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  Welcome to Day 26 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with Z !   Zion Genealogical Society of Lake County (Illinois) Family Organizations beginning with Z (Family Search Wiki)  Z is for Zoom How great is Zoom ???   How would we have survived without Zoom?   Zoom has had so many unexpected benefits for us.  It has enabled us to serve our regional members more effectively - nearly 40% of our membership base.  It has enabled us to have management committtee meetings in the comfort of our own home.     Members can now attend meetings from the comfort of their own homes without having to drive in the dark at night or step out into the cold in winter.   Of course nothing beats face to face contact but until we have the virus under control (if ev...

    Welcome to Day 25 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with Y !   Societies beginning with Y Young and District Family History Society    Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society    Family Organizations beginning with Y (Family Search Wiki)  Y is for YouTube Who hasn't consulted YouTube when they're stuck for knowledge?  As a Librarian I used it all the time; for my own use and to recommend to patrons.     My husband uses it when he has computer problems or wants to know how to fix the car or lawnmower.  I use it for refreshing my memory on knitting techniques or for inspiration.  As a university student you may have noticed that libraries make use of YouTube to guide their students in the use of the catalogue or how...

  Welcome to Day 23 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with W !   Societies beginning with W Australia Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society    West Gippsland Genealogical Society Inc.   West Australian Genealogical Society Inc.   UK Wakefield & District FHS    Wales Societies (Family Search Wiki)   Waltham Forest FHS   West Middlesex FHS    West Surrey FHS     Weston-Super-Mare & District FHS   Wigan Family and Local History Society   Wiltshire Family History Society    Woolwich & District FHS   USA Wake County Genealogical Society   Washington County Chapter Ohio Genealogical Society    Western Massachusetts Genealogical Society Inc.   Wichita Genealo...

  Welcome to Day 21 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with U !     Societies beginning with U USA Underhill Society of America    Clan Urquhart Association     Uthus Family History Group    Family Search Wiki United States Societies   Union Veterans' and Lineage Society Records    United States Military Veterans and Lineage Society Records   Ubiquitous Okay, so I just like that word and was looking for an excuse to use it.  Family History Societies are everywhere aren't they I think you will agree :)       Us  Most importantly societies are made up of us. And we are licorice allsorts  - that's for sure.  Everyone has something to contribute to a family history society.  We are all uni...

  Welcome to Day 20 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with T !     Societies beginning with T Australia Tumut Family History Group Inc.   Tasmanian Family History Society    Tweed Gold Coast Family History & Heritage Association Inc.    USA Tennessee Genealogical Society    Texas Czech Genealogical Society    The Black Family Genealogy and History Family Society    The Chandler Family Association    The John Endecott Family Association Inc.    The Villages Genealogical Society    The Towne Family Association Inc.    Tri-state genealogical society    Family Organizations: T (from Family Search Wiki)    TechnicalTeam So much of our family history is about technica...

  Welcome to Day 19 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with S !     Societies beginning with S Australia Society of Australian Genealogists    Genealogy S.A.    South East Family History Group    UK Selby and District FHG    Sheffield and District FHS    Shropshire FHS    Somerset and Dorset FHS    South Warwickshire FHS    St Helens Townships FHS    Stevenage FHS    Suffolk FHS    Sussex FHG    USA Sacramento German Genealogy Society    San Ramon Valley Genealogical Society   Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society    Seattle Genealogical Society    Sonoma County Genealogical Society    South Orange County Califor...

  Welcome to Day 18 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with R !   Societies beginning with R UK Rodbourne Community History Group Romany and Traveller Family History Society Rydale Family History Group USA Rogue Valley Genealogical Society & Jackson County Genealogy Library Family Organizations beginning with R (Family Search Wiki) Revolutionary War Veterans and Lineage Society Records World Russia Societies (Family Search Wiki) Research Does your Society offer research services? For a fee? For free? Both? Do you have a research team or just one person? Do you have a policy or guidelines about what kinds of research you will or won't do for people? How do you present findings?  How else could you offer research services and raise the profile of your society?  We used to ...

  Welcome to Day 17 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with Q !   Societies beginning with Q Australia Genealogical Society of Queensland Queensland Family History Society UK Quaker Family History Society Family Organizations beginning with Q Quackenbush and Regin Family Page Quattlebaum Family Page Quayle Family Page I used to work with a boss who questioned everything we did.  I confess that sometimes it was a bit aggravating but it's not a bad habit to get into.  Do question why you do things the way you do them.  Is it because you've always done them that way?  Is it because it used to be a good way to do things but now you don't even need to do it because some other system handles that or perhaps there is a better easier way.  Why do you do it?  Is i...

Welcome to Day 15 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with O !   Societies beginning with O  UK Oxfordshire Family History Society   Oxfordshire Record Society   USA Ohio Genealogical Society   Orange County California Genealogical Society    Ozarks Genealogical Society    Family Organizations (Family Search wiki) Other societies which may be of help to a family historian in their research are: Society of Antiquairies of London Australian Society of Archivists British Agricultural History Society British Association for Local History British Record Society Catholic Record Society English Place Name Society Australasian Association of Genealogists and Record Agents Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives Harleian Society Historical Societie...

  Welcome to Day 14 of the  #AtoZChallenge.  Don't know what the AtoZChallenge is? Find out more here. My theme is about Family History Societies.  What they are, How they work, Who is in them, Why they exist. And which ones begin with N !   Societies beginning with N  Norfolk Island Museum   Nepean Family History Society    Newcastle Family History Society Inc.   NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies Inc .    New Zealand Society of Genealogists Inc.    UK Societies Norfolk Family History Society   North Meols Family History Society    North Northumberland Genealogy Group    North of Ireland Family History Society    North West Kent Family History Society    Northamptonshire Family History Society   Northumberland and Durham Family History Society   Nottinghamshire Family History Society     Family Organisations beginning with N (Fam...