Submission of a New Cemetery Record to AAFA

This form allows you to enter data for submission to the AAFA Data Manager for inclusion in the AAFA Cemetery Databases. Please fill in the form as completely as possible, although we understand that in many cases, data may not be available.

Valid submissions are:

Persons whose surname is Alford (including spelling variations)
Spouse(s) of Alfords
Children (natural or adopted) of an Alford parent

Other Alford kin may be submitted, but may not be included in our cemetery data, however, it may be forwarded to one of our family branch managers for inclusion in the family branch genealogy.

You may move from field to field with your mouse or use the tab key to move from field to field. Shift-Tab will move to the previous field.

There are five sections of this form, submitter's (your) data, cemetery data, personal data of the deceased, family data of the deceased, and notes. The "submit" button appears at the bottom of the notes section.

New Cemetery Record
Submitter Information
Enter your name
Enter your email address
AAFA may use my name on this website as a source refernce for the data I am submitting.Check if we may.
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New Cemetery Record
Cemetery Information
Enter the name of the cemetery. Do not use the word "cemetery" in the name.
In the table below, the fifty states and the District of Columbia are listed in alphabetical order. Beneath the name of each state is a pulldown menu that contains the entry, "Not Selected", the names of the counties in that State, and finally an entry for "Unknown" County. Find the cell that contains the State that the cemetery you entered above, and select the appropriate county name. You should only select one county name for this submission. Please note that the District of Columbia has only a single County, and that in addition to the Boroughs of Alaska, Named Census Areas (unincorporated regions) are marked with an asterisk. In the text box at right, enter any cemetery notes that you think appropriate. Examples include alternate names for the cemetery, location, etc. If you need to refer to the AAFA cemeteries data already on this website, you may do so by clicking here. Don't worry, the cemeteries will open in a new window, so your submittal will still be here.			Cemetery Notes
Alabama	Alaska	Arizona	Arkansas	California
Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware	District of Columbia	Florida
Georgia	Hawaii	Idaho	Illinois	Indiana
Iowa	Kansas	Kentucky	Louisiana	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Michigan	Minnesota	Mississippi
Missouri	Montana	Nebraska	Nevada	New Hampshire
New Jersey	New Mexico	New York	North Carolina	North Dakota
Ohio	Oklahoma	Oregon	Pennsylvania	Rhode Island
South Carolina	South Dakota	Tennessee	Texas	Utah
Vermont	Virginia	Washington	West Virginia	Wisconsin
Wyoming
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New Cemetery Record

Deceased's Personal Information

Enter the last name, first name(s), and suffix, if appropriate. Use standard capitalization and punctuation. For example, John H. Alford, Jr., would be entered as Alford for the Last Name, John H. as the First Name, and Jr. in the Suffix field. Mary Ann Alford Jones would be entered with Jones for the Last Name and Mary Ann Alford for the First Name.

First Name
Last Name
Suffix
Sex	Male Female

Enter the dates of birth and death of the deceased. Select "Unk" if the day or month of birth is not known. If the year is unknown, enter ????. If you know that the birth or death year was before or after a certain time, you may so indicate with a < or with a >. For example, before 1850 would be entered as 1850<, or after 1900 would be entered as 1900>. For an approximate year use the Circa abbreviation CA. For example, a birth year of about 1845 should be entered 1845CA.

	Day	Month	Year
Birth:
Death:

If the deceased has an obituary in the State Obituary Compilation on the AAFA website, please check here:
If you need to refer to the AAFA obituaries, click here. Don't worry, the obituaries will open in a new window, so your submittal will still be here with the data you have already entered.

Enter the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) data here. The SSDI is available on the internet at several free sites, as well as on Ancesty.com. Enter the Social Security Account Number (SSAN), the USPS two letter abbreviation for the Issue State, the name of the county of the last residence, and the USPS abbrevition for the State of last residence.

SSAN
Issue State
Last Residence County
Last Residence State

Enter the family branch of the deceased by selecting the branch from the appropriate pulldown at the right. The family branch code is a tool that AAFA uses to identify ancestors. The family branch code consists of the first three letters of the ancestor's first name, the last three digits of his birth year, and the USPS abbreviation for his birth state. For example JOH807LA identifies John Seaborn Alford, born in 1807 in Louisiana. The family branch code is also the way we identify the genealogies on this website. The branch codes are divided into three groups, first names beginning with the letters A - I, those beginning with J, and those beginning with K - Z. Within each pulldown, the branches are ordered alphabetically by first name, then by year of birth.

If you want to refer to the AAFA Genealogies, you may click here. Don't worry, the genealogy page will open in a new window, so your submittal will still be here with the data you have already entered.

A - I

J

K - Z

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New Cemetery Record

Deceased's Family Information

Enter the family data for the deceased. AAFA Cemetery Data normally includes the father, mother, and spouse(s) as family data. There is space on the form for three spouses. If there are more than three, enter the additional spouses in the Public Notes Section below. For mothers and wives enter the maiden name, if known.

	First Name	Last/Maiden Name
Father
Mother
Spouse 1
Spouse 2
Spouse 3

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New Cemetery Record
Sources and Submitter's Notes
Enter source notes. If additional space is needed, continue the source data in the Public Notes Section below.
In the text boxes below you may submit any notes that you think appropriate. Some examples of notes that should be entered here have been presented in previous screens, such as additional spouses in the Public Notes. Other examples of Public Notes might include Military Service, if known; discrepancies you have noted in birth or death dates, marriage data if you happen to find it, etc. The AAFA Private Notes are your notes for the AAFA Data Manager and/or the State Project Officer. The notes entered in the AAFA Private Notes may also be shared with other officers of AAFA, such as the Research Chair, or the Family Branch Manager.
Public Notes	AAFA Private Notes

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