The society's membership averages 700 individuals from the Topeka, Kansas trade territory and from many other states in the nation. We have nine regular meetings per year, a major conference each year and an annual Open House at the Society's library. We cordially invite your membership in TGS.

• Subscription to TGS Quarterly, (started in 1971) a periodical covering early Shawnee and other Kansas county records with an annual surname index. The TGS Quarterly also includes an annual index of county by county vital records printed in Kansas genealogical periodicals.
• Subscription to TGS News & Views newsletter which contains a calendar of area geneolgical events, TGS business and geneolgical projects, national/international research excerpts, meeting notices and other pertinent information.
• Access to more than 13,000 ancestor cards in the TGS Ancestor File at the library.
• Use of the TGS library with 4 week check-out privileges for books and bound periodicals. Family memberships may check out eight books/periodicals at one time, individual members four.
• Free queries in the TGS Quarterly and on this TGS web site. Members may submit a query on any ancestor regardless of time or place.
• Genealogical research and record forms are available to members at reduced cost.
• Monthly meetings, an annual genealogy conference and special interest groups are also organized to be of interest to members in their pursuit of family history.
• Basics of Family Research classes (started in 1986), Family Tree Maker instructional classes, Basic German Research and Computer Genealogical special interest groups
  are all available (see Education), most at special membership rates.
• Genealogical research trips to other libraries and historical sites are arranged through the auspices of TGS, in conjunction with other societies.