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Additional Instructions and Tips
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Although the application form does not require information on an
applicant's spouse other than his or her name (for wives, maiden
name please) any documentation you wish to send will be included in
our records. This is also true of the parents of your pioneer
ancestor, if known and documented. If you are a widow/widower or a
divorcee, you may write "deceased" or "divorced"
after the spouse's name.
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When applying for more than one certificate, please do not send
duplicate proof documents. For example, you should attach your birth
certificate to only the first application form. This is true even if
you send the applications at different times. On later applications
make a notation as to which application (name of the pioneer) the
proof document is attached.
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husband and wife may appear together on a certificate as long as
both qualify. It must be proved that both were here before 1881. The
earliest date proved that both were here goes on the
certificate. For example, if one of them appears on the 1860
Williamson County Census as a child, but the other did not show up
until 1870 or later, 1870 would be printed on the certificate.
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All
of the pioneers' names, such as, middle names and wife's maiden
name, must be proved by documentation to appear on the certificate.
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Women
should be listed on the application form by their maiden names. The
exception would be on the first page under Name of Ancestor as
you would like it to appear on the Certificate. If previously
married, write her maiden name (if known) followed by her previous
married name.
Internet users:
Please direct questions to
Karen Matheson via email. |