The Société Jersiaise is a learned society in Jersey which was founded in 1873, in the manner of similar county societies in the United Kingdom and Sociétés Savantes in France for the purposes of: * "The Publication of Local History, * The encouragement of the use of French, the official language, * The study of the ancient local dialect, * To achieve, as far as possible, the conservation of all prehistoric and historical sites, * To found a library, mainly historical and archaeological, * To collaborate with other societies with similar aims"