Bradford County Historical Society, Pennsylvania (BCHS)
• Dutchess County Historical Society, New York (DCHS)
• Sussex County Historical Society, New Jersey (SCHS)