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'''Update 24 June 2021'''. Society of Genealogists will close 17 July 2021 for "a few months" prior to moving to new premises. '''December 2022''' SoG News advises a new home at Unit 2, 40 Wharf Road, London, N1 7GS which is estimated to reopen in the '''Summer of 2023'''. '''July 2023''' SoG News advises some staff are working from the new library and the new library will open to the public '''later in the year'''.
The [https://www.sog.org.uk Society of Genealogists] (SOG) in London has information largely relating to family history in Britain, (England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Chanel Islands and Isle of Man) including its publication, the ''Genealogists' Magazine''. However, the Society also contains an impressive selection of material in its libraries relating to British India. "There is also a selection of works relating to other countries particularly where there has been a British presence (Australia, Canada, United States) and regions (Africa, Central America, South America, Asia, Indian sub-continent, West Indies)".<ref>[https://sogcontent.cdn.prismic.io/sogcontent/d51784c7-ddb6-4cd9-b901-0e9e5af67564_SoG-CollectionsGuide2-LibraryResources.pdf Collections Guide 2 : Library Collections] Society of Genealogists c 2023. Located at Home/Research Hub/ Visit us/Accessing Our Collections.</ref> Includes [https://sogdata.org.uk/bin/index.php SoG Data online] available to members. However non-members can browse the categories of the databases on the left hand side of the webpage to see the databases available.
==British India related and other overseas records==
*Books relating to British Army – including Annual Army Lists and regimental histories.
*Material relating to the British Navy .
*Computers in the Open Access Area provide free access to selected subscription websites including being Ancestry, Origins FindMyPast, British Newspaper Archive and Find My Past and also TNA Documents OnlineTheGenealogist. SoG is a FamilySearch affiliate organisation. (This Area is Note, new library location not yet open to all without charge.).
==Membership==
