Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree: Records of Death

With Halloween just two days away, what better time to talk about death…death records, that is. They are the last of the vital records; the last remaining to be discussed here and the last our...

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Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree: Marriage Records

As you may have discovered, census records provide us with some clues regarding our ancestors’ marriages. Beginning with the 1880 census, asking a person’s marital status became a standard question for census takers. In 1900...

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Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree: Finding Birth Records

As I mentioned in last week’s post, the information provided on census records is not always entirely accurate. Spelling and dates can vary based on the census taker and/or the family member he or she...

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Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree: Using the Census

Last week, we started our family history research by recording what we already know. The next step is to start verifying and adding to that information. One of the easiest ways to accomplish this is...

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Posted in: Family Tree Kickstart Your Family Tree

If you caught our recent WISH-TV appearance, you already know the top three reasons why we think everyone should know their family’s history. But in case you missed it, let’s do a quick recap. 1....

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Posted in: Historic Miscellania A Personal Indianapolis Story of Love, Survival and Inspiration- Part I

This is the first first-person account written by an Historic Indianapolis.com reader–I hope the first of many. This story is deeply touching and is divided into two parts. The conclusion will run tomorrow, in honor...

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Posted in: Indianapolis Collected Indianapolis Collected: 160 years of State Fair memories

The late billionaire Malcolm Forbes was a prolific collector of many rare and valuable objects, but perhaps his most unusual collection was his cache of nearly 200 trophies that had been awarded to winners of...

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