The Shufelt Family Association had been organized August 3, 1929, at urging of Mr. Frederick D. Bidwell of Albany, New York. It was he who suggested to Mrs. A. E. Clapper that a family picnic be held to organize the Association. That first meeting was held at the Claverack College Grounds, Claverack, New York. Under the guidance of Mr. Bidwell, a list of officers was selected to carry on the work of the Association. Five additional annual reunions were held with the last being August 31, 1935. A compete set of the minutes of these Association meetings may be found attached as Appendix I.

H. B. Shufelt attributed most of the work on the United States portion of the family to the Reverend and Mrs. A. E. Clapper and their niece, Miss Sarah Groff. H. B. himself collected the vast majority of the Canadian data and arranged the type ready for printing of the book.

In 1984, shortly after I began my search for the history of the Groat Family, I found records of at least five Groat - Shufelt marriages. I was then doing a great deal of my research at The Wisconsin State Historical Society. The Wisconsin State Historical Society maintains a huge library on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison. Unlike most state historical societies that specialize in only the state with which they are associated, this one maintains an extensive library of local history, including birth, death, marriage, and census records for every state in the union. In addition they have an extensive collection of family histories such as this one. There I discovered a copy of Our Folks.