IGS Launches Members-Only Databases

The Indiana Geneaogical Society has launched a Members-Only section, as a new benefit of membership. It gives IGS members access to a growing list of databases that can be searched. Stop by and see how it can help your Indiana research!

New Publications for Sale

The Indiana Genealogical Society has added several new publications to the Shop IGS section. The publications focus on Indianapolis and Marion County resources, including school records, cemetery records, military records, and early marriages and deaths.

Become a District Director

The Indiana Genealogical Society board has openings in the District Director positions for the Northwest District (representing Benton, Jasper, Lake, La Porte, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke, Tippecanoe, Warren and White counties) and the South Central District (representing Bartholomew, Brown, Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Lawrence, Monroe, Orange, Scott and Washington counties). District Directors are elected for 3 year terms and attend quarterly board meetings in central Indiana. They report on genealogy-related activities of individuals and organizations in their district. For more information, contact IGS President Michael Maben.

The primary purposes of the Indiana Genealogical Society are:

• Fostering an interest in all peoples who contributed in any way to the establishment and perpetuation of the state of Indiana.
• Searching for the reasons and forces behind the migration of early settlers into the state of Indiana.
• Preserving and safeguarding manuscripts, books, cemeteries, and memorabilia relating to the early settlers into the state of Indiana.
• Securing and holding copyrights, master copies, and plates of books, periodicals, tracts, and pamphlets of genealogical and historical interest to the people of Indiana.
• Publishing, printing, buying, selling, and circulating literature regarding the purposes, records, acquisitions, and discoveries of the Society.
• Aiding others in the publication and dissemination of materials pertaining to Indiana, including biography and family and local history.

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