Fall Conference 2024

Mark your calendars for the 2024 IGS Fall Conference!
 
 
Build your skills and learn how to "Research Like a Pro" with Diana Elder and Nicole Dyer.
You can attend in person or via Zoom and learn from Diana and Nicole about the following topics:
  1. Create a Resarch Objective & Analyze Your Sources
  2. Learn About the Location, Geography, and History of your Research
  3. Make a Research Plan and Create Source Citations
  4. Keep a Research Log & Write Conclusions
 
 
 

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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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.  
 

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