Tuition, Policies, and Deadlines

  • IGHR Week: Monday, July 27 – Friday, July 31, 2026
  • Registration for ALL COURSES begins on Saturday, November 22, 2025, at noon ET. Registration for each course ends one month before the course’s start date.
IGHR 2026 Tuition

IGHR 2026 Tuition – $545.00 | GGS Members with discount – $495.00

  • Only one GGS member $50 tuition discount permitted per course per individual or family membership.
  • You must be a current GGS member to receive the GGS member tuition discount. If necessary, please join/renew on the GGS website before registering for IGHR.
    • The GGS member discount code can be accessed by logging in to your account on the GGS website. It is listed at the top right of the Members Area page.
    • The GGS member discount code will also be included in your GGS membership confirmation email if you have joined for the first time.

Payment may be made by 1) debit or credit card through the registration process or 2) mailing a check payable to Georgia Genealogical Society sent to the following address:

Georgia Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 550247
Atlanta, GA 30355-2747

When paying by check, please write IGHR and the name of the course for which you are paying on the memo line and include a copy of your course confirmation. Your payment must be postmarked no later than the fifth business day after the date of your registration or your reservation for this course will be canceled and you will need to register again.

Your tuition includes the course for which you registered and a digital course syllabus and digital certificate of completion.

Discount Codes

Only one discount code can be used per course.

Payment and Refund Deadlines

Prompt payment is expected for all purchases. Payments made by check must be postmarked by the fifth business day after your course registration or other purchase. Failure to send payment postmarked by the fifth business day for your course reservation will result in cancellation of your class seat. You will be contacted if your course registration was canceled due to nonpayment. If registration is open and a seat is available, you may register for the course again.

Cancellation Fee

The cancellation deadline to receive a refund for a course is three weeks prior to the beginning of the course. There will be no refunds for courses canceled by registrants after that. Fees paid are not transferable.

Refunds for canceled courses will be assessed a $20 administrative fee. Cancellation of a course on the same day that you register for it incurs no fee.

Cancellation Procedure

To cancel a course, click/tap Registration Cancellation. Please enter your information in the form displayed. The IGHR Registration Coordinator will review and process your request. If the cancellation is made by the stated deadline, a refund (minus the $20 administrative fee for a canceled course) will be sent to you by check or credited to your debit/credit card account by the Georgia Genealogical Society treasurer.

Course Transfer

To request a course transfer, please click/tap Transfer Request to display the form. The IGHR Registration Coordinator will review and process your request. Transfers must be requested by the day before the end of registration for that course.

Intellectual Property Policies

Students agree to respect the intellectual property of the instructors at IGHR as follows:

  • Do not take screenshots of slides without the permission of the instructor(s).
  • Do not record the presentations.
  • Do not share the course syllabus and handouts with others.
  • Do not share links to any of the course presentation materials with others.
Presentations
  • Presentations, including slides, audio / video recordings, and handouts, are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced or downloaded even for personal use, or shared without the express prior written permission of the instructor(s) and the institute.
  • Except by specific prior written permission, we do not permit photography nor audio or video recording during any of the presentations at IGHR.
  • Information contained in the presentations is the intellectual property of the presenter.
  • A single violation can result in statutory penalties of up to $150,000.
  • Permission to photograph the speaker and title slide before the presentation begins, for the purpose of posting to social media, is left to the discretion of the instructor(s).
Syllabus
  • As is clearly marked on all the syllabus materials, authors have reserved their copyright and intellectual property rights. Students may print one (1) copy of syllabus materials from the provided digital file for their personal use in conjunction with the class.
  • No further reproduction or sharing of these materials is permitted without the express written permission of the instructor(s) involved and IGHR.
Social Media Policy

IGHR permits and encourages the use of social media, such as Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and blogging at IGHR as a way to summarize, highlight, excerpt, review, critique, and promote the presented materials, syllabus materials, or the institute in general, provided that:

  • copyright law is observed;
  • verbatim information is limited to a few quotes; and
  • the author or speaker is referenced and cited appropriately.
  • Use the hashtag #IGHR for social media posts.

Updated 20 November 2025

Registration Questions?

Send your questions about registration to ighrregister@gagensociety.org or call (470) 837-0529. And see the video below.

IGHR Dates to Remember

  • IGHR Week: July 27 – July 31, 2026
  • Registration for all courses begins Saturday, November 22, 2025 and ends one month prior to the beginning of each course