Toolkit: Joining a Lineage Society

• Cyndi’s List — Lineage Societies

<www.cyndislist.com/soc-lineage.htm>

• Cyndi’s List — Military-Related Societies

<www.cyndislist.com/military.htm#Societies>

• Hereditary Society Blue Book

<members.tripod.com/~Historic_Trust/society.htm>

• Links to Hereditary Societies

<www.geocities.com/ljdolby/heritagesoc.html>

• United States of America Patriotic and Lineage Societies

<www.lineages.com/usa/LinSocieties.asp?StateCode=US>

Books & CDs

• American Ancestry by Joel Munsell’s Sons (Clearfield Co.)

• Burke’s Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland, 2nd edition, by John Burke and John Bernard Burke (Clearfield Co.)

• Founders and Patriots of America Index (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors edited by Robert Glenn Thurtle (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Lineages of Hereditary Society Members CD-ROM (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims (Genealogical Publishing Co., 2 volumes)

• Mayflower Births and Deaths by Susan E. Roser (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Mayflower Marriages by Susan E. Roser (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• The Roster and Register of the General Society of the War of 1812 edited by Dennis F. Blizzard, Frederick Ira Ordway Jr. and Robert Glenn Thurtle (Clearfield Co., 4 volumes)

• Seventeenth Century Colonial Ancestors by Mary Louise M. Hutton (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

• Some “Colonial Dames” of Royal Descent by Charles H. Browning (Genealogical Publishing Co.)

War societies

• Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts

Armory Faneuil Hall Boston, MA 02109 (617) 227-1638 <www.ahacsite.org>

• Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865

c/o Donna Vaughn National Membership Chairperson 5050 Columbus St. SE #64 Albany, OR 97321 (541) 926-9240 <www.duvcw.org>

• General Society of the War of 1812

c/o Timothy C. Harris Vice President General-MAL 6184 Stinson Blvd. NE Fridley, MN 55432 <www.societyofthewarof1812.org>

• Hereditary Order of the Descendants of the Loyalists and Patriots of the American Revolution

3917 Heritage Hills Drive #104 Bloomington, MN 55437

• National Society Daughters of the American Revolution

1776 D St. NW Washington, DC 20006 (202) 628-1776 <www.dar.org>

• National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution

1000 S. Fourth St. Louisville, KY 40203 (502) 589-1776 <www.sar.org>

• National Society of the United States Daughters of 1812

1461 Rhode Island Ave. NW Washington, DC 20005 (202) 745-1812 <www.usdaughters1812.org>

• Sons of Confederate Veterans

c/o Frank B. Powell III Chairman 9701 Fonville Road Wake Forest, NC 27587 (919)847-6132 <www.scv.org>

• Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War

Box 1865 Harrisburg, PA 17105 (717) 232-7000 <suvcw.org>

• United Daughters of the Confederacy

328 N. Boulevard Richmond, VA 23220 (804)355-1636 <www.hqudc.org>

Old world societies

• Baronial Order of Magna Charta

109 Glenview Ave. Wymcote, PA 19095 <www.magnacharta.com>

• Descendants of the Illegitimate Sons and Daughters of the Kings of Britain

3858 N. LeavittAve. Chicago, IL 60618

• National Society Magna Charta Dames and Barons

Box 4222 Philadelphia, PA 19144 (215) 836-5022 <www.magnacharta.org>

• Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the United States of America

c/o Tracy Crocker Registrar General 1411541st Ave. N. Plymouth, MN 55446 (763) 553-1122 <www.charlemagne.org>

Colonial societies

• Associated Daughters of Early American Witches

c/o Mrs. Edward L. Wilkinson Registrar General 6876 Richard Wilson Drive Millington, TN 38053 <adeaw.us>

• Flagon and Trencher Descendants of Colonial Tavernkeepers

c/o James Raywalt Keeper of the Tavern Records 7916 Quill Point Drive Bowie, MD 20720

• General Society of Mayflower Descendants

Box 3297 Plymouth, MA 02361 (508) 746-3188 <www.mayflower.org>

• Jamestowne Society

Box 17426 Richmond, VA 23226 (804) 673-6006 <www.jamestowne.org>

• National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century

1300 New Hampshire Ave. NW Washington, DC 20036 <www.colonialdames17c.net>

• National Society Daughters of American Colonists

2205 Massachusetts Ave. NW Washington, DC 20008 <www.nsdac.org>

• National Society of the Colonial Dames of America

Dumbarton House 2715 Q St. NW Washington, DC 20007 info@nscda.org <www.nscda.org>

• Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and Chirurgeons

9317 Bent Tree Circle Wichita, KS 67226

• The Society of Descendants of the Colonial Clergy

c/o Mrs. Frederick Johnson 255 Madison St. Dedham, MA 02026

• The Society of The Ark and The Dove

c/o Mrs. Barrett L. McKown 3580 S. River Terrace Edgewater, MD 21037 <www.thearkandthedove.com>

Early-settler societies

• First Families of Ohio

The Ohio Genealogical Society 713 S. Main St. Mansfield, OH 44907 (419)756-7294 <www.ogs.org>

• First Families of Tennessee

c/o East Tennessee Historical Society Box 1629 Knoxville, TN 37901 (865)215-8824 <www.east-tennessee-history.org>

• The Hereditary Order of the First Families of Massachusetts

The Committee on Admissions 253 Tremont St. Melrose, MA 02176 (781) 662-8034

• National Society of New England Women

c/o Ms. Leslie Vander Meulen 22 Cloverleaf Lane Manchester, MO 63011 <members.aol.com/calebj/nsnew.html>

• Order of the First Families of Virginia

5055 Seminary Road #439 Alexandria, VA 22311

• The Society of California Pioneers

300 Fourth St. San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 957-1849 <www.californiapioneers.org>

• The Society of Indiana Pioneers

450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202 (317) 233-6588 <www.indianapioneers.com>

• Sons and Daughters of Oregon Pioneers

Box 6685 Portland, OR 97228 <www.webtrail.com/sdop>

• Sons of the Republic of Texas

1717 Eighth St. Bay City, TX 77414 (979) 245-6644 <www.srttexas.org>

Religious &. ethnic societies

• The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany

23 Dresden Court Albany, NY 12203 (518)456-7202

• The Holland Society of New York

122 E. 58th St. New York, NY 10022 (212) 758-1675 <www.hollandsociety.com>

• The Huguenot Society of America

122 E. 58th St. New York, NY 10022 (212) 755-0592 <www.huguenotsocietyofamerica.org>

• Huguenot Society of South Carolina

138 Logan St. Charleston, SC 29401 (843) 723-3235 <www.huguenotsociety.org>

• Los Californianos (descendants of Hispanics in Alta California)

c/o JoAn Guthrie Box 600522 San Diego, CA 92160 <www.loscalifornianos.org>

• The National Huguenot Society

9033 Lyndale Ave. S. #108 Bloomington, MN 55420 (952) 885-9776