The Austin Families Association of America (AFAOA) is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) charitable organization dedicated to the research, preservation, and public dissemination of Austin family genealogies (including variant spellings) and histories. The organization maintains a freely accessible online database and website documenting more than 70 Austin progenitor lines and related families, providing resources and expertise to genealogists, descendants, and the general public. The organization supports genealogical education through publications, digital archives, webinars, conferences, and instructional materials, and administers an Austin DNA Project to advance historical and genealogical understanding using Y-chromosome and autosomal DNA research. All activities are conducted for the public benefit to promote historical knowledge, family heritage preservation, and genealogical education.
We were founded in 1942 by Edith Austin Moore and her brother Henry Warner Austin to bring Austin researchers together. Our data is available for non-profit use by all Austin researchers. We welcome inquiries and contributions from anyone who is researching their Austin ancestors, and we offer our members more in-depth assistance from our expert genealogists. If you have any questions, please contact our AFAOA genealogist.
AFAOA Database
The AFAOA Database contains all the information about the Austin family lines, such as family group sheets, pedigree charts, ancestor charts, etc. and is where you should start the search for your Austin ancestors. Everyone can use the database for their personal family research, and registration is no longer required. Click the AFAOA Database to begin your family search.
AFAOA's Partnership with Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Allen County Public Library of Fort Wayne, Indiana. ACPL's Genealogy Center is in the process of scanning and digitizing AFAOA's entire collection of correspondence, research, and notebooks dating back to AFAOA's founding in 1942. This material will be made available to researchers around the world. It also ensures that AFAOA's priceless archive will be preserved in perpetuity.
ACPL already displays many of AFAOA's special digital collections. We encourage you to visit (and bookmark) the AFAOA Collection home page. More items will be added as the scanning process progresses. All items will also be visible using the ACPL-Genealogy Center's main search engine box.
We encourage AFAOA members to consider eventually contributing their family’s hardcopy ancestral primary source materials to the ACPL Genealogy Center. When no longer required in your own research, these valuable documents can be preserved in a secure, professionally managed archival environment, ensuring their long-term protection. In addition, the Genealogy Center can digitize these materials, making them more accessible for research while reducing wear and tear on the original items. This approach helps safeguard your family history while also contributing to broader genealogical research and future generations’ ability to discover and learn from these records.
Austin DNA
The Austin-Austen DNA Program supports two DNA Diagram of Austin DNA Project Branches Projects: (1) Austin (Y-DNA) Project, and (2) Austin Autosomal DNA (at-DNA) Project. We invite all Austin descendants to participate.
Austin Help Worldwide
For Austins who did not come to America and remained in Europe, or emigrated to Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa, please also visit Austen.one-name.net, which is run by Guild of One Name Studies and AFAOA member Brian Austen of Tasmania, Australia.