
History Blogs

“Bedrock Jim”: The Peculiar Life of James Burchem
By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
While the holidays ...

Important Local Genealogy Resources
By: Sherri Bonham
Whenever I receive a request for information about early ...

On your ancestor hunts, have you ever wished someone would invent a time machine so that you could travel back in ...

Another Kind of Historic Photography - Mugshots
By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
Thanks to the ...

Family History Day at HEPL
By: Nancy Massey
Next month, October, is Family History Month, time to jumpstart that ...

Thorpe Creek - Hamilton County's Misspelled Landmark
By: David Heighway, Hamilton County Historian
There is a body ...

Early Maps of Hamilton County
By: Sherri Bonham
Maps are important in historical and genealogical research because ...

By Nancy Massey
As you research your Indiana ancestor, you may want to know more about the county in which he/she ...

Historic Books and New Ways to Access Them
By: Sherri Bonham
I recently came across this lovely book, The Schools ...
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