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Create and Maintain Family Associations or Organizations (view source)
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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.'' | ||
=== Examples of Large Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) | === Examples of Large Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === *[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.braithwaitefamily.net/ Braithwaite Family Organization (BFO)] *[http://www.belnapfamily.org/ Belnap Family Organization (BFO)] *[http://www.tarvinfamily.org Tarvin Family Association (TFA)] | ||
*[http://johnpackfamily.com/genealogy/index.php John Pack Family Association (JPFA)] [http://www.johnpackfamily.com/contact/ Contact Information] *[http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/main.php Thomas Tolman Family Organization (TTFO)] *[http://www.one-name.org/ The Guild of One-Name Studies] | |||
*[http://johnpackfamily.com/genealogy/index.php John Pack Family Association (JPFA)] [http://www.johnpackfamily.com/contact/ Contact Information] | |||
*[http://thomas.tolmanfamily.org/main.php Thomas Tolman Family Organization (TTFO)] | |||
*[http://www.one-name.org/ The Guild of One-Name Studies] | |||
=== Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | === Importance of Ancestral Family Organizations (AFO's) === | ||