About AAFA

Purpose of the Association

1. To collect, record, preserve, disseminate, and perpetuate biographical data and historical information on Alfords(including all spelling variations)and their ancestors.

2. To educate members, particularly those of the younger generations, on Alford family history and how it relates to the history of our nation.

3. To further fellowship and camaraderie within the living Alford family.

NOTE ON SPELLING VARIATIONS: In addition to the name Alford, The Alford American Family Association includes the names Alvord, Allford, Alfred, Halford, Hallford, Holford, and Olford. Misspellings of these names in written records are numerous. In AAFA's written material, we frequently put quotation marks around Alford to indicate that we are referring to all spelling variations, but whenever we say Alford in a general sense, we are referring to all spellings. Researchers are encouraged to search indexes thoroughly for both legitimate spelling variations and for misspellings (Alfird, Alfrod, etc.).

Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws

Links to the current Articles of Incorporation and ByLaws (PDFs):

Articles

ByLaws

History of AAFA and Its Meetings

The Alford American Family Association (AAFA), incorporated in 1987, grew out of the work of many "Alfords" around the country whose efforts were coordinated by Gilbert K. "Gil" Alford, Jr., compiler and publisher of an Alford family newsletter, "About Alfords."

The first directors, listed alphabetically, were Gilbert K. Alford, Jr., Julius Mosby Alford, and Lodwick H. Alford. Officers, established at the creation, were President: Captain Lodwick H. Alford, U.S. Navy (ret); Vice President: Ambassador Weston Adams; Secretary: Nancy Alford, Dean of Students, LaGrange College; and Treasurer: Julius Mosby Alford, Realtor. Pamela Alford Thompson was appointed as the editor of AAFA publications, Nancy Alford Dietrich as Genealogist and Historian, and Gil Alford as, for want of a better title, Executive Assistant. Gil was the driving force behind AAFA,and the keeper of the databases.

The articles of incorporation require AAFA to have an annual corporate meeting. Since 1988, it has been held in conjunction with a national Alford family reunion the second weekend in October. (Since the Association had just been formed in 1987, there was no meeting that year.) The annual meeting has been held in different states each year. At each annual meeting the membership selects a meeting state or city for future meetings. Members and their guests who attend the meetings find them an enjoyable way to learn about their Alford heritage, participate in their Association's activities and efforts, visit with extended family, and meet new cousins!

FOR MORE INFORMATION:

AAFA History
A detailed history beginning in the early 1980s

Annual Meetings and Reunions
A summary of each of the meetings

2007-2008 Officers

President
Carl S. Alford, Member 1272
P.O. Box 604
Muenster, TX 76252 0604
(940) 759-2368
carl@techtrans.com

Vice President
Matthew Alford, Member 0835
1637 Princess Lane
Frisco, TX 75034
(972) 335-5407
mattmantexas@cebridge.net

Secretary
Evelyn Mistich, Member 0481
509 Monicia Ave.
Bella Chasse, LA 70037
(503) 394-3045
eczm827@bellsouth.net

Treasurer
Doris Alford Vetri, Member 0303
981 Larkspur Place, North
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
(856) 439-1307
DorisVetri@cs.com

AAFA ACTION Editors
Jim and Sue Adams, Member 1129
1476 Wheaton Lane
Marietta, GA 30068
(770) 977-2978
jimbob35@mindspring.com

 

2007-2008 Board of Directors

James K. Adams, Member 1129
1476 Wheaton Lane
Marietta, GA 30068-2151
Editor, AAFA ACTION
BEN619EN & ALE627EN(Alvord) Branch Manager

Carl S. Alford, Mbr 1272
P.O. Box 604
Muenster, TX 76252 0604
(940) 759-2368
President

Emmett Earl Alford, Member 0439
477 Old Jackson Road
Liberty, MS 39645

Max R. Alford, Member 0230
427 Wheatridge Ave
Mesquite, TX 75150
Membership Chair & AAFA Historian
JOH801NC Branch Manager

Vesta G. Bowden, Member 0537
15611 Meadowwood Village
Houtson, TX 77095

Alicia R. Houston, Member 0001
213 McMasters Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146
Census Project Officer

Carolyn Alford Saunders, Member 0673
102 Timber Hitch
Georgetown, AR 78628
Texas Cemetery Project Officer

Lynn Shelley, Member 0484
1921 E. Nottingham Lane
Springfield, MO 30068
Research Chair/Librarian

Frieda Roberta Shepherd, Member 0763
365 Buttercup Court
Sonoma, CA 95476

Charles Walter "Walt" Smith, Member 1247
9815 Coldwater Circle
Dallas, TX 75228

Pamela Alford Thompson, Member 0030
6700 Auburn Folsom Road
Granite Bay, CA 95746
Obituaries Project Officer

Doris Alford Vetri, Member 0303
981 Larkspur Place, North
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Treasurer