Those of us involved with putting on? IHS?s biennial Midwestern Roots Conference are getting excited about seeing old friends, meeting new ones and talking together about family history. The session tracks about the history and records involved in migration and ethnicity and about DNA and advancing technologies are sure to be energizing. One of the […]
In March of 1824, a group of angry and intoxicated settlers brutally murdered nine Indians camped along a tributary of Fall Creek. The carnage was recounted in lurid detail in the contemporary press and the events that followed sparked a national sensation. As author David Thomas Murphy notes in the new IHS Press bookMurder in […]
Kate Prinsley, executive officer of the Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Australia, received a Churchill Fellowship to study local history in various parts of the world. Kate is visiting the states for four weeks, stopping in Illinois, New York, Washington, D.C., and Indiana. Kate will then travel to England for two weeks. Kate spent three […]
These were some ofthe question before us last night when the Indiana Historical Society hosted an IndyTalks program entitled “Is It Good to be a Hoosier?” (IndyTalks, btw, is a collaboration dedicated to fostering a sense of community through respectful and creative civic dialogue. Go to www.indytalks.info to learn more.) Historian James Madison opened up […]
It has been a fun and exhausting week at the History Day national contest at the University of Maryland, and there is still plenty more to do! We had an ice cream social in the dorms, movie night, and have plans for a pizza and sign-making party and a dorm-decorating contest. On Monday, all Juniors […]
I just got my invitation to my high school reunion I won?t go into to details but it is a, , significant number. The reunion Web site has some pages from our senior yearbook, and it brought back a lot of fond memories. Yearbooks can be a great tool whether you are looking for a […]
For Immediate Release Contact: Amy Lamb, Media Relations Manager (317) 232-1878 or alamb@indianahistory.org Indianapolis—The Indiana Historical Society will present Midwestern Roots 2010: Family History and Genealogy Conference Aug. 6 and 7, 2010, at the Indianapolis Marriott East. This exciting regional event, themed Migration Then and Now, offers tools and techniques to help individuals identify and […]
My husband and I had a tough week recently, attending funerals for the mothers of two friends. At middle age, as our parents? generation is melting quickly away, we are becoming the memory bearers of our grandparents? and parents? lives. Funerals are wake-up calls to tell their stories and ours and record them for posterity. […]
Out of the more than 3,300 students who participated in National History Day in Indiana this year, 47 finalists will represent our state at the Kenneth E. Behring National History Day Contest June 13 through 17. Some of these students are returning to nationals for the second or third time, but for most of them, […]
Last Friday, a group of senior citizens visited us from a retirement home. This is not unusual we get many groups from retirement centers but I saw something extraordinary happen with this group as they visited the You Are There 1914: The Violin Maker Upstairs experience. I happened to walk past as the group of […]
