Indiana and Local History Programs

To register for programs call (317) 838-3800 or register online through the Event Calendar

Shaking the Leaves of Your Family Tree

Second Monday of each month from 6 - 8 p.m.

Want to trace your family tree and don't know how to begin? Or have you begun and reached a snag? Phyllis Walters, the Local and Indiana Information Department's genealogy expert, will be available for individual consultation the second Monday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. Join Phyllis in the department's reading room. Registration is not required. 

Indiana Train Ride to Downfall: DC Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan

Date:  Thursday, February 18, 2010          7:00pm              East Meeting Room

When D.C. Stephenson, Grand Dragon of the INdiana Ku Klux Klan, departed Indianapolis's Union Station with his "date", he thought he would be enjoying a relaxing weekend.  Little did he know that the journey was the start of his downfall.  As part of the library's observance of Black History Month, Dr. Lee Cloe will discuss Indiana's prominent role in the Ku Klux Klan movement during the early part of the 20th Century.  Registration is required.