Cass County Genealogical Society
Atlantic Carnegie Public
Library
507 Poplar Street
Atlantic, Iowa 50022-1241
Phone: 712-243-5466
LIBRARY HOURS
Monday & Tuesday: 9:00 am to
7:00 pm
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Saturday: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
The
Genealogy Room is only open when a volunteer is present.
Library policy requires a CCGS volunteer be present when the room is being
used.
To
check when a volunteer will be available:
call the Library at 712-243-5466,
extension 4 or
email Cass County Genealogical Society at: [email protected].
The
Cass County Genealogical Society was formed March 31, 1975,
and became a chapter of the Iowa
State Genealogical Society on November 6, 1982.
The
purpose of the Society is:
to create and foster an interest in Genealogy;
aid individuals in compiling family histories;
preserve, improve, compile and help maintain
genealogy and historical data
of your ancestors and the early settlers of Southwestern Iowa.
Cass
County Genealogical Society is classified under
Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) as a tax exempt public charity.
Meetings
are held the fourth Thursday of the month except
the November meeting is the third
Thursday of the month.
There is no meeting in December.
Dues are $15.00 per calendar year – due and renewable each January.
On
Going Projects of the Society:
answer
queries
maintain obituary and query files
maintain and update cemetery listings
maintain a collection of reference books and genealogical materials
issue four newsletters each year
Included
Resources
- Ancestral Charts of
Members
- Cass County Records
- Marriages before 1880
- Township Records
- Plat Books, Maps &
etc.
- Cass County Histories:
1884, 1906, & 1980
- Cavaliers & Pioneers (Abstracts of Virginia
Land Patent and Grants)
- Cemetery Records: Cass
County and Eastern Pottawattamie County
- Census Records of the
Area
- City Directories
(selected)
- Civil War: Roster
& Record of Iowa Soldiers in the War of the Rebellion
- Club and Fraternity
Records
- DAR items
- Family
Histories(various)
- Genealogical Digest(1986-2000)
- Genealogical Helper(1991-2000)
- High School Year books(assorted)
- The Iowa Genealogical
Society Surname Index
Vols.(1-5)
- Iowa Histories(several)
- Marriage files & Obituary
files
- Query file(1997 to
present)
- Newsletters from the
selected Iowa genealogical societies
- Microfilm reader and
copier-includes Fische
- Newspapers on microfilm
- Atlantic News-Telegraph and earlier Atlantic
newspapers
- Anita Tribune
- Cumberland Enterprise
- Lewis Weekly Standard
- Passenger &
Immigration Lists Index
- Spanish American War
- World War I & World
War II material
County
Map
Research
Policy
Research
within Cass County will be conducted by society members upon request. Please
include a minimum donation of $10 for the first hour of research. You will also
be expected to reimburse photo-copying charges, postage, and mileage if
required. Limit each request letter to one surname or one husband-wife couple.
Please include as much data as possible; names, dates, locations or a pedigree
chart.
The Cass County Genealogical Society can be reached by e-mail at:
[email protected]
More
Cass County Genealogy information is available on the Cass County GenWeb site: Cass County GENWEB.
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Last updated 21 November 2014