Essex Society for Family History.  Covers the whole of Essex.  Works include Monumental Inscriptions, complete 1851 census index, Kelly Directories of Essex etc.  See the Essex Society for Family History (ESFH) web site here.

Hertfordshire Family & Population History Society.  Covers the whole of Hertfordshire.  Works include database of Monumental Inscriptions, extensive Malitia lists, criminals transported and Fleet marriages.  See the Hertfordshire Family & Population History Society web site here.

East of London Family History Society.  Covers Greater London north of the Thames from the City to Essex (the boroughs of Barking & Dagenham, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge and Tower Hamlets. Works include extensive 1851 census index and a few bits of other censuses and a few Parish Registers and Monumental Inscriptions.  See the East of London Family History Society web site here.

London & North Middlesex Family History Society.  Covers the City of London, and all Middlesex north between the Edgeware Road (A5) and Essex (i.e. City of London, Marylebone and the boroughs of Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington). Works include extensive 1851 census indexes, Monumental Inscriptions and Burials etc.  See the London & North Middlesex Family History Society web site here.

Westminster & Central Middlesex Family History Society.   Covers Westminster, Paddington and central Middlesex up to the Hertforshire border (City of Westminster, Paddington, and the boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and Hillingdon).  Works include a good set of 1851 census indexes, some Monumental Inscriptions and Middlesex strays.  I don't think there is a web site yet (but the Secretary is Keith Rookledge: E-mail rookledge@compuserve.com).

East Surrey Family History Society. Covers all of Greater London south of the Thames from the Kent border west (plus all of modern East Surrey).  Works include extensive 1851 census indexes plus 1891 for Southwark and Lambeth districts, miscellaneous Poor Law, Apprenticeship records etc. (plus Monumental Inscriptions and Parish Registers for south and east Surrey).  See the East Surrey Family History Society web site here.

Gloucestershire Family History Society.  Covers the whole of the pre-1974 county of Gloucestershire. Works include Memorial Inscriptions, Electoral Rolls 1831-2, Poor Law index etc. (and 1851 census indexes on Microfiche - the whole of Gloucestershire 1851 is now available on CD-ROM from Gordon Beavington).  See the Gloucestershire Family History Society web site here.

Needless to say we also have members in national societies including:

Society of Genealogists (SoG). Concentrates on the UK.  Their library includes the largest UK collection of parish register copies and Boyd's marriage index, a number of indexes to monumental inscriptions, poll books, trade directories, apprenticeships, pre 1858 wills, professions, etc. etc. and they organise talks and the biannual Family History fairs. The SoG publishes an enormous range of books and guides for family history and journals including Computers in Genealogy. See the Society of Genealogists web site here.

Guild of One-Name Studies. The UK based umberella group for people interested in collecting and studying just one surname (like Tarling for instance!). Produces a Journal, a register of one-name studies, seminars, software and support for one-name studies. See the Guild of One-Name Studies web site here.

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