Descendants of the Johann Wilhelm and the Andreas Vollbrecht/Volprecht families founded the non-profit Fulbright Family Association in 1991. Membership is open to individuals with the name of, or any of the descendants of, or spouses of all those of the family name FULBRIGHT, or any of its variant spellings. 

Annual dues are presently $5.00 per family, which includes all those members of a single family living in one home. All members in good standing have one vote, otherwise you are welcome to attend business meetings but may not vote. Dues are expected to be paid voluntarily every second year. We can't afford to dun you for ten bucks! Cash contributions are tax deductible and exceedingly helpful. Membership applications may be downloaded by clicking right HERE to copy a plain text file that you can use in your word processor, or you may click HERE to download a zipped file.

Our Purpose is to keep in touch with family members through the "Fulbright Connection" e-mail group and by the Fullbright Page on GenForum; publish a family newsletter; plan future reunions, events and activities; share information and maintain family memorabilia, photos, documents and legends for those who follow; and to preserve the history of our past and present families by researching and documenting our origins and our ancestor's lives.

We hope you will enjoy this site and help in its improvement. Please respect our copyright by not copying material from these pages for posting on other web sites, nor for publishing in newsletters. Such actions are expressly denied.

 

The Association Officers

Dr. William Eddleman, President
Judy Fulbright, Vice President
David Herd, Membership & Treasurer
Janice Fulbright, Recording Secretary
Bill Eddleman, Editor
Patricia Herd, Publisher
Paul Fullbright, Historian
Audrey Murphey, Public Relations 


Read from a collection of articles copied from previous issues of the --
Fulbright Family Newsletter
 
Or read an article about our immigrant ancestors --
Vollbrecht
 
Family Reunions
Are held the last weekend in June and generally have been held every other year in Springfield, Missouri where the association was founded. In odd years the meeting is held at some other point of great historical interest to the family, such as in Jackson, Missouri, and in Canton and Hickory, North Carolina, and one year in Fulbright, Texas. In 2002 it was located in Lebanon, Missouri, with Vera Harrill our hostess.
This year Judy Fulbright has graciously offered to host the reunion to be held at beautiful Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, on June 27-29, 2003.
You are most welcome to join us.

Links to some other sites with Fulbright information

Greene County Missouri Historical Society
The History Museum
Paul F. Fulbright
Fulbright Page on GenForum
The Stulp Family
Randy Pool

If you descend from the Springfield line of Fulbrights you will enjoy the Hollingsworth information found on Ken Hollingsworth's site.