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Swan Hill Genealogical & Historical Society Inc.

Australia. Located in Swan Hill, Northern Victoria, on the Murray River.

Swannington Heritage Trust

Leicestershire, England.

Swanton Historical Society

Swanton, Vermont.

Swedish Ancestry Research Association (SARA)

Worcester, Massachusetts.

Swedish Genealogical Society of Colorado

Society for family researchers who hope to learn about their Swedish ancestors, heritage, and culture.

Sweet Home Genealogical Society

Sweet Home, Linn County, Oregon.

Swiss Benevolent Society

The Swiss Benevolent Society of New York is the oldest charitable Swiss organization in the United States. Founded in 1832 and formally organized in 1846, it has continued to function without interruption to the present day, always responding to the socioeconomic changes of the times.

Swiss Benevolent Society of Chicago

The Society was founded in 1872, shortly after the destructive Chicago fire, and was designed at first to help out members of the Swiss Community of Chicago to weather the hardships inflicted upon them by the fire.

Swiss Benevolent Society of San Francisco

Members of the Swiss Community in San Francisco founded the Swiss Relief Society in 1886 in order to assist immigrants from Switzerland who had fallen on hard times.

Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association

The Swiss Mennonite Cultural and Historical Association (SMCHA) is a nonprofit organization comprising descendents of immigrant Mennonites who came to the USA in the 1870s from what is now the Ukraine. (Volhynia).

Switzerland County Historical Society

Vevay, Indiana.

Sycamore Historical Society and Museum

Sycamore, Illinois.

The Sabine Parish Genealogical Association

Louisiana.

The Saginaw River Marine Historical Society

Michigan.

The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York

The Society was founded in 1835 by a group of prominent New York City gentlemen, including Washington Irving, as a membership organization the purpose of which is to preserve knowledge of the history and customs of New York City's Dutch forebears. It is one of the oldest societies in the United States. Membership is by invitation only and limited to those men who can demonstrate descent from a resident of New York State before 1785. By virtue of its membership requirements, many members are descended from the city's first settlers, who included several nationalities and faiths as well as Dutch people and descendants of Native Americans.

The Salvation Army International Heritage Centre

The San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society of Los Angeles, California

The Saukville Area Historical Society

Wisconsin.

The Schuylkill County Historical Society

Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.

The Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America

The Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America was founded to promote and preserve Scotch-Irish history and culture of America's Scotch-Irish heritage and to keep alive the esprit de corps of the Scotch-Irish people.