Darleen, Richard, Frances and all, Yes, you do have to join the State Society (I think it is $25 a year for individual membership) but you can do that at the same time or just before you submit your application(s). There is a small fee for each ancestor submitted and for each certificate but this is explained on the Pioneers' web page. I was so excited at the last Annual Conference (November 9-10 in Orlando) when I learned that there were a couple of Leon County ancestors and a couple from Gadsden whose descendants got certificates that I got all stirred up ... It's like it's someone I know too!!! Neighbors and friends, and I'm not even from Tallahassee, but I've been in the records so much I feel like they're kinfolks <Smile>