The Vance Family Association : the official newsletter
(Periodical)

Quarterly

Three issues per year in vol. 1 (1985) in February, June, and September. Quarterly, in January/February, April/May, July/August, and October/November (1986-thereafter).

Vol. 1 no. 1 (Feb 1985) -

Title & subtitle varies slightly: The Vance Family Association : the official publication; (The) Vance Family Association : the official newsletter; The official newsletter of the Vance Family Association. (The) Vance Family Association newsletter; The official newsletter of the Vance Family Association.

Editor: Bruce Vance; Marilyn Vance Muller; Vance Voss Smith; Mary Vance Norfleet.

Published: Buffalo, Minnesota; Walton Beach, Florida; Bellevue, Washington; Alvin, Texas; Amelia, Ohio.

Each volume includes an every-name index.

Newsletter for the interchange of genealogical data and history of the Vance (and variant spellings) families who originated in Les Baux-en-Provence, France, and who were known as DeVallibus or Vaux. Some families moved into Normandy and other parts of France. Others went to Belgium, England, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Scotland. In the 1600-1700s, some immigrated to North America. Some settled in Canada, and in Connecticut, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. During the 1800s, some moved to Australia, and to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming. Later descendants also lived in Ontario, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia (Canada), the Netherlands, New Zealand, and in Maine, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Washington D.C., and elsewhere. Some married persons of the Cherokee Indian Tribe.

Also available on microfiche.

Some text is in Latin and Old English.

The Vance Family Association of North America was established in 1984. It officially changed its name to Vance Family Association (VFA) around 1989. Its founding members were Kathleen Mason, Richard Vance, Marilyn Vance Muller, and Vance Voss Smith. The VFA is a non-profit, non-political, non-discriminatory, non-sectarian organization dedicated to researching and recording origins of the Vance family. They collect, preserve in their archive, and share literary, historical, and genealogical records and relics relating to the Vance families. Their quarterly newsletters include articles by VFA historians, selected summarized pedigrees, queries, and research items of members' interests. For more information, see their Web site.

Cumulative indexes for all past issues are found in "Vance Family Association surname index.".