Join NWIGS or Renew your NWIGS membership

  • Membership in NWIGS is $25.00 per year.
  • We strongly encourage you to join or renew your membership online by clicking the black "Join or Renew" button below. 
  • If you have difficulty joining or renwing and paying online we have provided step-by-step instructions.
  • If necessary you will find instructions for joining or renewing by US mail at the bottom of the page. 

Join or Renew & Pay Online

One Year Membership to NWIGS

$25.00

Join or Renew and pay your yearly membership fee with a credit card.

Once your payment has been submitted, please allow at least 48 hours for NWIGS volunteers to add or update your record in our database. You will receive an email invitation to create a password to access the member area of the website.
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Help and Additional Information About Joining and Paying Online
We strongly encourage paying online to avoid check processing delays. 
  • Click the black "Join or Renew" button above to join or renew.
  • There is no additional form to fill out to join or renew after paying online. 
  • Should you have any difficulty navigating the process of paying online, you may wish to consult these step-by-step instructions. If you continue to have difficulty, Contact us.
  • Note: While we use Pay Pal to process your payment, a Pay Pal account is not necessary to pay for your membership. 
  • Once your payment has been submitted, please allow at least 48 hours for NWIGS volunteers to add or update your record in our database. You will receive an email invitation to create a password to access the member area of the website.​
  • If it has been more than 5 days since you paid online, check your spam folder for messages from NWIGS and then Contact us.
  • In addition, let us know if your email has changed or if you need a new invitation to access the members area.
We look forward to seeing you at our next monthly meeting, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of the month! 

 To ensure that you receiving our NWIGS email communications, we ask that you add the following email addresses to your email contact list. This should prevent our communications being marked as spam.

​Join or Renew and pay by US Mail

To join or renew by US Mail
Treasurer/Membership
P.O. Box 595
Griffith, IN 46319
Online Membership Form 
  • Though we endeavor to process payments and memberships sent by U.S. mail as soon as possible, it may take up to 3 weeks for your payment and membership to be processed due to limited volunteer resources. 
  • Once your membership is processed, you will receive an email invitation to create a password to access the member area of the website.
  • ​In addition, let us know if your email has changed or if you need a new invitation to access the members area.
We look forward to seeing you at our next monthly meeting, which is held on the 3rd Saturday of the month! 

To ensure that you receiving our NWIGS email communications, we ask that you add the following email addresses to your email contact list. This should prevent our communications being marked as spam.

Benefits of Membership

Members will receive
  • Access to ZOOM recordings of monthly classes and sharing sessions as well as handouts when available
  • Access to TWIGS Newsletters
  • Access to numerous research materials including select NWIGS books, a keyword searchable index, and original records through the members only area of our website
  • Access to a discount code for the NWIGS store which can be found on the Member Perks page. 
  • The satisfaction of supporting an entirely volunteer run, non-profit, community organization 
  • The opportunity to volunteer to help create the programs and resources that NWIGS provides. 
Reasons to become a member....
  • Receive alerts about upcoming meetings and classes with a guest speaker either local or national featuring a variety of genealogical topics.  Find the class list here.
  • Access recordings of previous classes with handouts when available. 
  • Network with other members at regular meetings and at occasional informal meetings throughout the year at NWI libraries.
  • Membership fees are a significant funding source for all of NWIGS programs. ​
Access to books, records and newsletters including but not limited to: 
  • NWIGS MEMBER ANCESTRAL PEDIGREE CHARTS  
  • CEMETERY BOOKS PORTER CO. - COMPLETE INFORMATION (published by NWIGS)
  • CEMETERY BOOKS LAKE CO. - COMPLETE INFORMATION (published by NWIGS)
  • CLAIM DOCKET BOOK LAKE COUNTY 
  • DATABASE - KEYWORD SEARCH (with 841,864 full indexed entries)
  • GERMANIA IN AMERIKA - V
  • LAKE COUNTY NATURALIZATION INDEX &  plus the actual RECORDS
  • OBITUARY INDEXES - Some Post Tribune and The Times (plus links to other local obituary resources) and Porter County Obituaries and Death Notices prior to 1900
  • REGISTER OF TRAINED NURSES
  • SCHOOL ENUMERATION RECORDS
  • TWIGS NEWSLETTERS - CURRENT/MORE RECENT AND ARCHIVAL - read the current edition of our TWIGS newsletter
  • WILLS AND BOYD HOME TOURIST BOOK
  • 1891 PLAT BOOK FOR APPRAISERS OF REAL ESTATE LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA