On Tuesday evening, November 20, 2018, the membership voted to disband NEIGS. The current board was retiring and because of a lack of volunteers to continue running the organization the vote was to disolve. It has been a wonderful 48 years. Thank you, everyone, for your support. The website will remain up, but inactive, for those that want to research items that had been added to it through the years. Happy Ancestor Hunting!
We would like to encourage all of our previous members and those interested in Black Hawk County Genealogy to get in touch with the Genealogy Society of Linn County Iowa. They have a wonderful library and a very active organization.
Here is a link to their website:
http://gensoclinncoia.weebly.com/?fbclid=IwAR0fuVYUVZ0OAmyu_qHAPwhAgBLdGZq9ydUTNya7l7ctPj6mItZ2IFQopfQ
OR
Like them on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/pg/GenealogyLinnCo/about/?ref=page_internal
The Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society was organized in 1970:
- To create and foster an interest in genealogy.
- To preserve genealogical and historical data, particularly of our ancestors and the pioneers of Black Hawk County, Iowa
- To instruct and educate person interested in genealogy
Meetings are held at various locations in Black Hawk County. See the NEIGS Meeting & Event Information page for locations and times. There are no meetings in July, August, and December. Dues are $15.00 for an individual and $25.00 for a family membership.
A newsletter, "Cedar Tree Branches", is published quarterly for members and other genealogy societies who exchange newsletters.
Queries concerning Black Hawk County data are welcomed.
E-mail us at neigsinfo@gmail.com
Like our Facebook page: Northeast Iowa Genealogy Society - NEIGS
Join our Facebook group: Black Hawk County Iowa Genealogy
Northeast Iowa Genealogical Society in the Beginning:
Organizing Officers:
President - Mrs. Esther Hayes
V President - Mrs. Merelyn Harberts
Secy-Treasurer - Mrs. Betty Lawless
Registrar - Mrs Connie Stevens
Librarian - Mrs. Lois Fleming
Charter Members:
Nell (Mrs. Charles) Black
George & Haidee DeBuhr
Lois (Mrs Francis) Fleming
Leonard Gibson
Merelyn (Mrs. Russell) Harberts
Esther (Mrs. Charles) Hayes
Floyd & Leone Jepperson
Betty (Mrs. Dan) Lawless
Viola Lawless
Esther (Mrs. Jim) Newcomber
Deloris ( Mrs. Harold) Patterson
Betty (Mrs. Kenneth) Rausch
Albert Smith
John & Connie Stevens