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Our History
The Genealogical Society of Linn County, Iowa, was organized in 1965 with 16 members under the name Linn County Heritage Society. By 1994, membership had grown to over 300, and the organization’s name was officially changed to it’s present name to better reflect the aims and goals of the Society:
• promoting an interest in genealogy • preserving Linn County records of cemeteries, churches, schools, courthouse documents, maps, and family histories, and maintaining a genealogical library. The Society's library is supported entirely through membership dues, monetary donations, and donations of genealogical materials. Donations, memorial gifts, or estate bequests made to our Society are tax deductible under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Our library is staffed entirely by volunteers who perform a variety of leadership, operational, collection, outreach, promotional, educational, and research support services. We have no paid staff.
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LIBRARY HOURS
Tues-Sat: 10 am-12 pm & 1 pm-4 pm Sun & Mon: Closed CALL US at 319-369-0022 Please check KCRG, KGAN, and KWWL news stations and our Facebook page for
current closings and cancellations. LOCATION
813 1st Ave SE Cedar Rapids, IA 52406 The Genealogical Society is located in the lower level of the Masonic Library & Museum. Free parking is available in the rear parking lot across the alley behind the building. Free parking is also available in the PCI parkade. Enter at the back of the building and take the stairs to the lower level. Handicap accessible accommodations are available; please call ahead so arrangements can be made. Genealogical Research
Need help with local family research? The Society offers research services at a rate of $10.00 per hour for members and $15.00 per hour for nonmembers, plus all copying fees.
Please email your research request using the library email: [email protected]. Please note: This is the official website of the Genealogical Society of Linn County, Iowa. Other genealogical sites may list outdated fee information for our organization due to circumstances beyond our control, but those prices will not be honored. Meetings & Programs
Meetings are held in the Genealogical Society Library workroom the 4th Saturday of each month, except the May and November meetings, which are held the 3rd Saturday. There is no meeting in December. Programs, dates and times are published in our quarterly newsletter, "Linn County Heritage Hunters," and via notification emails. Meetings and programs are always open to the public. For current programs click here:
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What's in the Library
Visitors to our library will find a large collection of Linn County resources, including county and city histories, city directories from 1869-present, maps, atlases, a collection of Linn Co. school and church records, mortuary records of many local funeral homes, cemetery records, Linn County obituaries 1894-present (early books incomplete), files of historical newspaper clippings, military records, Bible records, diaries, family genealogies, misc. photographs, Cedar Rapids city birth records 1921-July 1970 and death records 1894-June 1970, Cedar Rapids Voter Registrations, and much more. Our access database has over 2,006,759 names from indexed materials available for research.
We have a large collection of Iowa resources, as well, such as county and town histories, Quaker records, W.P.A. cemetery records, marriage records, census records, Iowa Federal Census Indexes 1850, 1860, 1870, city directories, and Civil War rosters.
In addition, our collection includes over 15,000 books and periodicals for other states (including PA, VA, OH, IN, and NY) and other countries, plus immigration records, DAR lineage books, 2687 microfilm reels, and many genealogical reference and "how to" books.
Best of all, our volunteers at the library are some of our very best resources! We welcome you to visit and get connected with the materials you need.
We have a large collection of Iowa resources, as well, such as county and town histories, Quaker records, W.P.A. cemetery records, marriage records, census records, Iowa Federal Census Indexes 1850, 1860, 1870, city directories, and Civil War rosters.
In addition, our collection includes over 15,000 books and periodicals for other states (including PA, VA, OH, IN, and NY) and other countries, plus immigration records, DAR lineage books, 2687 microfilm reels, and many genealogical reference and "how to" books.
Best of all, our volunteers at the library are some of our very best resources! We welcome you to visit and get connected with the materials you need.
