Lyon / Lyons Family Tree Home

The Lyon(s) Families Association was founded in 1949 by Howard C. Lyon.

We are a non-profit organization devoted to research and compilation of Lyon(s) families records.

For more than 70 years the LFA has been dedicated to the same unwavering principles:

To collect, assemble, and distribute the best available Lyon(s) genealogy information
To serve as a worldwide forum for researchers
To collect family histories and anecdotes to round out our database
To foster family unity and pride in the family name

We are working to add our databases to this website so that our family histories will be available to everyone for generations to come.

A message from Randy Lyon, LFA President

We are in the process of changing a few things in the organization due to the changes in technology over the years.

When this organization was formed in1949, the only practical method of sharing information was through the U.S. Mail and thus was born our newsletter.

Our first newsletter, “The Lyon’s Tale”, was published in 1951. The newsletter was annual until 1964 when it became a quarterly publication. The newsletter contained messages from the organization’s officers, genealogies, vital statistics, family histories, queries, tips on research, and lots of additional information. Due to changing technology, the newsletter transitioned from being physically mailed out to an email only format. We also created a website and eventually a Facebook group.

The internet, with sites like Ancestry, FamilySearch, FindAGrave, as well as numerous other sites and Facebook groups, puts an immeasurable amount of data and education within any researcher's grasp. This changing technology has superseded the need for our quarterly publication with the limited information that we are able to provide.

We are now ending our newsletter as well as annual dues for membership. It is bittersweet to end a tradition that has been a part of the organization for the last 73 years or so, but it would also be foolish to hang on to an idea just for the sake of tradition.

Our website and Facebook group will be undergoing some modifications to reflect this change to our organization.

Randy Lyon,

August, 2024