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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.  


Family associations can be organized on different levels, such as ''immediate families''--which include a husband and wife and their children; ''grandparent families''--which include the descendants of siblings; and ''ancestral families''--which include the descendants of an earlier common progenitor's couple.  Other family associations, like the [http://www.broughfamily.org/ Brough Family Organization] and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization], may include ancestral families along with individuals who share a common surname (see below). 
Family associations can be organized on different levels, such as ''immediate families''--which include a husband and wife and their children; ''grandparent families''--which include the descendants of siblings; and ''ancestral families''--which include the descendants of an earlier common ancestral couple.  Other family associations, like the [http://www.broughfamily.org/ Brough Family Organization] and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization], may include ancestral families along with individuals who share a common surname (see below). 


A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia.
A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia.