I have been reading the postings on this message board and am excited that there is such good interest in the pioneer programs sponsored by genealogical societies. In response to many people's interests in other programs, I dus a search of the Web the other night for other programs. I searched for pioneer, settler and heritage programs. I got a load of results and have compiled them in a list below. I'm certain there are more such programs, but either was Boolean searches weren't perfect or the societies sponsoring these programs haven't yet created a Web page for their program.

I did create a MS-Word document of these links but unfortunately the Ancestry message boards don't allow any files attachments other than GEDCOM and graphics files. Therefore, if you're interested in the Word document I created (from which the links below were copied and pasted), please send me an E-mail. I did send the document for this board's administrator, Juliana Smith, and she plans to add these to the Links & Annoucements area above.

I hope you find this list helpful in locating a pioneer certification program you can participate in for your own ancestral descent.

George G. Morgan


U.S. PIONEER DESCENDANTS CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
Florida Pioneer Descendants Certification Program
http://www.rootsweb.com/~flsgs/pioneers.htm
Chicago [Illinois] Genealogical Society Pioneer Certificates
http://www.chgogs.org/pioneer.html

Illinois State Genealogical Society
Prairie Pioneer Certificates
http://www.tbox.com/isgs/projects/prairie-pioneer.html

Arizona Advisory Board
Arizona Pioneer Certificate Project
http://www.azgab.org/pages/pioneer.htm

Chicago Genealogical Society
http://home.att.net/~jenholik/CGS/pioneer.html

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

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

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

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

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

Livingston County [Michigan] Genealogical Society
Pioneer Certificates
http://www.livgenmi.com/lcgspio

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

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

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

Dodge/Jefferson Counties [Wisconsin] Genealogical Society
http://www.dodgejeffgen.com/certificate.html

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

Sacramento Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~carcsgs/Certs.htm

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

Utah Genealogical Association
http://www.infouga.org/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

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

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

Adair Anquestors Genealogy Society - Greenfield, Iowa
Adair County Pioneer Certificate
http://www.rootsweb.com/~iaadair/society.htm#pioneer

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

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

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

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

Washington State Genealogical Society
http://www.rootsweb.com/~wasgs/wsgsproj.htm

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Marathon County [Wisconsin] Genealogical Society
Heritage Certificate Program
http://www.geocities.com/mcgsociety/heritage.htm

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