First Families
What is First Families?
First Families of Floyd, Clark, and Harrison Counties is an ongoing project of the Falls of the Ohio Genealogical Society which is designed to discover, honor, and preserve the memory of the tri-county pioneers. Membership in First Families is open to anyone proving direct descent from a settler living in the tri-county area prior to December 31, 1840.
The project hopes to document the lives and contributions of some of the counties' early Native Americans and pioneer African Americans, women, immigrants, and children.
2023 Brochure (First families brochure containing the pioneer surnames through the 2023)
All the pioneers by county through the 2023 event
How to Apply
Download the fillable PDF Application form.
Contact: Donna Kepley Foster at 812-923-3492, FirstFamilies@FallsGenealogy.org
Hoosier History & Heritage Celebration
Each year the new First Families Members will be awarded their certificates and pins at a celebration featuring:
- Re-enactors/first-person storytellers
- Frontier period entertainment
- Historical artifacts
- County history displays
- Historians and Genealogists
- Light Refreshments
When: November 7th 5:30 pm
Where: the Elsa Strassweg Auditorium of the New Albany/Floyd County Public Library, 180 West Spring Street, New Albany.
