Friend Family Association
of America

Welcome Friends,

Thank you for visiting the Friend Family Association of America’s web site.  We hope you find some items of interest and as always, we welcome your suggestions for improvement.

The 2008 Friend Gathering will be held in Lancaster, Ohio

For Information on the 2008 Gathering click here

Please make plans to attend 

The FFAA library has a new email address: ffaa@pennswoods.net  

While the Library in Friendsville, MD is currently closed, it is necessary to close the library for the winter months but the cyberspace library is always open and there are volunteers available to assist you with your questions. You may also post your queries on the message board  where not only members of the FFAA may assist you but where others who might be researching your family lines might find and reply to your queries. 

You might also enjoy scrolling through the many photographs currently posted in the Photograph Album.  Webmaster  Jeff Custer, is continually adding to this collection of photographs and you too may submit your family photographs to share with others.  Simply send Jeff a scanned copy of your picture(s) and he will see that they are posted for you.

Jeff is also working on a “Members Only” section for our web site so be sure to check back often for updates.  

To reach members of the Board of Trustees simply click on “About Us”  and send a message to any of the Board members and we will do our best to assist you.  

There are several new items available at the Friendship Store along with some old favorites. We will be adding more new stock during the summer of 2007 (many items make great Christmas gifts so you can shop early. You might also be interested in the new books, also available through The Friendship Store. The books are being published in order to provide researchers who can not personally visit the library in Friendsville, MD with material to assist them with their research and to insure the preservation of these family records.  

We would like to invite each and every one of you to become a member of the FFAA. You will find a membership application at  our Membership page along with the convenience of PAY PAL for sending your remittance. There is also a PDF form, by which you may print an application and send your dues via check, if you prefer.  

Genealogy is knowledge through sharing.  

Pat Thompson membership@friendfamilyassociation.org

The Friend Family Association of America is proud to announce eight new books that are only available through our organization !

"Collection of Obituaries" by Patty (Friend) Thompson

"Elijah Friend (1814 to 1869) of Sang Run, MD" by Patrick T. Smith and Patty (Friend) Thompson

"Cornelius Ward Friend" by  Patty (Friend) Thompson and Patrick T. Smith

"John Friend Jr. of "Friend's Delight" Sang Run, Maryland" by Dr. Patrick T. Smith

“John Friend Sr. of Friendsville, MD” by Pat (Friend) Thompson

“Andrew Friend and His Family: The Earliest Pioneers of the Potomac River “by Dr. Patrick T. Smith and Patty (Friend) Thompson

“Selected Cemeteries and Gravestones of Garrett County, Maryland” by Patrick T. Smith

“The Maps and Papers of William H.H. Friend” by Patrick T. Smith

Genealogical  Research

FFAA Newsletter

Friend Family Photograph Album

We have numerous links to assist you in your research for your ancestors

and

Our own Friend Family Association of America Document Archive Center is now online and available to all members of the Friend Family Association of America.

Please visit the Research Center for more information.

The FRIENDship NEWS is the official publication of the Friend Family Association of America, which is published four times a year.

Some copies of our previous newsletters are available to members in our Friend Family Association of America Document Archive Center and more are being added.

Click here to learn more.

We hope you enjoy our collection of historical photographs. To browse our collection  please click on the photograph album image above or click here.

 If you have any photographs you would like to share, or information about the subjects you see here, please contact :

 jcuster3@woh.rr.com

Friend Family Store

National Headquarters

FFAA Message Board

The Friendship Store has unique gifts! Are you FRIEND proud? Have you shopped at the Friendship Store lately? Take a look around in our new online store. And see many of the most unique gifts you'll never find any where else but at the Friendship Store in Friendsville, Maryland. Check out the store's online catalog

While our members come from all over America and England, our Headquarters is located at the intersection of First & Maple Streets in Friendsville, Maryland.

It is housed in the old Bank building and it is the home of the Friend Family Association's library, museum and store described at the  National Headquarters web page.

Recently, members of the museum committee gathered together to clean, paint and organize our headquarters.
Click here for more information

A little more sophisticated than a chalk board and chalk, we use ProBoards, the Internet's premier forum provider, to assist our members and friends to keep in touch with each other.

Visit the Friend Family Association of America Message Board

Click here to enter
 

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We Want You!

To join us in our adventure of researching our families and their histories.

Are you a member yet?

Come join us and received a great Newsletter and much more!

Click here to learn more!
 

Plans are underway for our 2008 "Gathering of Friends"

Please click here or on the "Gathering" Button above for more information on our "Gathering of Friend" event

The Friend Family Association of America
P.O. Box 96
261 Maple Street
Friendsville, Maryland 21531

(301)- 746-4690

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