National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association

National Institute on Genealogical Research

Alumni Association

Post Office Box 14274
Washington, DC 20044-4274
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The National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association (NIGRAA) was founded in 1983. The purposes of the organization are:

to promote, conduct, and foster education, research, study, and analysis relating to the field of genealogy; and,

to disseminate information and support with funds or otherwise, undertakings that are exclusively charitable, scientific, or educational in purpose.

Membership is open to anyone who has completed any sessions of the National Institute on Genealogical Research, or who has lectured at any session.

The alumni association uses the money received as dues from its members for two purposes:.

Funding the Richard S. Lackey Memorial Scholarship to a student attending the Institute. The scholarship is awarded to an experienced researcher in either a paid or a volunteer position, in the service of the genealogical community.

Contributing funds to the National Archives Trust Fund for the microfilming of genealogically-significant NARA records that would probably not otherwise be filmed. Once filmed, these records then become available to a much wider audience than those who can to come to Washington. Completed projects include:

M1164 Index to Naturalization Petitions of the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, 1865-1957. (Before filming, this index was available only at the regional branch of the National Archives in New York City, NY).

M1784 Index to Pension Application Files of Remarried Widows Based on Service in the War of 1812, Indian Wars, Mexican War, and the Regular Army Before 1861. 1 roll.

M1785 Index to Pension Application Files of Remarried Widows Based on Service in the Civil War and Later Wars in the Regular Army after the Civil War. 7 rolls.

M1786 Record of Invalid Pension Payments to Veterans of the Revolutionary War and Regular Army and Navy, March 1801-September 1815. 1 roll.

M2073 Statistics of Congregations of Lutheran Synods, 1890. (RG 29, Entry 107) 1 roll.

Z1041 Papers Relating to New Mexico Land Grants Housed in the United States Bureau of Land Management, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 2nd edition. (RG 49) 66 rolls. (The alumni association purchased a set of the microfilms for the National Archives.)

A3371 Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Knights Key, Florida, February 1908-January 1912. (RG 85) 3 Rolls.

M2079 Final Revolutionary War Final Pension Payment Vouchers: Delaware. 1 roll. Records of the Accounting Officers of the Department of the Treasury (RG 217).

The alumni association hosts a luncheon during the National Genealogical Society’s Conference in the States and a dinner during the week of the institute. Newsletters are published in the spring and fall and sent to paid members of the alumni association and the current year’s institute class.

Correspondence should be addressed to the National Institute on Genealogical Research Alumni Association, Post Office Box 14274, Washington, DC 20044-4274. Email

Officers 2006-2008:
President, Willis H. White CG Class of '98 (VA)
Vice President, Teresa A. Kelley Class of ’00 (VA)
Secretary, Harold McClendon Class of '01 (VA)
Treasurer, Kathryn C. Torpey, CG Class of '97 (VA)
Trustee, Linda Woodward Geiger, CG, CGL Class '98 (GA)
Trustee, David E. Rencher AG, FIGRS, FUGA Class of '98 (UT)
Trustee, J. Mark Lowe CG Class of '98 (TN)

Dues: $10.00 per year. Membership year: 1 August to 31 July

Application for the Richard S. Lackey Memorial Scholarship

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