Mission and Purpose
IGSI's mission is to provide genealogical education and assistance to its members and to assist the community at large discover Irish history, culture and heritage.
The Irish Genealogical Society International (IGSI) began in 1979 as a local group with shared interests in Irish ancestry. Over 45 years it has grown to an independent Society with international reach, still devoted to the same subject. Our quarterly journal, The Septs, has been published continuously since 1990.
Our Irish Library collection (over 3,500 titles) is housed at the Minnesota Genealogy Center near the MSP international airport. Volunteers provide patron services there and remotely. Our seminars on research and cultural heritage, both live and virtual, since 2020 have hosted more than 2,500 attendees. Our website is a rich resource for researchers and learners.
Our federal tax number is 90-0629967
Operating Year: January - December
Our Location
Click here for a map to our library and business location in Minnesota. The library is housed in the Minnesota Genealogy Center in the Minneapolis-St Paul area of central Minnesota, USA.
Our street/mailing address is:
1385 Mendota Hts Rd Ste 100
Mendota Heights, Minnesota 55120-1367 USA
Board meetings
Virtual Board meetings are held the third week of each month on Zoom. Please contact an officer in advance if you'd like to attend, just in case we changed our meeting time.
You can use the Contact form to send a general message to IGSI. The officers and committee contacts listed below include links to their individual email accounts.
Volunteer Leadership
Officers, Directors, and Committees
If an individual's name appears in bold, you can click their name to send a direct email message.
Contact
January 2026 - December 2026
Officers & Directors
Committees
Staff
The IGSI Irish Library Collection
The Minnesota Genealogy Center houses Irish Library Collection, the IGSI administrative office, and meeting space for our live and hybrid events.
The Hoffman Research Library is managed by the Minnesota Genealogical Society, which houses the Irish Collection.
- Click here to open a Google map to the facility, which is located near the MSP airport.
- Click here on the day of your visit to verify that no unscheduled closures or if any restrictions are in place.
On the second Saturday of each month ("Irish Saturday") IGSI volunteers help patrons visiting the Library to assist with their family history research efforts. No appointment is necessary. Library visits are free to members, or $10 per day for visitors.
IGSI is actively developing resources to allow members who do not live in the local area to benefit from the Library resource.
