Heritage Circle
NWIGS Pioneer Heritage Circle
The Pioneer Heritage Circle is sponsored by the Northwest Indiana
Genealogical Society (NWIGS). NWIGS will approve membership in the Pioneer
Heritage Circle to direct descendants of the early residents of Lake County
or Porter County, Indiana, in three categories. By creating the Pioneer
Heritage Circle, NWIGS hopes to encourage the preservation of Lake and
Porter Counties’ family history through proven lineage of the early
settlers’ descendants. NWIGS will preserve the documentation submitted for
the Pioneer Heritage Circle certificates and make the documentation
available to other family history researchers. Recognition of membership in
the Pioneer Heritage Circle will be provided in the NWIGS newsletter
TWIGS and on the Society’s website. A certificate, suitable for framing,
will be issued to the individual submitting the application. It is the hope
of NWIGS that this certificate will be a source of pride for you and your
family. You may request additional certificates for your children or
grandchildren in their name(s). To qualify for membership in the NWIGS
Pioneer Heritage Circle, your direct ancestor must have settled in Lake or
Porter County, Indiana, during one of the following time frames:
Pioneer –
prior to 1851
Old Settler
– 1851 through 1879
Heritage Circle
– 1880 to 1905
Applicants may apply for membership
APPLICATION PROCEDURE [Adobe Acrobat pdf version
available here]
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Submit a pedigree chart that starts with yourself and ends with your pioneer ancestor. The pedigree chart should be typewritten or computer generated, if possible.
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Provide proof of residence for ancestor for the designated time period.
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Provide proof of direct blood descent from pioneer to applicant. Applicants are encouraged to include proofs for all information submitted on the application, but are required only to show blood descent.
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Label each piece of documentation on the back in the upper left hand corner with applicant’s name, name of ancestor(s) and generation(s) for which the document applies. Generation 1 is the applicant.
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Put documentation in order, from generation 1 to that of the pioneer ancestor.
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Number each piece of documentation sequentially and record the total number of documents submitted on the application. Do not staple, clip, or bind the documents together.
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All proofs must include complete source citation (i.e., book, page, volume, location of original documentation, etc.). This may be printed on back of each proof.
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Do NOT send original documents in your application packet. Copies are acceptable, but must be legible.
APPLICATION
A $15 ($20 for non-members) non-refundable fee is required with each
application. A $20 ($25 for non-members) non-refundable fee is required for
each application for ancestor and a separate certificate for the ancestor’s
spouse when application is made for both ancestors at the same time.
Additional certificates for applicant’s parents, siblings or children may be
obtained for $3.00 each, but must also be submitted with proof of
relationship to applicant. Check or money order should be made payable to
NWIGS.
Send completed application, pedigree chart and proofs with the fee, and
monies for any additional certificates, to:
NWIGS Pioneer Heritage Circle
PO Box 595
Griffith, IN 46319
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PIONEER ANCESTOR NAME:
ANCESTOR’S SPOUSE NAME (optional):
APPLICANT’S NAME:
APPLICANT’S ADDRESS:
APPLICANT’S EMAIL ADDRESS:
EXACT NAME FOR CERTIFICATE:
NAMES FOR ADDITONAL CERTIFICATES (optional):
Number of Documents Submitted: ________
Date Submitted: __________________
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Ancestor
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Spouse
o Additional
Certificates (indicate #): _______
TOTAL FEE: $___________
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