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Do you want to research your family history, but don’t know where to start?

Join us in September for Beginning Genealogy!  We will have classes every Wednesday in September from 4:30-6:30 pm in the Indiana History Room.  Due to limited seating, registration is required. Click here to register! Courses will cover the following: Wednesday, September 5th - Getting Started – You will learn what forms are used for genealogy [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:55-04:00August 21st, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Do you want to research your family history, but don’t know where to start?

The Sun Does Shine

You probably don't need me to tell you about this book, The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton - it's Oprah's latest Book Club pick and hopefully it's everywhere you look. What you might need me to tell you is that it is a compelling, [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:55-04:00August 18th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The Sun Does Shine

Stitched in Tradition

Quilting has come a long way from its origin culcita, Latin for “a stuffed sack.” In early American colonization, the use of fabric was strictly functional and efficient – the female heads-of-houses stitched a variety of materials due to money problems or limited textile options. Fabrics became more accessible and feasible during the late 1700S [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:55-04:00August 16th, 2018|Uncategorized|2 Comments

Ace the Test: Test Prep Resources at the Floyd County Library

School's in session! And for many of our Floyd County students that means it's time to start thinking about their education plans. Last week, my colleague Misty wrote about some back-to-school resources you can find at your library. Today I want to go into more depth about a couple of them. Whether your future plans [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:56-04:00August 14th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Ace the Test: Test Prep Resources at the Floyd County Library

Elvis is in the Building!

When most people think of Southern Indiana, they probably do not think of The King of Rock and Roll. However, Charleston has been home to an Elvis costume company since 1980. B & K Enterprises, founded by Butch and Kim Polston, is a local family-owned company known mainly for making recreations of Elvis’s costumes. On [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:56-04:00August 2nd, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Elvis is in the Building!

Check Out These Native American Authors

There have been some GREAT books by Native American authors published this year! Check out these Native American authors! Heart Berries: A Memoir by Teresa Marie Mailhot (2018; 143 pages). Ebook available via Hoopla. Downloadable audiobook available via Hoopla. This slim volume packs a powerful punch as Mailhot, a First Nations Canadian author, writes about [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:56-04:00July 26th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Check Out These Native American Authors

I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

Reading a big, thick book is great... except when the book weighs so much that your wrists are aching or you want to carry your book with you without pulling a shoulder muscle or you keep getting sleepy and don't want to risk a broken nose when that huge tome falls on your face. Luckily, [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:56-04:00July 24th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on I Like Big Books and I Cannot Lie

Really Old English

You remember Beowulf, right?  It’s that poem you had to read about in English class about a guy who fights monsters and then (spoiler alert for a thousand year old work of literature) gets killed by a dragon.  You may have also seen one of the handful of Beowulf movie adaptations, although the poem usually [...]

By |2020-08-21T00:36:56-04:00July 19th, 2018|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Really Old English
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