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2018 Fall Conference with Lisa Louise Cooke

Posted on August 2, 2018 by admin

The IGS Fall Conference is Friday and Saturday, October 12 & 13, 2018, at the State Historical Society of Iowa Resource Center with speaker, Lisa Louise Cooke.

Lisa Louise Cooke is the Producer and Host of the Genealogy Gems Podcast, an online genealogy audio show at www.GenealogyGems.com that has been downloaded over 2 million times. She is the author of the books The Genealogist’s Google Toolbox Second Edition, Mobile Genealogy, How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers, and Genealogy Gems: Ultimate Research Strategies, and the Google Earth for Genealogy video series, as well as a writer, instructor and podcaster for Family Tree Magazine. She is a sought-after keynote speaker and presenter and has been featured at conferences and seminars such as Who Do You Think You Are? Live in London, RootsTech, and the National Genealogical Society Conference. Continue reading →

Union County Workshops

Posted on January 13, 2018 by admin

First Saturday Workshops

The Union County Genealogical Society is adding new educational First Saturday workshops in addition to their monthly meetings in 2018. Continue reading →

Iowa Marriage Records

Posted on June 1, 2017 by admin

View this short presentation on Iowa Marriage Records at both the state and county level in Iowa by clicking on Iowa Marriage Records.

Webster County Genealogical Society Card Catalog Added

Posted on July 19, 2016 by admin

Hear Ye, Hear Ye

We are pleased to announce the entire Webster County Genealogical Society library catalog is now on line. Go to our webpage, www.wcgsiowa.org, select the Catalog tab, then click Library List_final and enjoy!

Susan M. Olson, secretary, for the Webster County Genealogical Society in Fort Dodge, IA.

Ancestry Library Edition

Posted on December 11, 2014 by admin

IGS has received a donation to add Ancestry Library Edition for patron use. It is now available on the patron computers.

Ancestry Library Edition, the largest online family history resource available, provides unprecedented access to family history via documents that record the lineage of individuals from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, and more. It brings the world’s most popular consumer online family history resource to the IGS Library.