The goals of our society are to promote an interest in genealogy, and to preserve Webster County records of cemeteries, churches, schools, courthouse documents, maps, family histories and to maintain a genealogical library.
The Society's library is supported entirely through membership dues, monetary donations, genealogical material donations, and commissions from Iowa Genealogical Society's publications of research records and indexes.

Library Location

Our library is located at 424 Central Avenue,
Room 134.  Our library is handicap accessible. Conveniently located downtown, close to the courthouse and public library.

Our mailing address is:

Genealogical Society of Webster County Iowa
P.O.Box 1584
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
 

Library Hours:
Tuesdays-11 am to 4 pm
Wednesdays-11 am to 4 pm
Thursdays-11 am to 4 pm
Saturdays-Closed
Per Judy Ort, June 2009

During the winter the library hours are subject to the weather conditions since it is manned by volunteers.  Treacherous roads and school closings will find the library closed if you are uncertain.

Library Holdings

Visitors to our society will find a large collection of Webster County books, including histories, city directories, atlases, school, church, funeral home, cemetery records, obituaries which are indexed, newspaper indexes, family genealogies and more.

We have indexed most of our Federal and State Census records.

We have a collection of Iowa records as well as books and periodicals from other states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, New York, Missouri, Illinois, other countries, DAR and SAR books,  many reference and "how to" books.

Copies of all our publications through the Iowa Genealogical Society are on the library shelves.

We have a copy machine, Microfilm reader and printer, and Micro Fiche machines.

There is a complete card index to our library.

See the links for specific holdings.  These are several years old but will be updated when information received from the society.  KDJ

Headstone Photos of Webster County

One of the most significant tasks recently undertaken by the Society was the digital photographing of all the headstones in known Webster County cemeteries.  Last known, the society was working on Oakland cemetery but this will take several years to complete.  You can find the completed cemeteries at the Headstone Photo project link to the left.  The large photos are available for purchase.