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Accredited Genealogists Ireland

Accredited Genealogists Ireland (formerly the Association of Professional Genealogists in Ireland) was founded in 1986. It acts as a regulating body to maintain high standards amongst its members and to protect the interests of clients. Our members are drawn from every part of Ireland and represent a wide variety of interests and expertise.

Ancient Order of Hibernians in America

Ancient Order of Hibernians, Ohio State Board

Archives & Records Association, UK & Ireland

United Kingdom & Ireland.

BIGWILL - British Interest Group of Wisconsin and Illinois

An organization of individuals (mostly from Wisconsin and Illinois) who are interested in British Isles ancestry and genealogical research in the British Isles.

British Agricultural History Society

British Association for Local History

British Isles Family History Society - U.S.A.

Promotes an interest in family history particularly relating to British Isles ancestry including those from England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, & the Isle of Man.

Buffalo Irish Genealogical Society

Buffalo, New York.

Catholic Archives Society

United Kingdom & Ireland.

Catholic Family History Society

United Kingdom.

Catholic Record Society

United Kingdom & Ireland.

Church of Ireland Historical Society

Council of Irish Genealogical Organisations (CIGO)

Founded in 1992, CIGO is a lobby group comprising virtually all genealogy organisations from across Ireland and many more from around the world.

Federation for Ulster Local Studies Limited

Federation of Family History Societies

Located in the United Kingdom. Supports, informs and advises membership, which consists of family history societies and similar bodies across the world.

Federation of Local History Societies / Conascadh na gCumann Staire Aitiula

Genealogical Society of Ireland

Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.

Guild of One-Name Studies

Located in London, England, U.K. The world's leading organisation for one-name studies. A one-name study is a project researching facts about a surname and all the people who have held it, as opposed to a particular pedigree (the ancestors of one person) or descendancy (the descendants of one person or couple).

Irish American Archives Society

Cleveland.