Jul 18, 2018 | Highlights in History
A Young Inventor By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With the opening of the Ignite Makerspace in the Fishers library, it’s a good time to talk about a young man named George McDonald (1880-1947) who set a high bar for homebuilt science experiments. ...
Jun 21, 2018 | Highlights in History
What Is a FamilySearch.org Affiliate Library? By: Nancy Massey What Is a FamilySearch Affiliate Library? The Hamilton East Public Library is a FamilySearch Affiliate library. Since FamilySearch.org stopped microfilm ordering, many digitized microfilms at...
May 24, 2018 | Highlights in History
Asa P. Robertson, Noblesville Maker By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian With the 500 mile race just around the corner and the opening of Ignite, the new maker’s space at the Fishers Library, I thought I would look at a local maker who built his own...
May 10, 2018 | Highlights in History
Was Your Ancestor a World War I Veteran? By: Nancy Massey One hundred years ago this May, the United States was heavily involved in the Great War, also known as World War I, from 1917-1918. The United States declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917 and officially...
Apr 12, 2018 | Highlights in History
The First Chinese Immigrants to Hamilton County By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian While Hamilton County has people of many different nationalities living here today, at one time it was rare enough to be reported in the news. The Ledger reported on...
Mar 29, 2018 | Highlights in History
Female Ancestors and Census Records By: Nancy Massey March is Women’s History Month. What better time to honor your female ancestors than to search for their whereabouts and history! One of my genealogical goals is to find all my female ancestors on all the census...
