Membership in the Fort Worth Genealogical Society is not a requirement of this application, nor is it a benefit of membership in Pioneer Families of Tarrant County.

 
Pioneer Families of Tarrant County

Imagine what life must have been like in the early days of Tarrant County. First, Bird's Fort, then Fort Worth was established bringing the soldiers who would protect the early settlers from natives. The winters were bitter and discouraging. The spring rains would bring huge hail stones that destroyed crops in the fields. Afterwards, the Texas heat would bake the farmers fields dry until wide cracks would open at their feet. Then came the great cattle drives that would raise huge clouds of dust as they made their way north along what would become known as the Chisholm Trail. It was our ancestors who were the pioneers that endured these hardships and who would come to build the communities of Tarrant County out of land, cattle, oil and rail.

If you descend from one of the Pioneer Families of Tarrant County, you certainly would want your family's rich heritage recorded, preserved and celebrated. Eligibility is open to anyone who can prove direct decent from an early Tarrant County family who resided here in or before 1870.

Instructions:
1.	Download and print the Application.
2.	Read and follow the Rules of Evidence.
3.	Sign the Release (included with application) that grants publication rights FWGS.
4.	Complete the application and gather the appropriate documentation. Please do not send your original documents. Photocopies, digital scans, or other facsimiles will suffice.
5.	Send the release, application, documentation and $10 registration fee to FWGS.

Applicants are encouraged to include additional biographical information and/or photographs of their Tarrant County ancestors. The Society plans to publish a book of all qualifying applications.

Upon approval of your application by the PFoTC Review Committee, you will receive a membership card and certificate of membership in Pioneer Families of Tarrant County. You will be informed when publications becomes available as a result of this project. Membership in PFoTC is perpetual and no addition fees or dues will be required.

Apply for Membership now.