NCIGS Library
The North Central Iowa
Genealogical Society Library is located
in the Masonic Temple Building at
75 S Georgia (Entrance is across from Police
Department)
The NCIGS tries to have the library staffed by volunteers
Monday - Friday
9:00-12:00 a.m.
& 1:00-4:00 p.m.
Genealogy resources can only be used within the NCIGS Library
LDS Library
The LDS Family
History Library also offers resources to
aid you in your research endeavors. It is located at:
1309 S Kentucky AV, Mason City, Iowa.
Call 423-8255 to set up an appointment |
North Central Iowa Genealogical Society
Library Collection
We emphasize
collecting materials about the north central Iowa counties of Cerro
Gordo, Winnebago, Hancock, Wright, Worth, Franklin, Mitchell, Floyd,
and Butler Counties, although we will usually have some material on
all Iowa counties. For our nine counties, we have gathered
census records, vital records, military records, naturalizations,
directories, local histories, passenger lists, periodicals, church
histories, biographies, obituaries, cemeteries, as well as other
topics. We collect
information on the American migration routes used by the settlers to
these nine counties. These migration routes include New
England, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee,
Ohio, and Indiana. Items about other areas of the U.S. may
also be found in the collection. Because we
have many British, Irish, Scandinavian and German ancestors, we
emphasize these European areas when adding to the collection.
Other countries/nationalities may also be represented in our
collection but with less emphasis. We collect
“how to books”, family histories, passenger and immigration
information, general genealogical materials and a limited amount of
history and other materials that add to our researchers ability to
write family histories. We have a
separate historical map collection which encompasses plat maps,
atlases, rolled, folded and folio maps. Coverage includes both
Europe and the US. Within our
library are held the original naturalizations records for Cerro
Gordo County, Iowa, ca. 1850s-1960s. A variety of indexes have
been prepared for this material. All members
of NCIGS are requested to submit at least a 4-generational ancestor
chart. A card index has been created for this Surname Index. The society has received and processed many research requests. Copies of the research results have been retained and indexed. |