International Academy of Genealogy

International Academy of Genealogy is an international organization dedicated to genealogy, headquartered in Paris. It was created on 22 September 1998 during a constitutive meeting held in Turin, Italy. Founder of the Academy and initiator of the constitutive meeting is the French genealogist and heraldrist Jean-Marie Thiébaud.[1]

Purpose

The Academy was created to encourage, coordinate, promote and support the genealogic studies from all over the world. It also organizes international meetings in order to promote the genealogy as one of the important branches of the social studies in human history.

Members

Academy has full members, called academicians, whose number is limited to 100 [2] and associate members, whose number is unlimited. The full members have the right to vote, but the associate members do not. However, the associate members may participate at all events and may express their opinions.

References, notes
  1. "Home". geneacademie.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
  2. "Members of the academy". geneacademie.org. Retrieved 2017-11-30.
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