Draft:The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc.

The Hungerford Family Foundation, Inc. (THFFI) is a one-name genealogical association regarding the Hungerford and affiliated family surnames. Affiliated surnames include the children and other descendants of each female Hungerford who took the surname of her spouse.

Mission

THFFI is a non-partisan, non-sectarian, not-for-profit public charity organized and operated exclusively for the following charitable, literary, and educational purposes:

Maintaining an on-line database of Hungerford & associated family surnames that supplements Stanley W. Hungerford's privately published Hungerford genealogy,
Maintaining an on-line library comprised of correspondence, manuscripts, copies of bible pages, photographs and other Hungerford-related materials,
Maintaining an on-line database of Hungerford & associated family medical issues that are important to descendants,
Establishing a research library, archives and museum for the preservation of original historical artifacts, manuscripts, bibles, photographs, paintings and other materials,
Undertaking genealogical research about the spread of the Hungerford & associated families throughout the world,
Preserving and replacing Hungerford and associated family gravestones,
Receiving charitable contributions and bequests to provide for scholarships, and
Undertaking educational activities about significant historic events involving Hungerfords dating back to early England, Ireland and Scotland.

The Surnames Database

The surnames database contains nearly 45,000 Hungerford & associated family surnames (growing as births, deaths, and other events are recorded).

A profile for each individual contains essential information about the person, including dates and places of birth, marriage and death and even the cause of death, when available. Each profile is linked to parents, spouses and children. Each profile also is documented, sometimes extensively, by reference to source materials. Photographs of each person are included, when available.

The On-Line Library

The on-line library contains entries for artwork, bibles, birth records, cemeteries, censuses, correspondence, death records, deeds, diaries and autograph albums, DNA results, family trees and pedigrees, financial documents, heraldry, coats of arms and family crests, lists, maps, marriage records, military, photographs, the Reverend J. E. Jackson's Hungerford research, THFFI governing documents, THFFI newsletters, and wills.

The correspondence category includes copies of the more-than-900 letters written to Stanley W. Hungerford while he was compiling his Hungerford Genealogy. That trove of correspondence provides unique documentation not otherwise available to the public.

The Medical Database

Members also have access to a database listing the medical conditions contributing to the deaths of our ancestors. Our expectation is that the development of a large pool of medical data will disclose patterns suggesting medical risks that could inform our understanding of our own health issues at sufficiently early stages that treatment intervention can improve the quality of our lives, not to mention the longevity of our presence on this earth.

Scholarships

Membership confers the right to apply for scholarships funded by THFFI.

History

THFFI was founded at the end of 2015 by Richard W. Hungerford, Jr., A. J. Hungerford, and Charles C. Morgan. It was incorporated in the State of Florida in December 2015. The Internal Revenue Service issued THFFI a letter shortly thereafter in December, 2015, declaring that THFFI qualified for tax exempt status under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of the United States.

References

"A Summary Of The Families Hungerford, Descendants of Thomas of Connecticut, 2nd edition, 1980, (second printing - 1982), Including A Brief History of the Hungerford Family In England from the 12th Century, And Descendants of: Thomas of Ireland, William of Maryland, and Thomas of Maryland." (the "Hungerford Genealogy," FHL Microfiche #6088572).