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Friendly Societies Research Group

We are a group of over 50 institution-based and independent scholars; friendly societies; archivists and curators. We have a newsletter, a website and an electronic newsgroup. In our first year we held three conferences. The benefits of membership include:

  • Contact with researchers, curators, archivists and friendly society practitioners through the newsletters and conferences
  • Information about the location of and access to friendly society records
  • Reduced fees for FSRG conferences 

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Friendly Societies Research Group