Welcome to our Indian River Genealogical Society (IRGS) web site.

Thanks to the 64 IRGS members who participated in the recent IRGS Planning Survey.   The IRGS Board is evaluating his helpful information as we consider our future programs and activities for the Society.

Tuesday - September 11, 2012

9:30 am

Indian River Main Library

 

*** Program to be Announced ***

 

 

IRGS member, Marcia Eyberse, was featured in a very interesting front page article in the Press Journal on Monday, April 16.  You can read the story online about Marcia's discoveries about her family in the 1940 census by clicking this link.   Pam Cooper, head of the Archive Center and Genealoagy Department of the Indian River County Public Lirbary, was also featured in the story.

What Genealogy Software Do You Use?

 

    Results from 44 responses

 

Is your Family Tree Online?

 

    Results from 27 responses

Check out the member benefits, join IRGS  and gain access to our Members Only section.   Download the 2012 Membership Form.

 

 

Who Do You Think You Are?  began a new season on NBC with new stories on Friday, February 3 at 8 pm.

 

Finding Your Roots with Henry Lewis Gates, Jr.  Sunday evenings on PBS

Indian River County Obituary Index

 

This index contains more than 80,000 names for obituaries appearing in Indian River County, Florida newspapers from 1913 through 2011. Microfilm copies of of the newspapers are available at the Indian River Main Library in Vero Beach, FL.   Go to the obituary index.

 

Surname Database

 

Visit our revised Surname database listing  hundreds of surnames which are being researched by current IRGS members.  With this new feature, individuals interested in making an inquiry can send an email directly to the member who is researching the name.  The member's name and email address are not visible to the person making the inquiry.

 

IRGS members can download instructions for adding, changing, or deleting surnames.

 

Newsletter Index

 

Members can now access an index to the Indian River Genealogical Society Newsletter.  Go to the Members Only tab.  Click on the second item "Newsletter Index".    You can access issues from 2007 forward in the Members Only section.  Earlier issues are located in the Genealogy Department at the Indian River Main Library.   We apprecaite the dilligent efforts of Aurie W. Morrison in making this index possible.

Please check out our Regional Genealogy Meetings page for upcoming meetings in our area.

IRGS schedule for the entire 2012 year is posted as a one page document.  All the monthly meeting, GIG"s and workshops are on this one sheet of paper.  Print it and you have a handy reference for all important matters concerning genealogy.

 

Download the IRGS 2012 Schedule