[1][2] AFFHO provides guidelines for member organisations, such as the Code of Ethics used by the Society of Australian Genealogists.
[5][6][7] In 1987 AFFHO bestowed the first N T Hansen Award for Significant Contribution to Family History on Nick Vine Hall.
AFFHO, with Nick Hall as chair of its Census Working Party achieved the inclusion of ability for individuals to have their census data retrieved to enable future genealogical research.
Winners include Marianne Eastgate (1991), Rosemary and Eric Kopittke (2006), Paul Mackett (2009), and Shauna Hicks (2009).
[9] AFFHO confers the Nick Vine Hall Award to promote family history journals and newsletters.