Got ancestors in Lincolnshire then this website will be of interest to you. http://www.lincoln-record-society.org.uk/

The Society was founded in 1910 to print records and documents relating to the ancient county and diocese of Lincoln. The ancient diocese covered not only Lincolnshire, the second largest county of England, but also the wide area which lay within the medieval diocese: the counties of Lincoln, Leicester, Northampton, Rutland, Oxford, Bedford, Buckingham, Huntingdon and northern Hertford. Since 1910 the Society has published ninety five volumes many of which are still in print.

The Society has individual and institutional members from around the world including many leading university and national libraries. Its aim is to publish one volume each year and it always welcomes ideas for new projects. Early volumes were often published in Latin but today its policy is to publish in English whenever possible, or otherwise to provide an English summary.

The Lincolnshire Society’s latest publication is “The Correspondence of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society 1710-1761”.

Many counties have their own Record Societies and they can be very worth while tracking down.

The Guild of One Name Studies is 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).

Recently The Guild Fellowship Scheme was set up in order to recognise those Guild members considered especially worthy of honour, either because of their level of expertise in genealogy and one-name studies, or for their contribution to the running of the Guild – or both.

In keeping with the concept of a Guild, each individual recognised in this manner shall be known as a Master Craftsman of the Guild (MCG). The present holders of this title are:-

Steve Archer, Howard Benbrook, Andrew Millard, Susan Meates, Derek Palgrave, Paul Millington, Roy Rayment, Chris Pomery, Roy Stockdill, Iain Swinnerton, Ken Toll & Peter Walker.

http://www.one-name.org/index.html

For those with Bedfordshire ancestors this is the society for you !

The society offers meetings for those who live in or close to the county, a regular journal and publications such as early wills transcripts and poor law papers. Research in this county is helped by the fact that all the pre 1812 parish registers have been transcribed, indexed and published. The Bedfordshire Family History Society sells these transcription in fiche form, but have now started publishing the transcripts in CD format, each CD will contain one parish with transcripts, MI’s, photos and other information.

http://www.bfhs.org.uk/

The East London History Society, (founded 1952) exists to further interest in the history of East London, namely the London Boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Hackney and Newham. The Society publishes two newsletters a year and organizes a program of talks. It also arranges two coach outings a year.

On their website you can take a virtual tour (London Hospital, Bow Road/Mile End Road, Victoria Park) or view a picture gallery of postcards (Comic, Greetings or East End Markets). The Map Gallery illustrates the growth of Tower Hamlets over the centuries. The Society also has a range of publications for sale.

http://www.mernick.org.uk/elhs/ELHS.htm

The Mid Norfolk Family History Society was formed in September 1994 and is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies. Our local members have an interest in Family History in general but do not necessarily have genealogical links to this part of Norfolk. However, we have a large number of distant members with interests in Mid-Norfolk and we aim to assist in their research by collecting and recording family history information from within an area of approximately 10 miles around Dereham.

http://www.tsites.co.uk/sites/mnfhs/

Got Norfolk ancestors? yes, then this is the society for you! Plenty to interest researchers and lots of transcription projects going on. Plus you can download a copy of their Journal.

http://www.norfolkfhs.org.uk/index.asp

If you have New Zealand ancestors then this is the society to belong to. There offer members an extensive genealogical library in Auckland plus postal/email search services. The recently redesigned journal is full of interesting articles and information.

http://www.genealogy.org.nz/

This society covers both Somerset & Dorset and offers their members meetings, assistance and publications.

 http://www.sdfhs.org/

Dorset Family History Society is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies, and is for people who are interested in tracing their family history, beginners and experts alike. Dorset FHS caters for people in the UK or overseas with family interests in Dorset, as well as Dorset residents whose families may have lived in other counties or countries.

 http://www.dorsetfhs.org.uk/