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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.).

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ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION AND BYLAWS

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

Articles of Incorporation
Application and Approval for Amended Articles
Amended Articles (for purpose of name change - add Inc.)

Bylaws - Current (as of 2011)
Bylaws - Original (1987)
Bylaws - 1st revised (1990)
Bylaws - amended 1996
Bylaws - amended 1998
Bylaws - amended 2011

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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:

Copies of Founding Documents

AAFA History
(A detailed history beginning in the early 1980s.)

The AAFA Badge
(An article, published in the AAFA Action quarterly in June 1988, explaining the development and meaning of the AAFA badge.)

Annual Meetings and Reunions
(A summary of each of the meetings.)

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