Join us in person at IGS or virtually using Zoom.

DNA Interest Group meetings.

Iowa Genealogical Society is excited to announce this year's fall conference being held virtually using Zoom. Member's cost $45.00 for one day and $80.00 for both days. Non-Member's cost: $65.00 one day and $125 for both days. Limited in-person sitting will be available at the library.  Please contact IGS@iowagenealogy.org to check for availability. We have added a lunch option for those who want to attend in person. Register here https://igs.regfox.com/2022-fall-conference

Friday, October 7th Amber Oldenburg Land for the Landless: Homestead Records and How to Use Them in Your Research Land Records: A Family Historian’s “Bread and Butter” True Grit and Determination: Finding Your female Ancestor Midwest Archives: Worth More Than Just A Flyover Saturday, October 8th Diana Elder Location, Location, Location: Putting Your Ancestors in Their Place Source Citations: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Jurisdictions Explained: Finding New Avenues of Research for Your Family Using Evidence Analysis in a Timeline to Separate Individuals of the Same Name

Ancestry Interest Group meeting.

Family Tree Maker Group meeting.

RootsMagic Special Interest Group meeting

Irish Interest Group meeting.

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

Instructor - Diana Smith

 

Cost - $8.00 Members

           $18.00 Non-members

 

Register in advance at https://igs.regfox.com/quakers-are-our-friends

Publishing & Preserving Family History Special Interest Group meeting.

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

The class covers examples of the types of records you may find in Sweden.  A word list is provided to help read the Swedish documents.  There are also examples of writing.  Swedish last name practices will be covered. Records can be found in Ancestry, Family Search and Arkivdigital.
 
Parish household examination records from the late 1600's to 1894 provide a yearly record of where a person lived and who else lived in the household.  In addition to household examinations, records were made of christenings, marriages, and deaths and burials.  Swedish records are in parish record books, so any information about where the family lived in Sweden is very helpful. Examples of Estate Records will be covered.
 
Donna will also try to answer questions from the class.  It will help if participants have gathered American records about their Swedish emigrant, especially passenger lists or applications for U.S. citizenship although these are not absolutely necessary.  These records give clues to where to look for parish records and estate inventories.  Also talk to older relatives to find out where in Sweden ancestors came from.  Any information to help find the parish is helpful.

 

Instructor - Donna Anderson

 

Cost - $8.00 Members
           $18.00 Non-members
 
Contact IGS to sign up.

DNA Interest Group meetings.

The Final Salute is a non-profit foundation that helps funeral homes, storage units, or anyone that has unclaimed urns/cremains.  Cris Nagla and Dennis Allen work as the sextons of Avon, Lowman, Warren-Powers, Wicker, and Spry cemeteries, and have worked tirelessly to ensure proper burials for people for years.  As seasoned genealogists they help research and track down family of the forgotten.  Come learn about The Final Salute, and how genealogy is used to track down family or burial locations so they can give the forgotten cremains a proper burial.

 

Cost - $8.00 Members

           $18.00 Non-members

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

German Interest Group meeting.

RootsMagic Special Interest Group meeting

In this session, Renee Cue will review resources available to you online, at the Iowa Genealogical Society library, and at other libraries to help you learn more about your Mennonite ancestors.  Her focus will be on Mennonite records in the United States. 

 

Instructor - Renee Cue
 
Cost - $8.00 Members
           $18.00 Non-members
 
Register in advance at https://igs.regfox.com/reach-your-mennonite-ancestors

Bring a research question and a pencil!

African American Interest Group meeting.

Ancestry Interest Group meeting.

Family Tree Maker Group meeting.

Irish Interest Group meeting.

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

Publishing & Preserving Family History Special Interest Group meeting.

DNA Interest Group meetings.

Bring a research question and a pencil.

African American Interest Group meeting.

Ancestry Interest Group meeting.

RootsMagic Special Interest Group meeting

 

Contact IGS to sign up.

Irish Interest Group meeting.

 

Contact IGS to sign up.