Welcome to the Pioneer Certification Message Board!

This message board has been created to encourage the exchange of information, ideas, and experiences in applying for certification in state and local pioneer descendants programs which are offered by state and local societies.

In addition, this board may serve as a forum for societies wishing to share information about their respective programs. Links to Web pages can be sent to jsmith@ancestry.com

Links to Pioneer Programs

Arizona

Arizona Genealogical Advisory Board
Arizona Pioneer Certificate Project
http://www.azgab.org/pioneer_certificate.htm

Arkansas

Arkansas Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~args/about.htm

California

Napa Valley [California] Genealogical and Biographical Society
http://www.napanet.net/~nvgbs/nvgbs.shtml

Paradise {California] Genealogical Society
Butte County Pioneer Settler Certificate Program
http://www.pargenso.org/pioneer.htm

Sacramento Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~carcsgs/MainPages/Certificates.html

Society of California Pioneers
http://www.californiapioneers.org/

Tracy Area (California) Genealogical Society (TAGS)
First Families and Pioneer Families of Tulare Township San Joaquin Co.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~catags/

Florida

Florida Pioneer Descendants Certification Program
http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/pioneers.htm

Idaho

Idaho Genealogical Society
http://www.lili.org/idahogenealogy/certificates.htm

Illinois

Chicago (Illinois) Genealogical Society Pioneer Certificates
http://www.chgogs.org/pioneer.html

Illinois State Genealogical Society
Prairie Pioneer Certificates
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilsgs/projects/prairie-pioneer.html

McHenry County Illinois Genealogical Society
Early Settler Certificate Program
http://www.mcigs.org/settlers.htm

Indiana

Indiana Society of Pioneers
http://www.indianapioneers.com

Iowa

Adair Anquestors Genealogy Society - Greenfield, Iowa
Adair County Pioneer Certificate
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaaags/

Clinton County, Iowa - Pioneer Certificate
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Park/6475/pioneer.html

Iowa Genealogical Society
http://www.iowagenealogy.org/pioneers/pioneer.htm

Kansas

Anderson County [Kansas] Genealogical Society
http://www.kanza.net/~swguinn/acgs.html

Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies
Forgotten Settlers
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/genweb/kcgs/forgot.htm

Midwest Historical and Genealogical Society - Wichita, Kansas
Sedgwick County Pioneer Certificates
http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/mhgs/pioneer2.htm

Michigan

Grand Traverse Area Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~migtags/Certificates.htm

French Canadian Heritage Society of Michigan
Detroit Settler Descendant Certificate Program
http://habitant.org/fchsm/

Livingston County [Michigan] Genealogical Society
Pioneer Certificates
http://www.rootsweb.com/~milcgs/lcgspioneer1.htm

Muskegon County [Michigan] Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mimcgs/Pioneer.htm

Van Buren Regional Genealogical Society - Decatur, Michigan
http://woodlands.lib.mi.us/van/vbrgs.htm

Western Michigan Genealogical Society
Kent County Pioneer Certificates
http://www.wmgs.org/pioneer.htm

Minnesota

Anoka County {Minnesota] Genealogical Society
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~relativememory/pioneer.htm

Missouri

Genealogical Society of Central Missouri
http://www.gscm.gen.mo.us/gscmcert.htm

Montana

Montana State Genealogical Society
First Families & Early Settlers Of Montana
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mtmsgs/msgs_1st.htm

New Jersey

First Families of Old Monmouth County, NJ
http://www.rootsweb.com/~njmcgs/ffomc.htm

New Mexico

New Mexico Genealogical Society
http://www.nmgs.org/primera.htm

North Dakota

The Red River Valley Genealogical Society (Fargo, ND)
http://www.fargocity.com/~rrvgs/htmls/pioneer.htm

Ohio

Ohio Genealogical Society
http://www.ogs.org/lineage.htm

Oklahoma

The Logan County [Oklahoma] Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~oklcgs/app.htm

Oklahoma Genealogical Society
First Families of the Twin Territories
http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgs/fftt.htm

Payne County [Oklahoma] Genealogical Society,
First Families of Payne County
http://www.pcgsok.org/first_families.htm

Oregon

Oregon Genealogical Society Pioneer Certificate Project
http://www.rootsweb.com/~orlncogs/or-pioneers1.htm

Tennessee

Sevier County [Tennessee] Heritage Museum
First Families of Sevier County
http://www.korrnet.org/schm/projects/1stfams.html

Williamson County Public Library System - Franklin, Tennessee
Pioneer Families of Williamson County, Tennessee, Certificate
http://lib.williamson-tn.org/P_Main.htm

Texas

Texas State Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~txsgs/

Utah

Utah Pioneer Certificates
http://www.infouga.org/pioneer.htm

Washington

Washington State Genealogical Society<