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"ALFORD" Letters
On these pages we plan to share with you some of the letters received as part of our Alford effort over the last quarter century. They may include letters sent to Gil Alford and his "About Alfords" newsletter which was a forerunner of the Alford Association as well as letters to the "association.
Most of Gil's letters will be found with the letters of others.
These are not transcripts, but scanned images of the original letters. In some cases their pedigree form or attachments may be included. In other cases copies of Gil's related drafts will be included. In those days he did not print a final copy for his files, but for the sake of economy used the draft. You'll see those mark-ups. We apologize for the mark-ups and highlighting found on some of the documents. At the time he never imagined this would be happening and part of his administration of the Alford effort involved marking up and highlighting.
It is important to remember that just because a reputable member of our group wrote something in a letter does not make it true. In this phase of our work we are making no effort to debunk what some think is questionable. You are on your own in this regard.
Letters are being selected for one of three reasons: they are informative, they are interesting or they are important to the history of AAFA.
Sections or letters will be added slowly but regularly. It would pay to come back often to see what is here. Additions will be announced weekly on the UPDATES page.
Letters of Alicia Roundy Houston Alicia Roundy Houston AAFA 0001 an early correspondent and the AAFA outstanding Census Project Manager for the last 20 years.
Christie Alford Baldwin (AAFA 0006) Letters - please access them from her members page
Letters of Eileen Alford Eileen Alford (1913-1985) died before the AAFA was created. She was an early correspondent, from an obscure limb of our Alford tree, and you might say she marched to the beat of a different drummer.
Letters of Guy Alford Guy Alford (1890-1952) who started a work similar to AAFA in 1950 and expired before it was completed
Letters of James P. Alford James P. Alford [Jim/Houston] who was one of our more active members from 1988 to about 1994.
Letters of Dr. James M. Edwards James M. Edwards, PhD, (1914-1992) AAFA 0008 was an early correspondent and he made significant contributions to our Alford effort and to AAFA.
Letters of Landon Alford Landon Alford was an early participant in the Alford work, and one of the main leaders in the planning, preparation & financing of the 1989 Houston meeting. He has made significant contributions of articles, Alford data, and funds.
Letters of and with Lewis Emerson "L.E." Alford L.E. Alford died the month the creation of AAFA was announced. His correspondence with Gil Alford began in 1982, but L.E. shared with Gil his correspondence files with others from many years before.
Letters of Captain Lodwick H. Alford Captain Lodwick "Wick" Alford(1914-2007) AAFA 0011 was a member of the original board of directors and the first president.
Letters of Lucille Mehrkam Lucille Mehrkam (1923-2011) AAFA 0032, AAFA Hall of Fame, A major contributor of Alford information.
Letters of Lucy Shull Stevens Lucy Shull Stevens (1919-1992) AAFA 0094, is the daughter of Tressie Nash Shull Bowman, AAFA #0039, who published the "Alford Family Bulletin" during the 1970's. During the 1960's Lucy was one of several involved in what you might call "round robin" correspondence. At the time of her death Lucy was the AAFA DAR Project Officer.
Letters of Pat Brock Smith
Patricia Brock Smith AAFA 0064
For more on Pat Smith.
Letters of Randall L. Alford Randall L. Alford, PhD AAFA 0052 Randy began his Alford search at a young age.
Robin "Bob" A. Sterling's (AAFA 0320) letters - please access them from his members page
Letters of Ruth Eager Moran Ruth Eager Moran AAFA 0622. is an attorney from a family of attorneys in Oklahoma City. She has held several leading positions in local Genealogical Societies.
Letters of William A. Mitchner Bill Mitchiner,(1911-2006) AAFA 0010. a certified professional genealogical researcher, was the AAFA genealogist for a time. He was present at the two North Carolina meetings in Raleigh.
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