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2. She hoped to learn more about her enslaved ancestors. A trip ...

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   Johnson, 68, traveled to North and South Carolina to research her maternal family history, discovering that Mills had owned Jerry and Myra, Johnson's great-great-grandparents, as slaves.

3. List of hereditary and lineage organizations in the United ...

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   This is a list of notable hereditary and lineage organizations, and is informed by the database of the Hereditary Society Community of the United States of America.It includes societies that limit their membership to those who meet group inclusion criteria, such as descendants of a particular person or group of people of historical importance.

4. Family history society - Wikipedia

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   A family history society or genealogical society is a society, often charitable or not-for-profit, that allows member genealogists and family historians to profit from shared knowledge. Large societies often own libraries, sponsor research seminars and foreign trips, and publish journals.

5. Federation of Family History Societies - Wikipedia

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   Its stated principal aims are "to co-ordinate and assist the work of societies or other bodies interested in family history, genealogy and heraldry; to foster the spirit of mutual co-operation, by sponsoring projects in these fields". Its membership consists of over 170 family history societies and similar genealogical organisations. It ...

6. List of historical societies in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Historical Society of Southern California Founded in 1883, the Historical Society of Southern California (HSSC) is the oldest historical society in California. Lemon Grove Historical Society Los Angeles Conservancy , the largest membership-based historic preservation organization in the country.

7. John Johnson House (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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   The Johnson House is a representative station on the Underground Railroad, and the Johnsons were among the leading abolitionists of their generation. [ 3 ] The house, then one of the largest in Germantown (then a suburb of Philadelphia), was built between 1765 and 1768 by Jacob Norr for Dirck Jansen, who owned the ground on which nearby Upsala ...

8. New England Historic Genealogical Society - Wikipedia

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   The New England Historic Genealogical Society (NEHGS) is the oldest and largest genealogical society in the United States, founded in year 1845. NEHGS provides family history services through its staff, scholarship, website, [3] [4] educational opportunities, and research center. Today it has over 250,000 members and more than 90 staff and ...

9. Order of the First Families of Virginia - Wikipedia

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   Membership is limited to lineal descendants of an ancestor who aided in the establishment of the first permanent English colony, Virginia 1607-1624. This aid may also have been rendered by members of the Virginia Company of London if followed by subsequent residence in the Colony of Virginia by such member or his descendants for one or more ...