Thanksgiving Hours

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, the Iowa Genealogical Society library will be closed Thursday, Nov 28 through Monday, Dec 1. 
 
We will resume our regular hours on Tuesday, Dec 2.
 
 

IGS Open House


 
Exciting Partnership: IGS Joins Forces with Grouper!

Iowa Genealogical Society has partnered with Grouper to bring eligible members, age 65 or older, benefits for staying healthy and socially connected. Through participating Medicare Advantage and Supplement plans, Grouper provides an annual $50 payment and additional $20 payments every three months for continued in-person group activities.
 

Get ready to enjoy more fun, more friends, and more unforgettable moments!
Check Eligibility ( GrouperGroups.com/IGS )

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Iowa PBS is partnering with the Iowa Genealogical Society to offer a beginner to intermediate genealogy workshop series,
 
Genealogy for All: Essential Tools, Records and DNA Insights.
 
This series will consist of four (4) two-hour sessions focused on the public records individuals can research in order to find more information about their ancestors.
Each session will feature a combination of lecture and discussion, question and answer time and a homework assignment relating to your family search. The Zoom webinars will be recorded and registrants can view the sessions later; however, because this workshop is interactive, we encourage all registrants to attend the live sessions in order to get the most out of the series.
These sessions will provide valuable information to guide researchers as they dive into genealogical pursuits and each session will use Iowa examples.
Registration is $100 and includes access to all four sessions, the recordings and any supplemental materials provided by the instructors. Registered attendees will receive each workshop recording within 48 hours after the workshop.
 
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Reasons to Join the Iowa Genealogical Society

 
 

MyHeritage - IGS Members Have Free Access

Are you taking advantage of all your Iowa Genealogical Society membership has to offer?
IGS now offers free access to the MyHeritage website.
Whether you're at the IGS library, or researching from home at 2AM, you can access MyHeritage!
 
 
 
What will you find on MyHeritage Library Edition? 
  • More than 20 billion historical ​records from all over the world
  • The USA federal census (1790-1940) and the UK census (1841-1901) with images​
  • More than 2.4 billion exclusive family tree profiles from MyHeritage and Geni
  • 816 million US public records
  • Hundreds of millions of Nordic records
  • More than a hundred million tombstone photos
  • More than 1181 million historical photographs
  • Military records, immigration records and passenger lists
  • Citizenship & naturalization records
  • Directories, guides, references, biographies and yearbooks
  • Government, land and court records
  • Wills and probate records
  • Exclusive databases such as the Jewish Chronicle historical newspaper
  • Additional content under license including Tributes obituaries, WikiTree, Billion Graves, Canadian Headstones and many others
Click here to watch a video and learn more about using the MyHeritage Library edition.
 
 
How do you access this great benefit?
  1. You must login to the IGS website with your userID and password.
    1. If you cannot remember your userID or password, follow the instructions in the center of the Login page
  2. After logging in, click on the MyHeritage link displayed on the left panel of your screen.
  3. Here you will find instructions for logging into the MyHeritage Library Edition website.
 
Remember: 
Access to the MyHeritage website is a membership benefit.  Please do not share MyHeritage login information.  Violations of this policy will be addressed on an individual basis.
 
 

Join Our Special Interest Groups (SIG)

 
 
Take advantage of your membership at the Iowa Genealogical Society and participate in our Special Interest Groups (SIG).
 
At our Special Interest Groups you can network with others, share information and ideas, and learn things that can help you with your genealogy research.  Maybe even find a partner and work together on a common interest.
 
Each of these group meets monthly.  Click here to see the schedule for upcoming meetings.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Certificate Program

 
Do you know about our Certificate Program? Pioneer, Centennial and
Statehood Certificates contain pedigree charts and other documentation
which verifies that the Indexed Pioneer was in Iowa either since 1846, 1856
or for the last 100 years.
 
To apply, click here.  
 

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