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The Alford American Family Association |
About Alfords
This is not being posted here for genealogical resource mateiral. It is being published as something of a historical reference as relates to the Alford American Family Association and the Alford work that went before. To some extent the publication of this work will parallel the "Our History" being published in AAFA ACTION. Some of this information will be illegible but in most cases a later and better version has been published elsewhere. Unfortunately in some cases the data is outright wrong. When it appears necessary, or when one of you request it, we will rework. or prepare commentary on, applicable segments and link them from the table below.
Gil Alford began publishing About Alfords in 1982 with issue number 1. It began as an eight page free newsletter to one and all but quickly changed to subscription based priced at $10 per year. In 1987 the Alford American Family Association "sprang" from the newsletter. About Alfords continued until the Fall of 1991 and issue number 37 to give the Alford association quarterly time to mature. It was being edited by Pamela Alford Thompson who held that job for almost 12 years. Gil used to say that he was not sure the association would succeed so he wanted to keep his hand in via About Alfords. There was also the problem of getting the About Alford subscribers to join the association
The early issues, done with an Atari 800 computer and a don-matrix printer used honest to goodness cut by scissors and paste by glue, and did not reproduce well. If you come across an article that is not legible and you would like an individual reprint of that article contact us via the link above and we will see what we can do for you.
"I'm terrible about making up, x'ing out and highlighting material with which I work. Some of my copies were not good enough for this project. Thanks to Janice Smith for providing clean copies. While I'm here... please forgive me for all the promises I made that were never fulfilled.-" Gil Alford
Click on the date below to open the pdf file IF there is an entry in the contents column.
| NR | DATE | PAGES | CONTENT |
| 1 | November 1 1982 | 8 | 1,030k, Introduction, John Alfords, Lodwick Alfords, Pedigree Potpourri Alford Family Bulletin, Alford Directory |
| 2 | 1 Quarter 1983 | 10 | 529k, Alford Exchange, Pedigree Potpourri, John Alfords, Alford Directory |
| 3 | April 1 1983 | 24 | |
| 4 | July 1 1983 | 26 | |
| 5 | October 1 1983 | 24 | |
| 6 | January 1984 | 30 | |
| 7 | April 1984 | 26 | |
| 8 | July 1984 | 26 | |
| 9 | October 1984 | 26 | |
| 10 | January 1985 | 32 | |
| 11 | April 1985 | 26 | |
| 12 | July 1985 | 34 | |
| 13 | October 1985 | 38 | |
| 14 | January 1986 | 36 | |
| 15 | April 1986 | 32 | |
| 16 | July 1986 | 28 | |
| 17 | October 1986 | 40 | |
| 18 | January 1987 | 34 | |
| 19 | April 1987 | 24 | |
| 20 | July 1987 | 32 | |
| 21 | October 1987 | 30 | |
| 22 | January 1988 | 42 | |
| 23 | April 1988 | 34 | |
| 24 | July 1988 | 30 | |
| 25 | October 1988 | 34 | |
| 26 | Winter 1989 | 44 | |
| 27 | Spring 1989 | 40 | |
| 28 | Summer 1989 | 30 | |
| 29 | Fall 1989 | 32 | |
| 30 | Winter 1990 | 20 | |
| 31 | Spring 1990 Combined with 32 |
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| 32 | Summer 1990 Combined with 31 |
68 | |
| 33 | Fall 1990 Combined with 34 |
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| 34 | Winter 1991 Combined with 33 |
53 | |
| 35 | Spring 1991 | 32 | |
| 36 | Winter 1991 | 32 | |
| 37 | Fall 1991 | 26 |