New Mailing Address!
P.O. Box 651404
Vero Beach, FL 32965
Memberships
If you see a red renewal notice after you sign into the Members Only area, your renewal is due or has not yet been recorded. You can disregard if you have recently paid AND sent a membership form. Please follow the renewal instructions so membership is properly notified. Of course, you can also bring your completed membership form and payment to a monthly meeting.
Current Newsletter
Note: The special November 2024 issue for our Annual Meeting can be found in Members Only.
GIG NEWS
November GIG Calendar
Scandinavian GIG will meet Monday December 2, 10:30 am, in the History Room of Main Library
Irish GIG will meet Tuesday December 3, 2:00 pm, in the History Room of Main Library
WriteLife Group will meet Thursday Decenber 12, 3:30 pm virtually.
Scottish GIG will meet Monday December 16, 10:30 am, in the History Room of Main Library
DNA GIG will meet Thursday December 19, 2:00 pm virtually
Contact the GIG leaders to join or email info@irgs.org to be added to a GIG distribution (please specify which GIG) The GIGs welcome new members! We ask all GIG members maintain an active IRGS membership.
Visit the local Library!
The Julian W. Lowenstein Archive Center and Genealogy Department is an excellent resource for researching your family history and is not limited to Indian River County or Florida. Visit online at IRC Library Genealogy Department or in person at the library’s Main Branch at 1600 21st Street in Vero Beach, FL.
Beginner's Introduction to DNA
We invite anyone interested in learning more about the basics of DNA testing and analysis to review the following video prepared by our DNA Genealogy Interest Group Leader, Janet Hunter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kuFIflOIiw
We encourage you to join our DNA GIG by becoming a member of our society to view additional educational videos of our past meetings.
Check out our Facebook page to see the latest announcements and suggestions. We post many announcements that come to our society that may not be reported on our website.