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<