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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 ancestral couple. Other family associations, like the [ | 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 [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/home 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). | ||
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)] . | 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)] . | ||
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=== Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | === Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | ||
The [ | The [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/home Brough Family Organization] (BFO)--one of the largest and oldest ancestral family organizations and surname associations in the world--has stated the following about Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's): | ||
"Ancestral family organizations are often able to accomplish much more than individual families or 'grandparent' family associations. Because of their extensive membership and databases, AFO's are often able to locate and obtain genealogical and historical information much faster and cheaper than individual families or grandparent associations. | "Ancestral family organizations are often able to accomplish much more than individual families or 'grandparent' family associations. Because of their extensive membership and databases, AFO's are often able to locate and obtain genealogical and historical information much faster and cheaper than individual families or grandparent associations. | ||
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This video is family-friendly and faith-promoting, and is a good example of what other ancestral organizations around the world can do to visually show and explain their heritage to family members and relatives. The video can be freely viewed on YouTube at: [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BD2585B808562AAB A Thousand Years of Family History]. | This video is family-friendly and faith-promoting, and is a good example of what other ancestral organizations around the world can do to visually show and explain their heritage to family members and relatives. The video can be freely viewed on YouTube at: [http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=BD2585B808562AAB A Thousand Years of Family History]. | ||
Also, additional information about the video--including its entire audio script--is available on the BFO website at: [ | Also, additional information about the video--including its entire audio script--is available on the BFO website at: [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/publications/bfo-video-2010 A Thousand Years of (Brough) Family History]. | ||
=== AFO's Can Produce Monuments Promoting Faith and Family === | === AFO's Can Produce Monuments Promoting Faith and Family === | ||
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In 2010-2015, the Brough Family Organization (BFO) and Osmond Family Organization (OFO) produced physical memorials and historical monuments to their ancestors--which tell in considerable detail (or more than most gravestone inscriptions do) the faith and history of some of their ancestors. Examples of these extensive memorials and monuments can be viewed here: | In 2010-2015, the Brough Family Organization (BFO) and Osmond Family Organization (OFO) produced physical memorials and historical monuments to their ancestors--which tell in considerable detail (or more than most gravestone inscriptions do) the faith and history of some of their ancestors. Examples of these extensive memorials and monuments can be viewed here: | ||
[ | [https://sites.google.com/view/brough-family-organization/monuments Brough Family Monuments to Mormon Pioneeers ]- erected from 2003 to 2015. | ||
[http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700029371/Log-cabin-where-Olive-Osmond-was-born-is-dedicated-in-Idaho.html?pg=all Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin & Museum dedication in Samaria, Idaho], May 3, 2010 (''Deseret News'')<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOHspBD6m0 Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin & Museum in Samaria, Idaho,] April-May 2010 (''YouTube'' video)<br>[https://sites.google.com/view/osmond-family-organization/osmond-cabin Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin and Museum dedication and plaque photos ]- Osmond website, 2012 | [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/700029371/Log-cabin-where-Olive-Osmond-was-born-is-dedicated-in-Idaho.html?pg=all Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin & Museum dedication in Samaria, Idaho], May 3, 2010 (''Deseret News'')<br>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeOHspBD6m0 Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin & Museum in Samaria, Idaho,] April-May 2010 (''YouTube'' video)<br>[https://sites.google.com/view/osmond-family-organization/osmond-cabin Olive May Davis Osmond Cabin and Museum dedication and plaque photos ]- Osmond website, 2012 | ||