Need Genealogical Help?

You can get the help you need from two different sources at Spencer Public Library. If you can't come to the library, the staff will answer simple reference questions by mail at a cost of $5.00 plus 20 cents per copied page (black print only). For example, the staff will try to find an obituary of a Spencer or Clay county, Iowa, resident if you supply the exact date of death. Please provide your name and address by email or contact us so we can notify you of the total charges when we have answered your inquiry. If you need more genealogical research done, please contact Iowa Lakes Genealogical Society below.

Iowa Lakes Genealogy Society

A chapter of the Iowa Genealogical Society

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About the Genealogical Society
We are a group of volunteers from Northwest Iowa who are "digging up our roots." Using the resources from Spencer Public Library as well as other places, we try to help each other find our family history.

Meetings 
The society meets at the Spencer Public Library on the 3rd Saturday of the month at 1:30 PM, ususally at Spencer Public Library, 21 East 3rd Street, in Spencer.

Resources at Spencer Library
Charlotte Brett Genealogy Collection contains over 3500 books, magazines and pamphlets.
Spencer newspapers on microfilm from 1880 to the present.
Federal census microfilms for Clay, Buena Vista, Cherokee, Dickinson, Emmet, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, and Pocahontas counties from 1840 to 1920.
State census microfilms for these counties from 1895, 1915 and 1925.
Vital records on microfilm from Clay, Dickinson, O'Brien and Osceola counties.

Our Favorite Genealogy Links
Cyndi's List
Family History Network
Computer Genies of NW Iowa
Ancestry
Rootsweb forum
Roots Computing
USGenWeb Project
My Family
GenDex
Genealogy SiteFinder
FamilyFinder Index
International Genealogical Index, Salt Lake

Research Services
We charge $10/hour to do family research for you. Please email one of our members listed below with the name of the ancestor, dates, relatives or occupation to help us narrow the search. Be sure to include your own name, address, email or other contact information.

Research Help at the Library
We will also be glad to help you do research at the Spencer Library by appointment. The following people can help you depending on their schedules. Please contact one of them to set up an appointment:

Don Paulson
1510 4th Avenue West
Spencer, Iowa 51301
phone 712-262-2890
donpaul@rconnect.com

Stan Bastman
2045 37th Street
Spencer, IA 51301
phone 712-262-7800
iowalakesgenealogysociety@yahoo.com

Ron Reisinger (May - September)
414 8th Street
Spirit Lake, IA 51360
phone 712-336-6543
marron57@earthlink.net

Mrs. Esther Connell
600 West 11th Street
Spencer, IA 51301
phone 712-262-1318
econnell@ncn.net

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last updated September, 2007