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Genealogical Society of Linn County, Iowa was a finalist in the RK Dixon Make My Non-Profit Run Better contest! We were notified in October that we won a printer valued at $1000! Thank you for your support. To see the video we created for this contest, click on the play button below.

SOCIETY FEATURED ON PODCAST

The Genealogical Society of Linn County is featured on a national podcast, Preservation Oaks, Episode #14, available now. Ruth Armstrong was interviewed for the podcast. Host, Sean Thomas Radcliff, asked questions about Linn County and the work of our society. Preservation Oaks aims to bring awareness of museums, libraries, historical societies, and others whose mission is preservation of history. Listen to Episode #14 anywhere you get podcasts or use this link: https://preservationoaks.podbean.com

Genealogy Volunteers Helping Connect Iowans to Their Past
By Josh Scheinblum
http://www.kcrg.com/content/news/Genealogy-volunteers-helping-connect-Iowans-to-their-past-471325414.html

Unsung heroes award

On January 15, 2019, The Genealogy Guys and Vivid-Pix announced the beginning of their new Unsung Heroes Awards program. It is a quarterly awards program designed to recognize and celebrate members of the genealogy community who digitize or index photos and other documents of value to genealogical researchers.
One of our members submitted the Genealogical Society of Linn County Iowa in the genealogical/historical society category citing our project to scan and index approximately 70,000 records from our collection of Cancelled Cedar Rapids Voter Registration Cards for the years prior to and including 1966. Much to our surprise, our society was selected to be awarded the first ever Unsung Heroes award! The win was announced at Roots Tech (a national genealogy conference) held in Salt Lake City on March 1st. It was published on The Genealogy Guys (http://blog.genealogyguys.com/search?q=linn+county+iowa) and Vivid-Pix blogs and it was announced on The Genealogy Guys podcast (http://genealogyguys.com/the-genealogy-guys-podcast-358).
This would not have been possible without the grants we have received from the Linn County Historic Preservation Society and from the Greater Cedar Rapids Foundation. We just want to say thank you to them and to everyone who gave up their time to volunteer at our society!

Board of Directors 2026

Our Library

Past Programs on Zoom

June 28, 2025 - Linda McCann: Research Strategies
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/k2WCY_AYk-nJIEJJ_6B1UiJmmVP2901upZQXap6MVelD3AkujDqgtKnTDiSdT9wI.2lMMiE4YyrenYedX
Passcode: $yx63+W1
March 22, 2025 - Dale Kueter: The Smell of the Soil-Writing Your Stories
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/t7ZVmUM3lQS93114zxp22Fur3hAL7-cRMMbhztrfUcUloEdrUq-mi0-JJqy0MjC0.MNSn_gVRA0MGE7lV
Passcode: AvPz.Yv3
November 23, 2024 - Our Pioneer Ancestors
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/oxouFA0rkV--05MjtoDrrO2e-UlzsGOq8Xy4i8qk9HYv9uFTX_nAvzhsV6OXAA5n.QDWn4bhMo3tHc9ZY
Passcode: 9=Jvq?sC
September 28, 2024 - Linda McCann: Lost Linn County
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/iKr1vD82fpcufAOIB7_fPQYOSUC1KkHvWqZtI7T4hzObhj4l4ZPUn9aeCRV8tro.ynWkAv7NiZNoEN9p
Passcode: ?7ysK3BE
July 27, 2024 - Doug Elam: $10 Casket and $3 Robe - Iowa's Poor Farm Cemeteries
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/zKteDX1woqGHpDlPduoS9ubuYM47gmohm7LAG66Lfto_hyQxJZJIDr5LrXeWSGIt.nomLd6fOJ_dRi24b
Passcode: #S?yu6Y5
May 18, 2024 - Ruth Armstrong: Finding Your Military Ancestors
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/qWbSrDql5_tfPOt2MJ6JXhRB-6WxRVg8rKwXe2Mhxs6BMb7LpS4LzcKRoOYBOJTn.0hQhNiS9Sudcn6ki
Passcode: ^2iGenw.
April 27, 2024 - Jeri Fuller Surad: Beyond the Evidence
https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/YuEF8ml5TsdEKnbG8yFn5cqwM0DRFGj96aSMQRdVSDFRuhiyWER0xq11uH8hw9Oo.7Ec0MiZmyJQ3Gk87?startTime=1714240923000
Passcode: =#NMl3?6

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President: Randy Achenbach, Corresponding Secretary: Sue Stinson, Treasurer: Daphne Miller, Recording Secretary: Lorna Lincoln, Vice-President: Ruth Armstrong