The Alford American Family Association
Serving the Alford community over 25 Years
We Are Family!!
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The Alford American Family Association Serving the Alford community over 25 Years We Are Family!! Click for CONTACT Information |
| Last Updated: 2 NOV 2024 by #0197 |
ABOUT AAFA
Links to Sections:
Purpose
Financials
Articles of Incorporation & By Laws
History
Officers
Directors
Volunteers
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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FINANCIALS
2024 Quarterly Financial Statements:
1st: Jan-Mar
2nd: Jan-Jun
3rd: Jan-Sep
Financial Statements from Prior Years:
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
2021 2022 2023
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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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10/2018-10/2020 OFFICERS
President
James Ellis Alford, Member 1348
19756 Lexington Drive
Biloxi, MS 39532-3919
Phone: (228) 357-5084
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Vice President
C. Walter Smith, Member 1247
9815 Coldwater Circle
Dallas, TX 75228-3676
Phone: (214) 321-0473
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Secretary
Evelyn Z. Mistich, Member 0481
509 Monicla Avenue
Bella Chasse, LA 70037-2316
Phone: (503) 394-3045
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Treasurer
Robert D. Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
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BOARD of DIRECTORS
Board Chairperson
Board Member
Lynn D. Shelley, Member 0484
2514 West Highmeadow Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-2532
Phone: (225) 329-8008
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Other Involvement:
Bible Records Project Officer
Genealogist
Librarian
Board Member
Pamela Alford Thompson, Member 0030
6700 Auburn Folsom Road
Granite Bay, CA 95746-7334
Phone: (916) 660-0552
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Other Involvement:
Obituary Project Officer
Associate Board Member
Robert D. Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
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Other Involvement:
Treasurer
Membership Project Officer
Memorial Project Officer
IT Project Officer
Associate Board Member
Alicia R. Houston, Member 0001
213 McMasters Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146-1721
Phone: (412) 373-8342
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Other Involvement:
Census Project Officer
Oregon Cemetery Project Officer
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VOLUNTEER WORKERS
Awards Project Officer
Ramona A. Darden, Member 0715
4410 Willowbend Boulevard
Houston, TX 77035-3828
Phone: (713) 723-7392
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Bible Records Project Officer
Lynn D. Shelley, Member 0484
2514 West Highmeadow Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-2532
Phone: (225) 329-8008
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Census Project Officer
Alicia R. Houston, Member 0001
213 McMasters Drive
Monroeville, PA 15146-1721
Phone: (412) 373-8342
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DNA Project Officer
John C. Smith, Member 0152
1513 Croston Drive
Plano, TX 75075-2726
Phone: (972) 881-8385
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Genealogist
Lynn D. Shelley, Member 0484
2514 West Highmeadow Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-2532
Phone: (225) 329-8008
Click to email
IT Project Officer
Robert D. Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
Click to email
Librarian
Lynn D. Shelley, Member 0484
2514 West Highmeadow Court
Baton Rouge, LA 70816-2532
Phone: (225) 329-8008
Click to email
Meeting/Reunion Committee
Location Project Officer
Thomas H. Alford, Member 1386
132 Songbird Trail
Yorktown, VA 23692-6156
Phone: (540) 421-4447
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Membership Committee Chair
Robert D. Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
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Memorial Project Officer
Robert D. Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
Click to email
Obituaries Project Officer
Pamela Alford Thompson, Member 0030
6700 Auburn Folsom Road
Granite Bay, CA 95746-7334
Phone: (916) 660-0552
Click to email
Online Newsletter Editor
Gail Alford, Member 0197
11115 Fall Breeze Drive
Houston, TX 77064-4817
Phone: (281) 894-9165
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Photography/Archive Project Officers
Janice S. Smith, Member 0152
John C. Smith, Member 0152
1513 Croston Drive
Plano, TX 75075-2726
Phone: (972) 881-8385
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Wills Project Officer
Janice S. Smith, Member 0152
1513 Croston Drive
Plano, TX 75075-2726
Phone: (972) 881-8385
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VOLUNTEER(S) NEEDED:
Ahnentafel Project Officer
Cemetery Project Officer
Meeting/Reunion Tour Project Officer
Merchandise Project Officer
Publicist
Click to email AAFA
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