Lake County Courthouse
Crown Point, Indiana
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Porter County Courthouse
Valparaiso, Indiana
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Welcome to the website for the Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society! We are
glad you are here. We are an active society that is committed to preserving the
history of Lake County and Porter County in Indiana. We have some great
resources for you in your research. Many dedicated volunteers have made these
available to you. If you are local, we encourage you to attend one of our
monthly meetings. You can contact us directly at
nwigs@hotmail.com.
SECRETARY
NEEDED
NWIGS
Secretary Dorothy Wodrich has had to resign due to health reasons. She has
been a good secretary and a wonderful board member and will be missed.
We are looking for someone to fill the office of Secretary for the remainder
of the 2011-2012 year. The secretary is responsible for taking and
preparing the minutes for the general and executive board meetings, which
are both held monthly except in December. The secretary is also responsible
for maintaining the local members’ name tags for use at the monthly meetings
Please consider joining a wonderful group of officers and sharing your time
and interest in our organization and in leading NWIGS to a bright future.
If you are interested in this position or for more information, please
contact President Sally Phillips (at
sdp2609@sbcglobal.net) or any other board member.
Upcoming
Society Meeting Information
The Society meets each month from 10:00 a.m.
to 11:30 a.m. in either the Valparaiso Branch of the Porter County Public
Library or the Lake County Library. Check the schedule below for the
location.
The Saturday January 21, 2012 meeting has been canceled due to challenging
weather conditions.
February 18, 2012, we will be meeting a the
Porter County Public Library in Valparaiso. The speaker will be Scott
Philips, who will discuss the topic of Czech and Bohemian genealogy
research.
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YAHOO! Message List
We have an active message list for NWIGS located at:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InNWIGS/
Consider joining the list to keep informed about upcoming events, post
queries, and to
communicate with our members.
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