Who Do You Think You Are? Returns on NBC!

Also streams on Peacock.

 

Thanks For The New Banner, Kim!

GSMC President Barbara Cline-Hutchinson (L) is happy 

to accept this new display banner from Kim Smith (R). 

Kim created and donated the banner to GSMC, 

and it will be a super addition to the Society booth at the upcoming 

Midwestern Roots Conference.

 

Someone Shook The Family Tree!

OK, I couldn't resist that headline, sorry. 

Patricia Fox Shook of Roseville, CA, donated her excellent genealogy to our library.

It contains lots of Shooks in Indiana.

[I attended high school in West Virginia with Alberta Shook a l-o-n-g time ago. 

Maybe a relative here?]

 

Unique Family History Resource Donated

Emily Moore donated the below book to our GSMC Library and it's now on the shelf.

This is a unique family concept--

frankly we can't think of any other book that covers this museum topic. 

Drop by next Wednesday and see if this is a good fit for you.

 

Great Photo Session Last Saturday

We had a full house on the 11th at the GSMC Library 

to hear Joan Hostetler give a

excellent workshop on genealogical and historical photos.

[Visit the Indiana Album website to see some of the results of her work.]

Thanks, Joan!

Long time GSMC member Barbara George in foreground listens intently.

 

Thanks, Emily Moore!

GSMC would like to thank Emily Moore of Indianapolis for her recent donation 

of the nice selection of genealogy materials shown below. 

Our collection grows constantly with this kind of support from our community.

 

Indianapolis Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor Identified

WASHINGTON  –   The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that Navy Fire Controlman 2nd Class George Gilbert, 20, of Indianapolis, killed during World War II, was accounted for on Aug. 24, 2020.

On Dec. 7, 1941, Gilbert was assigned to the battleship USS Oklahoma, which was moored at Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, when the ship was attacked by Japanese aircraft. The USS Oklahoma sustained multiple torpedo hits, which caused it to quickly capsize. The attack on the ship resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen, including Gilbert.

From December 1941 to June 1944, Navy personnel recovered the remains of the deceased crew, which were subsequently interred in the Halawa and Nu’uanu Cemeteries.

Now buried in the Punchbowl National Cemetery on Oahu.

Expanded Warren Schools Collection

Members: We recently added more data to our Warren Township Schools files. 

Check it out in Members Section 2.  

We could use more; think about our "Scan and Return" program.

 

Hybrid Photo Program Saturday

Every genealogist's favorite activity: Looking  at old family photographs! 

Bring some of yours in and get some good advice

 

Practical Nursing Grads 1969

We just added the following class book to our website. 

Did you know IPS had a Nursing School? 

We also have a multi-year Directory.  

Beginning of the A-Z list...

 

IPS 54 Photo Donation

GSMC would like to thank Barbara Huff of Brownsburg 

for her donation of this school photo of IPS 54 June 1930. 

The grade level is not noted, but we suspect the Grade 8 graduation class. 

If anyone recognizes the names, please let us know some additional details.