Towne Family Association, Inc.

MEMBERSHIP IN TFA...

Please note change in membership year. It now runs from July 1 through June 30, effective July 1, 2025. If you are a current member, 2025 dues are July 1st, 2025. New members are welcome to join at any time.

Membership is open to all persons having ties to our Towne family through blood relationship, marriage, collateral lines, friendship or interest. Annual dues are $22 for an individual ($40 for an individual for 2 years)and $25 for a family ($44 for 2 years.)
Life Membership is available for a one-time payment of $300 for one person.


Click for 2025 TFA Membership Form

Please Note: The ability to fill out forms online is restricted by some devices. If you do not see blue boxes on the form, you will need to download it and fill it out by hand.

To join or renew by USPS MAIL, send completed check and form to:

Carolyn Cogswell, TFA Membership Coordinator
4375 Bankside Ave
West Bloomfield, MI 48323-1203
membership@townefolk.com

Make checks payable to: Towne Family Association, Inc.

Note: If you use a membership form from a previous year, please be sure to mail it to the above address.

We now offer the option to send payments through your bank using E-PAYMENT THRU ZELLE:


Please follow this 2-step process after you setup Zelle in your online bank system.

1) E-send the Membership form
  • fill out the Membership form online (https://townefolk.com/testing/documents/memb_form.pdf)
  • download the filled out form
  • optional: print a copy for your reference/records
  • email the completed form with Subject line "Member #_____ 2025 Renewal for First/Last name" to membership@townefolk.com


2) Access your online bank account and use Zelle to Send a Payment (your specifics steps may vary)
  • Add new Recipient: Recipient Information: Business (not an individual)
    Business Name: type in Towne Family Association
  • US Email: type in membership@townefolk.com
  • Verify Recipient: Towne Family Association Inc.
  • Enter amount: dollar amount of your membership payment (as entered on the membership form)
  • Review and Send: Enter a Memo: your TFA member # and First/Last Name ( contact membership@townefolk.com if you need your membership #)
  • Verification Required (this may vary i.e. a code maybe sent by text to you to be entered online)
  • Confirmation ID: keep for your records
  • You may also get an email acknowledgment from your bank.


Questions or problems? Contact membership@townefolk.com for assistance.


How to Submit Your Lineage

Email lineage to genealogist@townefolk.com or submit it by mail to:

Elizabeth Hanahan, TFA Genealogist
PO Box 367
Bethlehem, Connecticut 06751

Membership includes full access to our entire website. New members will receive their log-in information as soon as their membership application and dues have been received.

For further questions on membership contact membership@townefolk.com


Members receive an internet subscription to About Towne, our colorful TFA quarterly newsletter and may access its 42-volume archive of past issues. Each issue contains articles of genealogical research, historical and biographical papers about family members, and reports of TFA activities, both regional and national. Current and past issues may be downloaded for viewing or printing. An email reminder is sent to members when each new issue of About Towne is posted to the TFA web site.

Members also may search on the TFA website among the more than 88,000 names in the Towne Family Tree and submit their own genealogical data to our TFA Genealogist for comment or questions.

Membership runs from July 1 through June 30.














Come Join Us!!!
Banquet table at Carriage House at Peirce Farm 2002
Photograph courtesy of Dianna Estee Emerson