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Get ready to enjoy more fun, more friends, and more unforgettable moments!
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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?

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
After logging in, click on the MyHeritage link displayed on the left panel of your screen.
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.

Digging Deeper for Answers

Are you looking from more information about your Iowa ancestor? Take a deeper look into what's available with our county affiliates. Many counties in Iowa have their own genealogical or historical society. It's possible they may hold the information you're seeking about your Iowa ancestor.

Check out our County Research webpage to learn more about these partners. You may just find the answers you're looking for...

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.

A list for guest click here, member click here.

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