By Jessica L., Local History and Genealogy Librarian The winter season often allows time for families to huddle together inside away from the cold and celebrate traditions, some of them going back generations. If you’ve ever wondered about the story behind a family...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian It’s not often that I find a straight-forward ghost story, but while doing some research on another topic, I found an 1899 incident at a house in southwest Noblesville that doesn’t seem to have an explanation. It is...
October is Family History Month! What does family history mean to you? Ancestry charts of grandparents, great grandparents, back and back into history? Close friends that have been there for you? Favorite memories of time spent with a beloved grandma or grandpa?...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian Noblesville will soon have a professional basketball team, thanks to the Indiana Pacers G-League team moving from Fort Wayne, which makes it worth looking back at the history of the sport in this area. Of course, high...
By David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian I’ve covered early circus activity in Hamilton County before. Pushing it farther back, we have a record of the earliest appearance of a circus or menagerie show in the county. A reminiscence by Augustus Finch Shirts in the...
By Ann G., CRDC Assistant Manager Newspapers.com is one of the best benefits of your library card! It is a database of newspapers that have been filmed (digitized) and are searchable by key word, date, and title. The newspapers are from all over the U.S. (and even...
The Hamilton East Public Library is conducting our annual Patron Experience Survey to better understand how you use the Library, what you enjoy about it, and what areas could use some improvement.
Please follow the link below to share your response before the survey closes on Sunday, November 24. Thank you!
