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The Tennessee Ancestry Certificate Program is sponsored by The Tennessee Genealogical Society to recognize and honor early settlers who helped shape the great state of Tennessee. Persons wishing to place their ancestors in this roll of honor are invited to submit an application with supporting documents or other evidence that proves their prime ancestor lived in Tennessee or the area that became Tennessee before 1880. Family charts or computer printouts are not considered sufficient proof.
Attractive hand lettered certificates suitable for framing are issued each person whose application meets program specifications. The certificates are inscribed with the prime ancestor’s name, when and where he or she settled in Tennessee, and the applicant’s name.
Using these certificates, two books, Tennessee Settlers and Their Descendants, Volumes I and 2 have been published. These books can be purchased from the TNGS.
Order forms for the books and application forms and instruction sheets for the certificates are available at www.tngs.org, or by mail at: The Tennessee Genealogical Society, PO Box 381824, Germantown, TN, 38183-1824.
Newsletter January 2010, Vol. 16, Number 1: The Tennessee Genealogical Society
To use the resources on the TNGS website, use the menu on the left side of the screen and click on “search”.
