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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. |
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| 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). | | 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 [https://sites.google.com/view/osmond-family-organization/home Osmond Family Organization], may include ancestral families along with individuals who share a common surname (see below). |
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| A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia, and links and information about LDS Ancestral Family Organizations is available from the [http://ldsafa.org/ LDS Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)] . | | A list of well-known [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mormon_family_organizations Mormon Family Organizations] is posted in Wikipedia, and links and information about LDS Ancestral Family Organizations is available from the [https://sites.google.com/view/ldsafa/home/ LDS Ancestral Families Association (LDSAFA)]. |
| === Examples of Large Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) ===
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| {{See also|Family Associations}}
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.broughfamily.org/Church_News_article_2016.html 2016 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.broughfamily.org/Church_News_article_2015.html 2015 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.broughfamily.org/Church_News_article_2014.html 2014 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.broughfamily.org/Church_News_article_2013.html 2013 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization (BFO)] ([http://www.broughfamily.org/Church_News_article_2004.html 2004 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization (OFO)] ([http://www.osmondfamily.org/Church_News_article_2010.html 2010 ''Church News'' article about the OFO])
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| *[http://www.braithwaitefamily.net Braithwaite Family Organization (BFO)]([http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865653638/Family-History-Moment-Behind-a-wall.html 2016 ''Church News'' article about the BFO])
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| *[http://www.broughfamily.org/Samuel_Clark_Family_Organization.html Samuel Clark Family Organization (SCFO)]([http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865661964/Family-history-moment-Old-brass-plaques.html 2016 Church News article about the SCFO)]
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| *[http://www.belnapfamily.org/ Belnap Family Organization (BFO)]
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| *[http://jared.pratt-family.org/ Jared Pratt Family Association (JPFA)]
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| *[[Tarvin Family Association]] (TFA)
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| *[http://johnpackfamily.com/genealogy/index.php John Pack Family Association (JPFA)] [http://www.johnpackfamily.com/contact/ Contact Information]
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| *[http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/main.php Thomas Tolman Family Organization (TTFO)]
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| *[http://www.one-name.org/ The Guild of One-Name Studies]
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| === Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | | === Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === |
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| "Finally, because of its broad membership and extensive number of contributors, AFO's can usually afford and support extensive research by professional genealogists much easier and for longer durations than can most individual families or grandparent family associations." | | "Finally, because of its broad membership and extensive number of contributors, AFO's can usually afford and support extensive research by professional genealogists much easier and for longer durations than can most individual families or grandparent family associations." |
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| For an example of what an AFO can do, visit: [http://www.broughfamily.org/ancestral_family_organizations.html Brough Family Organization]
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| === AFO's Can Accomplish Unique Extraction Projects ===
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| The [http://www.broughfamily.org/ Brough Family Organization] and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization] have successfully participated in and completed a [http://www.broughfamily.org/research_methods.html Surname Index and Relationship Project (SIRP).]
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| Surname Index and Relationship Project (SIRP) is a "structured extraction and research system used to identify individuals and combine them into family units". In 2011, SIRP was successfully used by two of the world's largest ancestral family organizations to identify and connect hundreds of individuals living in two countries.
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| SIRP acquires online genealogical data from multiple sources on individuals having the same (or similar) surname in a designated geographical area, then inputs all such names and their associated dates and places of births, christenings, marriages, deaths and burials into a GEDCOM friendly database. Once this database has been compiled, then analysis, screening and merging tools are used to match and link individuals together into related families and larger ancestral lineages.
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| Some of the genealogical sources used by SIRP include the following:<br>1) [https://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org] (including FamilySearch Family Tree)<br>2) Available online Government Indexes of Births, Marriages, Deaths and Burials, such as the [http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl British GRO ](for England and Wales); and the [http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/ UKBMD Search ].<br>3) Available online Name Indexes and Databases from commercial sites, such as [http://www.ancestry.com Ancestry.com ]; [http://www.findmypast.com findmypast.com ]; and [http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/user/subscriptions.php Non Conformist & Non Parochial Records ] (These three websites can be accessed free-of-charge at Family History Libraries throughout the world.)<br>4) Available GEDCOM files from known and reliable Family Members and Related Individuals.
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| In 2011, the [http://www.broughfamily.org Brough Family Organization ](BFO) and [http://www.osmondfamily.org Osmond Family Organization ](OFO) used SIRP methodologies to compile databases of hundreds of "Brough" and "Osmond" surnamed individuals who had lived from 1800 to the early 1900's in New Zealand and in New South Wales, Australia. Subsequent analysis, screening and merging of these databases resulted in the rapid identification of numerous linked individuals and multiple family lineages.
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| In 2012, SIRP methodologies were used to successfully document and link numerous military service men and women who died while serving their countries in [http://www.broughfamily.org/military.html World War I and World War II] to their families and ancestors.
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| As of 2016 the BFO and OFO were applying [http://www.broughfamily.org/research_methods.html SIRP methodologies ]to identify and combine thousands of individuals and their families who lived in the 1800's and early 1900's in England and Wales.
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| === AFO's Can Produce Family History Vidoes === | | === AFO's Can Produce Family History Vidoes === |
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| [http://www.broughfamily.org/monuments.html Brough Family Monuments to Mormon Pioneeers ]- erected from 2003 to 2015. | | [http://www.broughfamily.org/monuments.html Brough Family Monuments to Mormon Pioneeers ]- erected from 2003 to 2015. |
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| === Guides === | | === Guides === |