Geneology - What's yours?

[gilmore]

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The Blue Book of Genealogical and Hereditary Socities is rather fat, for there are many. I belong to several, and one of them inspired me to return to my kilted (Scot) heritage. I have only joined a few groups, as I really need to feel as if I can contribute to the group before I take the time to do all that genealogical research and documentation.
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That's a good idea.

I came across this that you might be interested in: http://www.hereditary.us/decorations.htm I counted something over 40 of those societies that am eligible for membership in. It's noteworthy that the fourth, fifth and sixth oldest are said to be St Andrew's Societies, those of Philadelphia (1747), State of New York (1756), and Washington, DC (1760.) I don't know how they managed that last one, since the date of the founding of the Society predates the District of Columbia and Washington City by some thirty years.

I have sometimes thought of trying to organize a hereditary society for people like me, whose ancestors have never, since coming to America, born arms in defense of their country, but only to overthrow the government, as in the American Revolution and the US Civil War.

Society of the Sons and Daughters of the Troublemakers?