<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 14pt; color: #000000'><P>No, you do not have to be a member of OGS to order the certificates. I ordered a number of them for my daughter a couple of years ago.</P>
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<P>Barbara Herring</P>
<P><BR>----- Original Message -----<BR>From: "Dale Harguess" <dharguess@coastline.edu><BR>To: "or-roots mail list" <or-roots@listsmart.osl.state.or.us><BR>Sent: Monday, June 22, 2009 1:45:52 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific<BR>Subject: Re: [or-roots] Cousin squared, Safety on Id Theft, Pioneer Certs.<BR><BR>Do you have to be a member of the Oregon Genealogical Society to do<BR>this?<BR>Dale<BR><BR><BR>ABOUT THE OREGON EARLY SETTLER & PIONEER CERTIFICATES PROJECT<BR>The Oregon Genealogical Society invites you to join in our effort to<BR>record <BR>and preserve our Early Oregon History. Each certificate is printed on <BR>parchment-type paper (8.5"x11") with our official seal and your family<BR>name <BR>in calligraphy. The certificates are $10.00 each and are suitable for <BR>framing. You are eligible to apply for an Oregon Pioneer Certificate if<BR>your <BR>ancestors lived in Oregon Territory or Oregon before October 31, 1872. <BR>You are eligible to apply for an Early Settler Certificate if your<BR>ancestor <BR>settled in Oregon between October 31, 1872 and December 31, 1900. Send<BR>for <BR>an application: O.G.S., P.O. Box 10306, Eugene, OR 97440-2306.<BR><BR><BR></P></div></body></html>