News & Information
Now offering Genealogical Research Services! Our Research Committee offers one free hour of free research to help you in your family history efforts. Click here or on the "Genealogical Help" link in the page footer to start your research project.
Coming in April: Four-session Introduction to Genealogy Course
In-person and virtual attendance. Free and open to the public. Registration required.
- Exclusively for Our Members -
Issue No 1 of the 2026 IGS Newsletter is posted. Members can access it for free on the Members Only page. Printed copies have been mailed to those who subscribed.
Genealogical Help Sessions! We thought this might be a way we could help with "brick walls" you're hitting your head against as you try to fill out your pedigree chart and/or Family Group Sheets. Our next session is coming up on 14 February 2026.
Exchanges with local and other States' Genealogical Societies. We offer copies of our Newsletters to them in exchange for copies of their newsletters to share with our members. Check out the new Tacoma-Pierce County Genealogical Society Newsletters Page in the Members Only section.
If you have friends or family who have an interest in genealogy, we encourage you to invite them to join us. You'll find the current application form on the Join Us page.
Monthly Meetings
The Idaho Genealogical Society meets the second Saturday each month from noon to 2:00 pm, except June (Summer Break), October (Annual Meeting), and December (Holiday Break). Meetings are held at the Idaho State Archives (Idaho History Center), 2205 Old Penitentiary Rd, Boise. Zoom attendance is also available (see below). Recordings and handouts of the presentations are posted in the Members Only area.
Saturday, March 14, 2026
Topic: Decades of Data: Understanding the Evolution of Census Questions
Speaker: Jamie Lee McManus Mayhew
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Topic: Wills and Probate Records
Speaker: Steven Scanlin
Saturday, May 9, 2026
Topic: Idaho State Archives
Speaker: Angie K. Davis, MA, CA
All monthly meeting presentations are free and open to the public, both in person and via Zoom. Society members receive meeting notifications that include the pertinent Zoom information. Non-members may request the Zoom link during the week each meeting is held by sending an email to idahogensociety@gmail.com. Zoom requests must be received no later than 9:00 a.m. (Mountain Time) on the day of the meeting.
The Society's Board Meetings are held on the same day as its monthly meetings and are also open to anyone who would like to participate. These meetings begin at 10:30AM. If attending via Zoom, use the same Zoom information as for the monthly meeting presentation.