Story County Genealogical Society
Story County, Iowa, USA
"Helping you connect with your heritage"
storygenes@gmail.com Facebook.com/storygenes.com SCGS, PO Box 692 Ames, IA 50010
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Our Mission: To help you connect with your heritage and to research your ancestry.
We are meeting in-person and virtually via Zoom (Hybrid meetings)
More information is available under the "Events" page.
Membership:
We invite you to join our Society. Membership Information.
SCGS News is the newsletter of the Story County Genealogical Society.
Fillable Genealogy Charts and Forms
Upcoming Events (updated with 2023-2024 events!)
Story County Research:
If you're researching ancestors in Story County, Iowa this page at the FamilySearch Research Wiki will be helpful.
Also, Research in Story County.
Internet Archive:
Have you used the Internet Archive for genealogy research? It's a terrific source for family histories, books, census records (through the 1930 census) immigration records, and more! The Wayback Machine preserves copies of web sites (especially useful if the site is no longer available). Here are several Youtube videos that detail how to make the use of the site:
Free Internet Archive & WaybackMachine (Constance Knox) (5 min. 44 sec.)
Internet Archive for Genealogy (Fountaindale Public Library) (68 min.)
Research with Internet Archive (Allen County Public Library) (46 min.)
Here is a direct link to the Genealogy Section on the Internet Archive: Genealogy
Handout for "Using Google Books for Genealogy Research."
Handout from February Meeting--History of SCGS
The Story County Genealogical Society is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and donations are tax deductible to the extent of the law.
Financial contributions are used to purchase genealogy materials which are housed at the Ames Public Library, provide programs and speakers at our regular meetings and Genealogy Plus!, and fund education programs. Your donation helps us to continue providing quality educational genealogy. programs and offerings.
The Story County Genealogical Society, a charter member of the Iowa Genealogical Society, was formed in 1968 in central Iowa. Membership is open to all persons interested in genealogical, biographical, and historical research.
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