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Organizing a family association or organization is a great way to bring people together to accumulate, coordinate, learn, preserve and publicize genealogical and historical information among related family members. | Organizing a family association or organization is a great way to bring people together to accumulate, coordinate, learn, preserve and publicize genealogical and historical information among related family members. | ||
Some families may wish to organize around a husband and wife and their descendants. Others, like the [http://www.broughfamily.org/ Brough Family Organization] and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization], may decide on a much larger agenda (see below). | Some families may wish to organize around a husband and wife and their descendants. Others, like the [http://www.broughfamily.org/ Brough Family Organization] and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization], may decide on a much larger agenda (see below). | ||
According to the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'' (David H. Ludlow, 1992, pages 497-498), "'''In 1978 the [LDS] Church asked all families to organize themselves at three levels: immediate families, grandparent families, and ancestral families. ''' The '''immediate family '''consists of husband and wife, and begins when they are married.... When the children marry and have children of their own, the '''grandparent organization '''is initiated. Beyond that, each family is ideally involved in an '''ancestral organization''', which consists of all the descendants of an earlier common progenitors couple." Additional information on these three types of family "levels"--or organizations--and their functions and purposes is detailed in the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism.'' | According to the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'' (David H. Ludlow, 1992, pages 497-498), "'''In 1978 the [LDS] Church asked all families to organize themselves at three levels: immediate families, grandparent families, and ancestral families. ''' The '''immediate family '''consists of husband and wife, and begins when they are married.... When the children marry and have children of their own, the '''grandparent organization '''is initiated. Beyond that, each family is ideally involved in an '''ancestral organization''', which consists of all the descendants of an earlier common progenitors couple." Additional information on these three types of family "levels"--or organizations--and their functions and purposes is detailed in the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism.'' | ||
A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia, and two of these organizations--the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belnap_Family_Organization Belnap Family Organization] and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brough_Family_Organization Brough Family Organization][http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belnap_Family_Organization ]--have their own documented articles in Wikipedia. | |||
=== Examples of Large Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | === Examples of Large Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | ||
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*[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/45556/Family-history-moments-Overseas-connection.html 2004 ''Church News ''article about the BFO]) | *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/45556/Family-history-moments-Overseas-connection.html 2004 ''Church News ''article about the BFO]) | ||
*[http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization (OFO)] ([http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/60228/Family-history-moments-Familys-focus.html 2010 ''Church News ''article about the OFO]) | *[http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization (OFO)] ([http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/60228/Family-history-moments-Familys-focus.html 2010 ''Church News ''article about the OFO]) | ||
*[http://www.braithwaitefamily.net/ Braithwaite Family Organization (BFO)]<br> | *[http://www.braithwaitefamily.net/ Braithwaite Family Organization (BFO)]<br> | ||
*[http://www.belnapfamily.org/ Belnap Family Organization (BFO)] | *[http://www.belnapfamily.org/ Belnap Family Organization (BFO)] | ||
*[[Tarvin Family Association]] (TFA) | *[[Tarvin Family Association]] (TFA) | ||