[or-roots] Oregon Pioneer Certificates -- what documentation?

[MMDSchwartz at cs.com]

Barb,

Thanks for the information on the certificates.  Does anyone know what proof 
is required?  I can come up with some documentation that my GG-grandparents 
came to Oregon in the 1850s (DLCs), but so far I've come up with no 
documentation of my grandfather's birth.  

As far as we can ascertain, my grandfather, George Alfred Marks, was born 
October 12, 1874, "in the Willamette Valley."  His parents were James P. Marks 
and Charity Ann (Noble) Marks.  Charity died in 1875.  The Marks and Noble clans 
were in transition at that time, moving from Sweet Home area to Prineville 
area (Marks Creek).  

I can't locate this Marks family on any censuses.  George's father James P. 
remarried, a Margaret Hedgpeth, around 1878, and the family moved to Wyoming 
around 1880, then to Montana.  I can't find them on the 1880 census in either 
state, I understand the 1890 census was destroyed, then George's father and 
stepmother were dead before the 1900 census.  George doesn't show up there either, 
and he died in 1906.  Hmm, I know he existed!  

Without a birth certificate or family Bible or something proving my 
grandfather's parentage, would I be eligible for the Pioneer Certificate?  As far as 
that goes, there's no birth certificate for my father.  He was born in Rosebud, 
Montana in 1906 and I guess there was a fire where certificates were lost.  He 
had a dickens of a time getting social security as I recall.

What kind of proof do I need to come up with?

Thanks.

Marilyn Schwartz
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