May 5, 2023 | Uncategorized, What's Cooking @ HEPL?
By: Heidi Herald Welcome back to What’s Cooking @ HEPL! I am Heidi Herald, a Public Services Librarian at Hamilton East Public Library, and I review one of the library’s cookbooks quarterly. This month, I am reviewing I Am From Here: Stories and Recipes From a...
May 3, 2023 | Staff Picks For Adults, Uncategorized
By Laura Hoffman WHAT: Let’s celebrate and lift up our Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community members! In 1977, five joint resolutions were introduced to Congress. These resolutions proposed that one week of May should be set aside every year to...
Apr 28, 2023 | Indiana Room, Staff Picks For Adults, Uncategorized
By Ann Grilliot, Genealogy & Local History Coordinator Mother’s Day is approaching, and that has me thinking of the women in my life. On both sides of my lineage, the family stories have been passed on through the women. They have been the historians and...
Apr 5, 2023 | Indiana Room, Library News, Staff Picks For Adults, Staff Picks For Kids, Uncategorized
By Jessica Layman, Local History and Genealogy Librarian Did you know that people with Arab heritage have been living in Indiana for more than 100 years? Many assumptions are made about people who identify as Arab. Generally speaking, people of Arab descent or their...
Mar 30, 2023 | Indiana Room, Uncategorized
By Ann Grilliot, Genealogy & Local History Coordinator I want to learn more about genetic genealogy. You know, using your DNA to find all those cousins you share centimorgans with. Growing up, my grandmother shared stories of her Swedish family. I always loved to...
