Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office
The Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office (French: Association Royale Office Généalogique et Héraldique de Belgique or OGHB) is a private genealogical and heraldic society in Belgium. It was founded in 1942 as an asbl and has over a thousand members interested in genealogy and heraldry. While it publishes exclusively in French language, it covers all regions of Belgium.

Its main purpose is the historical study of families without distinction of social class or profession as well as the auxiliary sciences of history, such as genealogy and heraldry.

The OGHB benefits from royal patronage and government subsidies and is thus considered as having a somewhat greater status than a purely private society.

It used to record the arms of persons and families before this task was taken over by the Council of Heraldry and Vexillology for the French Community and the Flemish Heraldic Council for the Flemish Community.
Q150
French
Concept
Q5433332
genealogical
Concept
Q1607796
heraldic society
ORG
Q106611354
asbl
UNK
Q47307
genealogy
Concept
Q18336
heraldry
Concept
Q150
French language
Concept
Q838185
regions of Belgium
Concept
Q265939
royal patronage
UNK
Q193219
government subsidies
Concept
Q2993905
Council of Heraldry and Vexillology
Concept
Q89959
French Community
LOC
Q2194060
Flemish Heraldic Council
ORG
Q9331
Flemish Community
LOC
Q3349633
Royal Belgian Genealogical and Heraldic Office
Concept
1942-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1942
DATE
inception
located in the administrative territorial entity