Application for MembershipPioneer Families Of Kosciusko County, Indiana(P.F.K.C.)Instructions to applicant: Type or legibly hand print in ink, all information.Complete sections A and D. On the attached forms list your ancestral line(s),beginning with applying member's name as No. 1.  A check for $5.00 mustaccompany application, along with proof documents (see acceptable proofs below).A. ______________________________________________________________Full name of applicant                        Full name of spouse             ________________________________________________________________      Street address      ________________________________________________________________      City                     State                     Zip Code   D. Ancestors of the applicant who are proven to have settled in Kosciusko County   during the period by 1850Ancestor's name         Settled/year     Township     Country or state ancestor                                                       came from_____________________________________________________________This application, information, and all supporting documents and date become theproperty of the Kosciusko County Genealogical Society.I, ____________________________________ do hereby swear that the statements setforth in this application are true to the best of my knowledge and belief.Signature of applicant: ______________________________________________Date ____________________________________________________________Please enclose long, self-address, stamped envelope with application and fee andmail to:Pioneer Families 6936 East South Barbee Dr.Pierceton, IN 46562 Please make check payable to: KCHS Genealogy SectionApproved by:_________________________________P.F.K.C. Chairman_________________________________P.F.K.C. (or) Genealogy Section              ChairmanApplication Pioneer Families, Kosciusko County IndianaBasic Rules of Evidence     Applicants must prove that ancestor(s) lived within Kosciusko County in1850 or before and that they are a direct descendant of said person(s).     All proof documents must, by themselves or in combinations with otherdocuments, actually state the fact to be proven. Implied evidence is notacceptable as proof. The Kosciusko County Genealogical Society shall be thefinal authority as to proofs. PROOF OF DESCENT:1. If your ancestral name is the same as yours, you need only to prove descent.2. If ancestral name is not the same as yours, marriage records can be used toshow relationship.3. If you wish to join and someone has already proven part of your ancestralline, for the common ancestor refer to P.F.K.C. No. ____ or P.F.K.C. II No. ___and generation No. ___, and then prove the rest of your descent.4. It is permissible to prove descent from more than one ancestor within thesame application. In such instance, and ancestral chart should be included toshow the inter-connections. Maiden name of maternal ancestor should be proven tobe included: however, to honor the women who bore more than their share to toiland privations (i.e., the Civil War period), proof that she was of the area maybe based on proving a child was born there. (A father is not proved as being inthe area just because a child was born there.)________________________________________________________________ACCEPTABLE PROOFS:  (COLLATERAL AND /OR UNACCEPTABLE PROOFS)1. Primary or collateral, from courthouse or other Government records (Landdeeds, assessment or taxes), Church and school records, are considered beyonddoubt and are excellent proof. 2. Secondary evidence, i.e. Census, newspaper clipping, Bible or family records(submitted with copy of Title page and publication date). Old letters or recordscan be accepted as proof for only the facts the writer would logically know, ofhis own knowledge, and cannot be accepted as proof of facts the writer couldonly have obtained by hearsay from older generations or other sources.3. Copies of 1850 Census showing ancestor(s) should include proper I.D. No.4. Obituaries are acceptable only as collateral evidence. Early county histories(include source, publication date and page number) may be accepted as collateralevidence along with primary records.5. Oral, written or published family traditions are often wrong, and are notconsidered acceptable proof. Printed or manuscript genealogies, genealogicalcompilations or family group sheets are not considered acceptable proof unlessthey are documented and proved in themselves.6. Material authored by the applicant, or his family, cannot be considered asproof. Authority as to proof of descent from ancestral line(s):1. I, ______________________________ was born on ____________________ at      ______________________________________________________________.      City or Twp.                County                       State2. I am the child of ________________________________ born ____________ at________________________________, died _________________________ at________________________________, and his wife _______________________________________, born _______________________ at _______________________________, died ________________________ at _______________,married_____________________ at _________________________________.3. The said ______________________________ was the ____________ of                                                    (son or dau.)___________________________, born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________, and hiswife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.4. The said ______________________________ was the ____________of___________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.5. The said ______________________________ was the ____________of _________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.6. The said ______________________________ was the ____________ of ___________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.7. The said ______________________________ was the ____________ of ___________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.8. The said ______________________________ was the ____________ of ___________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.9. The said ______________________________ was the ____________ of ___________________________ born _______________________ at _________________________, died _______________ at _______________________,and his wife ____________________________, born _____________________at _____________________________, died __________________ at _________________________, married ______________________ at _____________________________________.Explanation of Proof Documents     Proof as to settlement in Kosciusko County, Indiana before 1850 upon whomeligibility is based. List and include facsimile copies as needed.# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________# _____   ________________________________________________________Proof of descent: List documents for each generation, include facsimile copiesas needed. 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