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You may want to join one of these societies and support its efforts. You can normally find membership fees and the address for a society’s secretary printed in its journal, and the Family History Library also has many journals in its collection. In addition, you may find information about a society on the Internet. Many societies have Web sites that include membership information. You can locate this information through the GENUKI Web site or on this wiki by going to:  
You may want to join one of these societies and support its efforts. You can normally find membership fees and the address for a society’s secretary printed in its journal, and the Family History Library also has many journals in its collection. In addition, you may find information about a society on the Internet. Many societies have Web sites that include membership information. You can locate this information through the GENUKI Web site or on this wiki by going to:  


*[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng]  
*[[www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng|Genuki]]
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England England]<br>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/England England]<br>


From these sites,  
From these sites,  


Click on the [County of your choice], then Click '''Societies'''.  
Click on the [County of your choice], then Click '''Societies'''. For a more comprehensive list go to the Wiki page [[British_Family_History_Societies_and_Institutions|British Family History Societies and Institutions]].


=== The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)  ===
=== The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)  ===
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You may also access the [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ Federation’s Internet] website and search on a county or national level to determine what societies may exist for the area of interest.  
You may also access the [http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ Federation’s Internet] website and search on a county or national level to determine what societies may exist for the area of interest.  


=== [[Image:Society of Genealogists.jpg|thumb|right]]The Society of Genealogists  ===
=== [[Image:Society of Genealogists.jpg|thumb|right|Society of Genealogists.jpg]]The Society of Genealogists  ===


The Society of Genealogists has extensive records from all over England. They also have the largest collection of transcribed parish registers in England. The address is: {{Wikipedia|Society of Genealogists}}  
The Society of Genealogists has extensive records from all over England. They also have the largest collection of transcribed parish registers in England. The address is: {{Wikipedia|Society of Genealogists}}  
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