About
Us
The
Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (NWIGS) was officially organized
on April 25, 1970. You can learn about the History
of NWIGS here.
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General Meetings are held the third Saturday of
each month; location varies
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Executive Board meets the second Sunday of each
month at 7:00 pm via Skype. Anyone is welcome to attend the
board meetings. If you would like to have something added to the agenda
of the meeting, then please contact the
webmaster 72 hours before
the meeting.
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TWIGS, our bi-monthly
publication, is available to dues-paying members via
our main website in the members area six [6] times per year: July,
September, November, January, March, and May. [Membership in NWIGS]
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Back issues of TWIGS are
available on our new site www.nwigs.com to
members.
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Queries published in TWIGS are
free to members and non-members, with members having priority over space
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Solicited for publication in TWIGS:
marriage, birth, death records; abstracts of wills; historical
articles; books for review; news of genealogical groups; information of
interest (please send to the webmaster by the 9th of the month before
publication)
CURRENT OFFICERS OF
NWIGS |
President |
Marlene Polster |
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First Vice President |
Lynn Jackson |
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Second Vice President |
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Secretary |
Marlene Pajor |
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Treasurer |
Jean Gassoway |
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Historian |
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Newsletter Editor |
Bill Schu |
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Webmaster |
Lynn Jackson |
[email protected] |
Mailing
Address:
Northwest Indiana Genealogical Society (or NWIGS)
PO Box 595
Griffith, Indiana 46319
USA
[email protected]
PAST OFFICERS OF NWIGS |
President |
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KITCHELL, Edna |
1970 |
1971-1972 |
LATHROP, Katherine |
1971-1972 |
1977-1979 |
SMYRL, Laura |
1972-1975 |
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JEFFREYS, Marylin |
1975-1977 |
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BLAKE, Ruth |
1979-1981 |
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PARSONS, Celia |
1981-1983 |
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KAISER, James |
1983-1984 |
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MURRAY, Eleanor |
1984-1987 |
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LUND, Katherine |
1987-1988 |
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PADBERG, Daniel |
1988-1990 |
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FIGI, Matthew |
1990-1995 |
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JOHNSON, Betty |
1995-1997 |
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BOLLEN, Helen |
1997 |
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LANE, Joan |
1997-1998 |
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HESS, Maxine |
1998-2000 |
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GARMAN, Coleen |
2000-2001 |
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SUTTON, Mike |
2001-2004 |
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SCHU, William |
2004-2008 |
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PHILLIPS, Sally |
2008-2012. |
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POLSTER, Marlene |
2012-pres. |
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First Vice President |
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ADAMS, Charles |
1970 |
1971-1972 |
NICHOLSON, June |
1970-1971 |
1977-1980 |
DITTRICH, Mrs. W. |
1972-1973 |
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HARRIS, Patricia |
1973-1976 |
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SMYRL, Laura |
1976-1977 |
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GLYNN, Sally |
1980-1981 |
1982-1983 |
JOHNSON, Bruce |
1981-1982 |
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JENKS, Inez |
1983-1985 |
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MOHR, Wilma JoAnn |
1985-1987 |
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PADERG, Daniel |
1987-1988 |
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JOHNSON, Betty |
1988-1989 |
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STEVENSON, Marilyn |
1989-1990 |
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VanECK, Marlene |
1990-1991 |
1993-1995 |
MILLS, Marge |
1992-1993 |
1995-1997 |
LANE, Joan |
1997-1998 |
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HESS, Maxine |
1998-2000 |
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GARMAN, Coleen |
2000-2001 |
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POLSTER, Marlene |
2001-2008 |
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Open |
2008-2010 |
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MATTHEWS, Kay Lynn |
2010-pres. |
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Second Vice President |
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BLAKE, Ruth |
1970-1971 |
1977-1979 |
SMYRL, Laura |
1971-1972 |
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CALVERT, G. Walter |
1972-1977 |
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BOBAL, Donna |
1979-1982 |
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JENKS, Holly |
1982-1984 |
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FRALEY, Shirley |
1984-1987 |
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HOWELL, Nancy |
1987-1998 |
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JOHNSON, Betty |
1999-2003 |
