GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY OF
WEBSTER COUNTY IOWA
P.O. Box 1584
Fort Dodge, IA 50501
E-Mail: webcoiagenies@gmail.com
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.
CEMETERY PHOTOGRAPH
PROJECT
NEWS FLASH! The Webster Genealogical
Society has undertaken a
very large and
important project. They have begun to walk the
cemeteries and take
digital photos of the headstones.
When this project
is finished, you will be able to purchase a photo
of your ancestors headstone from the society. Please have
patience
until the society is
prepared to fill your request.
Further updates will
be added to this page so check back periodically.
Updated:
7 Oct 2001
I have now contructed a page solely for the digital photos. Please
click on this link and
visit the Gen Society Photo Availabilty
Page
for the most current
information.
KDJ 10/09/01
For requesting
copies of photographs, please send written requests at this time to the P.O.
Box.
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-11am to 4 pm
Wednesday- 11am to 4 pm
Thursdays-11am to 4 pm
Spring
Hours Effective Aug. 11, 2010:
Tues, Wed and Thur-11
am to 4 pm
Holdings of the Library
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.
Microfilm
Holdings
Indexed in book form in our library
Our library is run by an entirely volunteer staff.
Donations and gifts are tax deductible under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Remember
us by your membership, volunteer time, or donations.
Help us keep the
library growing.
The
society will do research in most situations at the rate of $15.00 per hour,
plus all copy costs,
court house fees and postage.
Membership
Dues
to the Genealogical Society of Webster County, Iowa are for the year beginning
October 1st and ending
September 30th. Dues are $10.00 per year. Your membership includes the
quarterly newsletter.
Meetings
Meetings are held at our Genealogical library on the first Monday of each month, except when it is an official holiday, beginning at 1:00 PM. Speakers are first, followed by a business meeting. The public is invited.
For more information on the society you can write the address listed above.
We ask that you have patience when you correspond as often through the winter months we are short staffed. We do try and answer each query in the order it comes to us.
Valuable Links to aid you in your search for your ancestors
Iowa Genealogical Society Website Filled with valuable information on Genealogy research in the State of Iowa. Also you can locate all publications available from the society.
Rootsweb
Iowa Archives This is a centralized place for the storage of public records
that can be accessed
by the community.