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List Of Hereditary & Lineage Organizations

This is a partial list of hereditary and lineage organizations.

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A Family History Society is a society, often charitable or non-profit making, where genealogists and family historians can profit from shared knowledge.

Some societies offer large collections of original source material, others concentrate on the family history of a
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American Ex-Prisoners of War is a service organization based in Arlington, Texas, which was founded in 1942 and chartered by the United States Congress in 1982. The organization attempts to assist the surviving POWs, many of whom are elderly and/or have psychic scars and longterm
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The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts is a military parade and ceremony group in Massachusetts. It is the third oldest chartered military organization in the world.
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The Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor who lived in British-America from 1607-1775, and was of service to the colonies by either holding public office, being in the military, or serving the Colonies in some
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The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership organization of women[1] dedicated to promoting historic preservation, education, and patriotism.
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'The Daughters of Hawaiʻi was founded in 1903 by seven women who were daughters of American Protestant missionaries.
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The Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) is a sororal association dedicated to perpetuating the memory of Texas pioneer families and soldiers of the Republic of Texas. DRT was formed in 1891 by Betty Ballinger and Hally Bryan and was originally called the Daughters of the Lone
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The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors is a hereditary society composed of men and women who can prove their descent from a colonial-era governor. Founded in 1896 Miss Mary Cabell Richardson of Covington, Kentucky, the Order’s is to “commemorate the
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Huguenot Society of America is a hereditary patriotic society, organized in New York City on April 12, 1883, and incorporated on June 12, 1885.

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The objectives of the Huguenot Society of America were to perpetuate the memory and to foster and promote the principles
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The International Society Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) is a women's organization dedicated to preserving the history of the original settlers of Utah, including Mormon Pioneers. The organization is open to any woman who is "...
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The Landsmannschaft Ostpreußen or Territorial Association of East Prussia[1] is a non-profit organization for Germans who were evacuated or expelled from East Prussia during World War II and its aftermath.
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The Society of Mayflower Descendants is a hereditary organization comprised of individuals who have documented their descent from one or more of the 102 passengers who arrived on the Mayflower in 1620 at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts.
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Military Order the Carabao is an exclusive, semi-secret social club consisting of members of the U.S. military.

Background

The organization was founded in 1900 by U.S.
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The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States is the oldest veterans' and hereditary association in the Nation with a membership that includes both officers and their hereditary descendants from all the branches of the Armed Services.
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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, also known by its acronym MOLLUS or simply as the Loyal Legion, is a United States military order dating back originally to the end of the Civil War.
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The Military Order of the Stars and Bars is a fraternal organization for descendants of men who served as commissioned officers in the armed forces of the Confederate States of America. Its home office is in Daphne, Alabama.
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The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America is an American organization composed of women who are descended from an ancestor "who came to reside in an American Colony before 1750, and whose services were rendered during the Colonial Period.
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The New England Society of New York is one of several prestigious lineage organizations in the United States and one of the oldest charitable societies in the country. It was organized on May 6, 1805 to commemorate the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth Rock.
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The Noble Society of Celts, founded in 1998, is an hereditary society of persons with Celtic roots and interests, who are of noble title and gentle birth, and who have come together in a search for, and celebration of, things Celtic.
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The Order of Daedalians is a fraternal and professional order of American military pilots. The namesake of the order is Daedalus who according to Greek mythology was the first person to achieve heavier-than-air flight.
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The Order of Lafayette is a patriotic, hereditary, nonpartisan, and fraternal organization established in New York City in 1958 by Colonel Hamilton Fish III (1888-1991), a distinguished former Congressman from New York and decorated veteran of the First World War.
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The Royal Society of St George is an English patriotic society established in 1894 to encourage interest in the English way of life, and English customs and traditions. It operates from offices in Folkestone, Kent.

History

In 1415 St.
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The Russian Nobility Association in America is a charitable organization and one of a number of genealogical societies located in New York City. The Association was organized in 1938. Similar societies exist in Belgium, France and many other countries around the world.
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The Society of California Pioneers and its members are listed in the Annals of San Francisco of 1855. The key stipulation seems to be that they arrived in California prior to December 31, 1849.
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The General Society of the Cincinnati is a historic association in the United States and France with limited and strict membership requirements.

Origins

The concept of the Society of the Cincinnati probably originated with Major General Henry Knox.
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National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) is a Louisville, Kentucky-based fraternal organization in the United States. It is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation that describes its purpose as "maintaining and extending the institutions of American freedom, an
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Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is an organization of male descendants of soldiers who served the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. SCV membership is open to all [1]
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Sons of Norway is a fraternal organization representing people of Norwegian heritage in the United States and Canada. It describes its mission as "to promote, preserve, and cherish a lasting appreciation of the heritage and culture of Norway and other Nordic countries while
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Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American fraternal organization, the legal successor to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). It is a Congressionally Chartered Corporation with headquarters in the National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
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The United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) is a sororal association dedicated to honoring the memory of those who served and died in service to the Confederate States of America (CSA).
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