The Wichita County Genealogical Society will present a pioneer or early settler certificate to a direct descendant of a person who lived in Wichita County prior to 1900 or 1910, respectively. This certificate will be suitable for framing. The Application (form #1) and the Pedigree Chart (form #2) will be published in a book by the society and will be available for sale. These, along with the other proofs, will be placed on file in the Wichita County Genealogical Society. This will help to preserve the name of your ancestor for future generations, along with preserving the history of our county.
ELIGIBILITY:
1. To receive a PIONEER CERTIFICATE, you must be a direct descendant of an ancestor who lived in Wichita County before Jan. 1, 1900.
2. To receive an EARLY SETTLER CERTIFICATE, you must prove to be a direct descendant of an ancestor who lived in Wichita County before Jan. 1, 1910.
3. The applicant must be able to prove descent with an official record or some other acceptable source of proof, such as;
census record
obituaries
county history
birth, marriage or death records
school or church records
newspaper clippings
and any other record showing proof.
4. The applicant does not have to live in Wichita County or ever have lived in the county.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Complete the enclosed form to the best of your ability. If you do not know the answer, leave it blank or put in a question mark (?).
Please follow these steps:
1. Complete Certificate Application form.
2. Complete the Pedigree Chart.
3. Make photocopies of your sources of proof. PLEASE DO NOT
SEND THE ORIGINAL RECORDS! On census records, make
sure the year, page & county are on the copy of the record.
Copy the title, author, and page number from any printed
material.
4. You must show PROOF FOR EACH GENERATION back to the
pioneer, showing a connection from one generation to the next .
5. You may submit as much additional information for the record as
you would like such as names of other children, war records,
places he has lived, etc.
6. Make check out to THE WICHITA CO. GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY for $7.50. Send to P.O. box 1561, Leoti, KS. 67861
You may make application for as many Wichita County Pioneers as you would like.
PERMISSION RELEASE
I do understand that this information will at a later date be placed into a book that will be available for sale. I will be notified when this book will be released.
I DO GIVE MY PERMISSION TO THE WICHITA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY TO USE MY MATERIAL FOR THEIR PUBLICATION AS THEY SEE FIT, ALLOWING THE MATERIAL TO BE EDITED AS NECESSARY.
DATE SIGNATURE
19__________.
WICHITA COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETYCERTIFICATE APPLICATION
The following pertains to the person applying for the certificate.
NAME___________________________________
____________________________ (as you would it to appear on the certificate.)ADDRESS___________________________________________________
street city state zipam applying for a _____
PIONEER ______ EARLY SETTLER CERTIFICATE.NAME OF PIONEER
______________________________________________________________DATE OF BIRTH______________PLACE OF BIRTH____________________________________
DAY YEAR MONTH CITY COUNTY/ PROVINCE STATE/COUNTRYDATE OF DEATH______________PLACE OF DEATH___________________________________
DAY YEAR MONTH CITY COUNTY/PROVINCE STATE/COUNTRYPLACE BURIED__________________________________________________________________
PIONEER’S FATHER’S NAME____________________________________________
PIONEER’S MOTHER’S NAME___________________________________________
PIONEER’S MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME__________________________________
PIONEER’S
SPOUSE’S NAME____________________________________________________(
maiden name, if woman)SPOUSE’S DATE OF BIRTH________ PLACE OF BIRTH_________________
______DAY YEAR MONTH
CITY CO./PRO. STATE/COUNTRYSPOUSE’S DATE OF DEATH________PLACE OF DEATH
_________________________ DAY YEAR MONTH CITY CO/PRO. STATE/COUNTRYSPOUSE’S FATH
ER’S NAME____________________________________________________SPOUSE’S MOTHER’S MAIDEN NAME___________________________________
PIONEER’S MARRIAGE DATE TO SPOUSE________________________________
DAY YEAR MONTHPIONEER’S PLACE OF MARRIAGE______________________________________
CITY COUNTY/PRO STATE/COUNTRYDATE AND PLACE PIONEER ENTERED / SETTLED IN WICHITA COUNTY_____
_____________________________________________________________________
YEAR TOWNSHIP OR AREA OF THE COUNTY IF KNOWN
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This is to certify that I have checked the attached proof,
that the above named ancestor was in Wichita County,
Kansas as stated by applicant and the above statements
are true to the best of the applicant’s knowledge.