About Us

The Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (NWIGS) was officially organized on April 25, 1970. You can learn about the History of NWIGS here. You can contact us directly at nwigs@hotmail.com.

• General Meetings are held the third Saturday of each month; location varies

• Executive Board meets the first Monday of each month at 7:00 pm at the Lake County Public Library in Merrillville, Indiana. If there is a holiday on the first Monday of the month, then the board convenes on the second Monday of the month. Anyone is welcome to attend the board meetings. If you would like to have something added to the agenda of the meeting, then please contact Marlene Polster 72 hours before the meeting.

• TWIGS, our bi-monthly publication, is mailed to each dues-paying member six [6] times per year: July, September, November, January, March, and May. [Membership in NWIGS]

• Back issues of TWIGS are available for purchase for $1.00 each

• Queries published in TWIGS are free to members and non-members, with members having priority over space

• Solicited for publication in TWIGS: marriage, birth, death records; abstracts of wills; historical articles; books for review; news of genealogical groups; information of interest (please send to the Editor by the 10th of the month before publication)

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.

Mailing Address:
Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (or NWIGS)
PO Box 595
Griffith, Indiana 46319
USA
nwigs@hotmail.com