The Ralph W. Stark Heritage Center Welcomes
Genealogists
The library welcomes family history researchers to the
Heritage Center. The following is a list of suggestions for anyone planning a
research trip
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Decide the branch of the family tree to research.• Bring copies of your research and leave originals at home.• Check for links to other record repositories in the county.• Search the online catalog for books and materials specific to your research.•
Call the library (765-482-3460) and ask for Heritage Center
Staff. They will provide information about other places you may plan to
visit while in the area such as cemeteries, genealogical and historical
societies, hotels and restaurants. Contacting
the library prior to your arrival will enable staff to gather vital
records pertaining to your research that may save time and ensure a
fun, rewarding and successful trip.
Mon- Tues 9 AM - 8 PM
Wed - Fri 9 AM - 5 PM
Sat 9 AM - 2 PM
Lebanon Public Library War Years
Roundtable
June 10, 2013
“That American Disease”
Narcotic Use During and After the American Civil
War
Philip S. Gibbs, MD, FCCM, Professor Emeritus,
Department of Anesthesia, Indiana University School
of Medicine
The use and abuses of narcotics during
the Civil War will be discussed. The pharmacology, including addiction,
mechanism of action, history of 19th century addiction and sources in nature,
will be presented.
The presenter’s experiences as both a
patient and in practice in treating severe pain will also be presented.Finally
other possible drugs from the CW era, which could have been utilized to modify
narcotic usage.
The
War Years Roundtable will meet Quarterly in 2013. The group will meet
in the top floor meeting room at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday evening
of the month.
Meeting dates are scheduled: June 10, 2013 , September 9, 2013 and December 9, 2013The
War Years Roundtable is a military discussion group open to adults and
students. The public is invited to attend. For more information on this
program please contact the Heritage Center. 765.482.3460 ext.261
Boone County Genealogical Society
Meeting
The
Boone County Genealogical Society will meet 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday May
28, 2013 at Maple Lawn Cemetery in Thorntown. Larry Truitt will give a
hands-on demonstration of properly cleaning gravestones
For more information contact: jamey@leblib.org
Cemetery Restoration
Gravestone Cleaning Workshop
May 11th, 2013Maple Lawn Cemetery- Thorntown, Indiana
This
hands-on workshop will be conducted by Larry Truitt. Participants will
learn how to properly clean gravestones and then will practice the
technique by cleaning Civil War soldiers' stones. Cost is $10.00 which
will cover the cost of all workshop materials and tools. Call 436-7151
for information and to register.
Participants will learn the proper
methods of headstone cleaning through hands on experience, and will
also receive workshop specific materials and tools that can be later
utilized in the application of the learned methods during our workshop.
Workshop will start at 9:00 a.m. and end at 2:00 p.m.
Members
of the Boone County Genealogical Society are currently restoring "The
Old Cemetery" in Thorntown, IN. Revolutionary War and many Civil War
Veterans are buried in this historic cemetery. There is much
preservation work to be done. Please join us! For more information, please contact Jameyor Larry Truitt, Boone County Cemetery Coordinator and Cemetery Restoration Chairman for the BCGS.
Heritage Center Resources
The Heritage Center resources include: local atlases, maps,
and plat books, building and house histories for Boone County, Lebanon
City Directories (1893-1999), Indiana histories and reference
materials, local and school newspapers, oral histories, published family histories,
social club scrapbooks, telephone directories (1916-2013), yearbooks, and an extensive
General File.
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