January 6th:
"Ancestors Real Life Stories"
Norma and Jim Heiny, Sharlene Stoddard, LeNore Forbes, and Beth McBride.  A program based on real life stories of their ancestors.  Each story will present an ancestor from a different country or a different part of the United States.  Some of the stories may have been handed down in their family, while others may have been found during their genealogical research.  Along with the stories the speakers will also share some of the sources that they used to find their ancestor’s story or to document a story shared by a family member.  This program, covering a wide scope of genealogical research, should help others in their own research.  A short business meeting will be held following the program.
 

February 3rd:
"Home of the Brave and Land of the Free Genealogy"
IAGenWeb: Free Iowa Genealogy Online
A video tour presented by Loren Toomsen.  The IAGenWeb is a labor of love among approximately 100 dedicated volunteers from around the United States with a focus on providing free Iowa genealogy on the Internet.  This ambitious project began in 1996 and today is part of a global network providing free genealogy data and databases.  Loren Toomsen was the projects second state coordinator in 1997-98 and has served as the projects treasurer from 2001 to current. 
http://iagenweb.org/
 

March 3rd:
This meeting cancelled due to Blizzard Conditions
DNA Testing in Family History Research

Byron Held uses a PowerPoint presentation to illustrate tracing and verifying Family Trees based on DNA.  What is DNA?  How would DNA be different for different parts of the world?  What websites may I visit to learn more about DNA research?
 

April 7th:
No NCIGS Monthly Meeting
Celebrate the Easter Weekend
 

Was there one Sacagawea or two?  Guide, interpreter, wife or slave?  Come hear about this fascinating young woman and what the past 200 years of records have told us about her.  Bev Hinds will tell her story.





 

Of Note: 
June 30:
German Genealogical Conference
The German Interest Group (GIG) is a special interest group of the Iowa Genealogical Society. It meets monthly and each summer sponsors a German Genealogical Conference with a well known German genealogist. We are pleased to have Ernest Thode with us this year.
 

Saturday, July 7, 2007
Beginning Genealogy

Saturday, October 6, 2007

Humanities Iowa presents "Grass Between the Rails".    Denny Rehder, a musician, historian and railroad buff celebrates Iowa railroad heritage with a unique blend of stories and original folk songs about the development of railroads in Iowa.

Saturday, November 3

“Albums 4Ever”.  Photographs fade, CDs deteriorate, floppy disks melt, hard drives crash, computers change, but digital images can be preserved forever.  Learn what is involved in keeping your photo treasures when Gary Bilyeu, from Des Moines, shares his knowledge and experience with us.  Refreshments by Mildred Nickson.
 

Saturday, December 1
Rain, Snow, Sleet, Wind - In other words, Weather caused the cancellation of the December meeting.
We'll try to schedule that fine program for a future meeting.