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SCHU, William |
2003-2004 |
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LOOMIS, Fred |
2004-2005 |
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SMEDSTAD, Alice |
2005-2007 |
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ARVIDSON, John |
2007-2010 |
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POLSTER, Marlene |
2010-2012 |
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Open |
2012-pres. |
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Secretary |
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SMITH, Mattie D. |
1970-1971 |
1977-1978 |
SHAWLEY, Ruth (rec.) |
1971-1972 |
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JEFFREYS, Marylin |
1971-1973 |
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THIEME, Judith (cor) |
1972-1973 |
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DITTRICH, Mrl W. |
1973-1974 |
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McCORMICK, Vinton |
1974-1976 |
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McATTEE, Mary B. (rec) |
1976-1977 |
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SCOTT, Barbara (cor) |
1976-1977 |
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PARSON, Celia |
1978-1980 |
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KRISS, Barbara |
1980-1981 |
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FEDORCHAK, Catherine |
1981-1982 |
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MEDFORD, Phyllis |
1982-1983 |
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CANFIELD, Helen |
1984-1985 |
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HORNER, Faye (asst) |
1984-1985 |
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ROORDA, Evelyn |
1985-1987 |
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MURRAY, Eleanor |
1987-1988 |
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LUND, Katherine |
1988-1989 |
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STEVENSON, Gloria |
1989-1991 |
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HAWKINS, Shirley |
1991-1996 |
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SHUTKO, Emily |
1996-1997 |
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PHILLIPS, Sally |
1997-2006 |
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WODRICH, Dorothy |
2006-2008 |
2010-2012 |
POLSTER, Marlene |
2008-2010 |
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PHILLIPS, Sally |
2012-pres. |
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Treasurer |
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PATTEE, Elsie |
1970-1971 |
1977-1978 |
AVERY, Jack |
1971-1975 |
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ADAMS, Kay |
1978-1980 |
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GUERNSEY, Ethel |
1980-1982 |
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KRISS, Barbara |
1982-1984 |
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JENKS, Holly |
1984-1985 |
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HOOD, Carolyn |
1985-1987 |
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FRALEY, Shirley |
1987-1990 |
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BROZAK, Doris |
1990-1997 |
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LATKO, Martha |
1997-2007 |
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DUPCZAK, Gerard |
2007-Pres. |
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Historian/Genealogist |
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BRUST, Mildred |
1970-1971 |
1977-1978 |
DITTRICH, Mrs. W. E. |
1971-1972 |
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HARRIS, Patricia A. |
1972-1973 |
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LATHROP, Katherine |
1973-1977 |
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MURVIHILL, Charles |
1978-1982 |
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SCHULTZ, Fern Eddy |
1982-1985 |
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HOUPT, Juanita |
1985-1987 |
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BEAL, Linda |
1987-1989 |
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LUND, Katherine |
1989-1991 |
1996-1997 |
STASIEROWSKI, Lee |
1991-1996 |
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HART, Jack |
1997-2000 |
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SCHALLER, Ruth |
2000-2003 |
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KUJAWSKI, Kathlyn |
2003-2004 |
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PHILLIPS, Sally |
2006-2007 |
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KENDER, Laurie |
2007-pres. |
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Newsletter Editor |
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NICHOLSON, June |
1979-1981 |
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HORNER, Faye |
1981-1983 |
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SCHULTZ, Fern Eddy |
1983-1987 |
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FRALEY, Shirley |
1987-1994 |
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NAYLOR, William |
1994-1998 |
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HOTLER, Rosetta |
1998-2000 |
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SWISHER, Linda Herrick |
2000-2007 |
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SCHU, William |
2007-pres. |
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Librarian |
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MEDFORD, Phyllis |
1970 |
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GASKINS, Charles |
1970-1980 |
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PARSONS, Celia |
1980 |
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Webmaster |
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SUTTON, Mike |
2003-2006 |
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SHOOK, Steve |
2006-pres. |
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