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 elsewhere on this page. 

                                                                     Mailing Address:

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

(301) 746-4690 (during our open season)

E-mail

membership (year round)

The Friend Family Association of America is proud to announce nineteen (19) new books that are only available through our organization !

"Susannah Friend-House,
Daughter of John Friend Sr.
Books I"

“John Friend Sr. of Friendsville, MD”
(2nd edition)

Friend Family Association of America Newsletters "The Friendship News" on CD

"Andrew Coleman Friend"

"Jonathan "Sugar Joe" Friend"

"Joab Jonah Friend of Grimes Point, MD"

"Josiah Green Friend of Swanton, Maryland" book one and two

"Friendsville, Maryland: A Brief History"

"A Brief History of Friend's Delight, Sang Run, Maryland"

"Joseph Friend, Sarah Green and Their Descendants of Friendsville, Maryland"

"William Edmundson Friend of Friendsville, MD (The Gun Maker)"

"Collection of Obituaries"
see index for this book

"Elijah Friend (1814 to 1869) of Sang Run, MD"

"Cornelius Ward Friend"

"John Friend Jr. of "Friend's Delight" Sang Run, Maryland"

"Selected Cemeteries and Gravestones of Garrett County, Maryland:
see index for this book

"The Maps and Papers of William H. H. Friend, 2nd Edition"

See the PDF format index for the Friend Family series of
books(unless otherwise marked) by clicking here: Index of Friend Family books

Colonel Lester D. Friend, Sr. Historical Library

Family Heritage Museum

Friend Family Store

Named in honor of our founder, the library is located on the second floor of the Headquarters building, it is equipped with historical and genealogical material primarily related to the Friend and related families. The library is NOT a lending facility, and its resources must be used on site. Genealogical research is available at a small fee - for further information, contact the Librarian.

Located on the first floor of the Headquarters building, the museum depicts a history of early life in the United States, the history of Western Maryland, and life of the early settlers in this country.

Click here to see more photographs of both the Family Heritage Museum and the Colonel Lester D. Friend. Sr. Historical Library

The Friendship Store is a mail order specialty shop ( with a retail branch at Headquarters) that specializes in products of interest to many FRIENDS, (whether or not that is their name)! 

You may also shop online at The Friendship Store.
 

To see the complete Family Heritage Museum brochure online, please click here

To download a PDF copy of the brochure, please click here

Our National Headquarters is located in Northern Garrett County, Maryland at Route 68, exit 4. Garrett County is the western most county in Maryland

By clicking on the link below, MapQuest will display a map of the Friendsville area:

Map of 261 Maple St Friendsville, MD 21531-2131, US

By clicking on the link below, MapQuest will display a map that you can use to input your starting location at receive directions to our National Headquarters:

Directions To This Location