Brough Family Organization
www.broughfamily.org

On-Going Research

International Brough DNA Genealogy Project:

In 2008, the RBFO began the International Brough DNA Genealogy Project. The RBFO did so because it was felt that this DNA project could further cement Brough family genealogies and provide another research tool for people who wonder if they belong to or are connected to the Broughs of northern Staffordshire, England. It was also felt that DNA testing could possibly help the RBFO narrow down research requests from different parts of the world by allowing the comparison of DNA's from RBFO members to those of other people requesting RBFO assistance with their research.

There are two ways to participate in the International Brough DNA Genealogy Project. One is free and other is not. Those individuals wishing to participate in a free DNA analysis (in which results may not be available for a year or longer) should visit the Sorenson Molecular Genealogy Foundation website. Those individuals wishing to pay for a more comprehensive DNA analysis (in which results are usually available within four to eight weeks) should investigate commercial DNA genealogy testing firms--such as DNA Ancestry or GeneTree. For more information on the International Brough DNA Genealogy Project, please click here.

Latest Video Documentary:   

In 2002 representatives of the RBFO traveled to England to begin documenting, researching, photographing and video-taping the historical locations of the Broughs of Staffordshire, covering the period of 1000 to 2000 AD.  During 2008, additional RBFO representatives in England finished documenting, research and photographing these historical locations, events and people.  Their findings, interviews and recordings have now resulted in a high-quality video documentary on the Broughs of England and their descendants, entitled
A Thousand Years of Family History. For more information on this new video, click here.    

On-Going Research Projects:

If you're interested in supporting current RBFO genealogical research, please consider contributing financially to the RBFO which is currently supporting research in the following two areas:

1.)    Continue research on the ancestors and descendants of the Broughs of the British Isles, with particular emphasis on the lineages already outlined in the Brough Histories and Genealogies portion of this website. To partly accomplish this endeavor, the RBFO supports a unique research system--known as the Surname Index and Relationship Project (SIRP).
2.)    Further document and identify the descendants of Richard Brough and Mary Horleston of Staffordshire, England.

These two research projects will require hiring professional genealogists to review records in England and Australia that are not available to us in Utah, as well as the need to purchase documents not available through the L.D.S. Family History Library.  

The RBFO Board of Trustees and Executive Officers encourages every RBFO related parent or grandparent organization to try and raise $100 or more than can be donated annually toward such research projects.  Of course all financial donations--large or small--are always welcomed and greatly appreciated and are tax-deductible in the United States.  As always, please send your donations by check to:  RBFO Secretary, Janene Brough Wood, 115 East 800 North, Bountiful, Utah, 84010, USA.

Genealogical Policies of the RBFO and BFO Research Committee

BFO Policy on Providing Genealogical Data on Brough Ancestors and Descendants
Policy Adopted by the RBFO Research Committee on 1 June 2009

     The BFO Research Committee will provide selected GEDCOM files to those individuals requesting genealogical information on the deceased ancestors of any Brough individual listed in its online "Genealogies" section. However, the BFO charges a set fee of $20.00 to produce any such GEDCOM file to cover the cost of partitioning, reviewing, producing and shipping such a file (which is usually sent via email or on a Data CD).
     The BFO Research Committee will also provide selected GEDCOM files to individuals requesting genealogical information on living descendants of any Brough individual listed in its online "Genealogical" section. However, such files will only contain the living descendants of the actual individual making such a request. Again, the BFO charges a set fee of $20.00 to produce any such GEDCOM file to help cover the cost of partitioning, reviewing, producing and shipping a file (which is usually sent via email or on a Data CD).

BFO Policy on Personal Ancestral File 5.2 Genealogy Software Program
Policy Adopted by the RBFO Research Committee on 1 June 2010

     The BFO Research Committee uses Personal Ancestral File (PAF) 5.2 as its primary genealogical software program. PAF 5.2 is provided free-of-charge by the Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormons). It is the opinion of the BFO Research Committee that PAF 5.2 has and continues to provide the BFO will all the necessary functions and opinions to process, maintain, expand and display its genealogical databases for worldwide viewing and consumption.
     While the use of other genealogical programs--past and present--may be the choice of other individuals and organizations, PAF 5.2 still allows the BFO to produce, post, send and receive GEDCOM files to and from any such individual or organization who uses another reputable type of genealogical software program.

BFO Policy on Submitting Genealogical Information to New Family Search
Policy Adopted by the BFO Research Committee on 1 June 2011

     The BFO Research Committee has found the New Family Search (NFS) software program and genealogical database--which is only available to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church or Mormons)--to be a useful tool to "search and see" what others have already submitted to the LDS Church through various formats (such as genealogical information originally submitted to the LDS Ancestral File, LDS Pedigree Resource File, LDS Extraction Program, and LDS Patron Submission Files, etc.). Members of the LDS Church can add and correct information they have submitted to NFS.
     However, the BFO Research Committee does not use its resources or time correcting the multitude of errors or mistakes that other individuals or organizations have already submitted to NFS. Instead, when the BFO wishes to submit updated or new genealogical information on individuals or families to NFS, it usually exports small GEDCOM files (using PAF 5.2) to NFS. In addition, all BFO submissions to NFS contain detailed research notes and sources on submitted individuals and families.

RBFO International Headquarters: 115 East 800 North, Bountiful, Utah, 84010, USA.
Email: officer@broughfamily.org