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Welcome to the Immigrant Genealogical Society!
Thanks for dropping by our website! If you have an interest in Genealogy, especially an interest in tracing your ancestry in German-speaking lands, you're in the right place.
Where did our ancestors emigrate from? Anywhere from present-day Germany, Switzerland, and Austria; from Eastern European regions such as Pomerania, Poland, Silesia, Moravia, and as far East as Russia, to name a few.
Where did they immigrate to? Any of the countries already named, as well as North and South America, the Caribbean, Australia, and beyond.
How can IGS help you to find those ancestors?
Here are three ways...
Visit the Immigrant Library
... Find us in Burbank, California
... Explore our Collection Highlights
... Search our Card Catalog
Join our Society
... Find out about IGS Membership
... Participate in Meetings and Events
... Keep up to date with Monthly Newsletters
Research your Ancestry
... Submit a Remote Research Request
... Join our Second Sunday Zooms
... Arrange a Personal Heritage Tour
IGS is a Proud Partner of...
IGS has teamed up with these partner organizations to help our members connect with German genealogical researchers worldwide.
Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer Verbände e. V.
IGS is a proud member of DAGV since 2019
May of 1949 marked the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR). That same month, the DAGV held its first meeting in Frankfurt to establish an organisation which would create and maintain connections between family history associations across newly formed borders.
Today, the DAGV is the German umbrella organisation of genealogical, family history, and heraldic societies whose aim is to promote contact between participants in those member organizations.
The International German Genealogy Partnership
IGS is a proud member of IGGP since 2018
In 2015, a partnership was formed between two Minnesota societies and the DAGV with the goal of promoting German genealogical research between the two countries.
Since its founding, the organization has expanded to share contacts, resources, and research strategies with partner societies who are interested in researching Germanic family migrations worldwide.
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