37-year-old Blanche HOOVER a student at Lizton High School (1949)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, September 22, 1949 - page 1, columns 3-4:

37 YEAR OLD LIZTON WOMAN FINISHING HIGH SCHOOL
Mrs. Blanche Hoover, 37-year-old wife of a Lizton farmer and carpenter, has entered the junior class in the Lizton High School in an effort to meet college entrance requirements.

Mrs. Hoover rides the school bus daily with her three children who attend the grade school at Lizton. Her daughter, Kay, is a first grader; two sons in school are Morris, third grade, and Lewis, fourth grade. According to teachers who have had the children they are above the average for their age. Mrs. Hoover re-entered school with a very high scholastic record.

She attended up to her junior year at the Zionsville schools when she quit to get married. Now, she feels that will need a higher education in case she might someday have to make a living for her children. Mrs. Hoover's tentative plan is to further her education in a college where she will enter the field of psychology.

During the noon hour Mrs. Hoover works in the school lunch room preparing tables and serving food. She is a member of the Lizton High School Glee Club, but is not engaging in other extracurricular activities. She is very active in the Cub Scout work in her community.

List of New Winchester students in 1959 added

An index of the New Winchester students in grades 1 through 12 in 1959 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the New Winchester High School 1959 yearbook, The Warrior. This yearbook has been digitized and is available online in the Archives section of the Hendricks County Government website.

Indianapolis Raceway Park to be built in Brownsburg (1959)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, September 24, 1959 - page 1, columns 6-7:

According to a September 1959 newspaper article, the promoters of the proposed Indianapolis Raceway Park filed a petition with the Hendricks County Plan Commission for a zoning variance so they could build the racetrack. The 155 acre piece of land was described as being between US 136 and 30th Street (aka County Road 300 North) east of Hunter Road (aka County Road 1000 East). The project was estimated to cost $250,000, and the promoters were listed as Rodger Ward (winner of the 1959 Indy 500), Tom Binford (president of the United States Auto Club) and Frank Dickey (a promoter from New Bremen, Ohio).

NOTE: Today the racetrack is known as Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis.

Hendricks County estate index for 1945-1949 added

An index of the Hendricks County estate cases that had legal notices published in the Danville newspapers Danville Gazette and The Republican for the years 1945 through 1949 has been added to the probate records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site.

This index of estate cases now covers 1945-1953; more years will be added later.

This may not be a comprehensive list of all the Hendricks County estate cases for this time period; legal notices could be filed in any newspaper in the county.

Hendricks County residents who graduated from Indiana University (1906)

source: A commencement program for Indiana University, Bloomington for June 20, 1906:

CLAYTON:
Thomas Joseph Kirby - Bachelor of Arts in Latin
Earl Hampton Richardson - Bachelor of Arts in History

PITTSBORO:
George Albert Keeney - Bachelor of Arts in History

Adoption of Donald Dwight HART (1952)

source: Danville Gazette (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, July 10, 1952 - page 6, column 2:

According to a legal notice, in July 1952 there was a petition filed by John Richard Olvey and Mary Kathlyn Olvey in the Hendricks County Circuit Court (case #91) to adopt Donald Dwight Hart, a minor. His biological father, Miles Donald Hart, was listed as not being a resident of Indiana and not having paid support money for more than 1 year. The case was scheduled to be heard in court on September 2, 1952.

List of Middle Township landowners in 1919 added

An index of the landowners in Middle Township in 1919 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Adoption of Georgie K. HENDRICKS (1950)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, June 22, 1950 - page 6, column 5:

According to a legal notice, in June 1950, Ray J. Miller and Sally M. Miller were petitioning the Hendricks County Circuit Court to adopt Georgie K. Hendricks, a minor.

Hendricks County estate index for 1950-1953 updated

An index of the Hendricks County estate cases that had legal notices published in the Danville Gazette from 1950 through 1953 has been added to the existing index for The Republican that is in the probate records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site.

This may not be a comprehensive list of Hendricks County estate cases for this time period; legal notices could be filed in any newspaper in the county.

List of Liberty Township landowners in 1925 added

An index of the landowners in Liberty Township in 1925 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Hendricks County estate index for 1953 added

An index of the Hendricks County estate cases that had legal notices published in the Danville newspaper The Republican in 1953 has been added to the probate records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This is not a comprehensive list of Hendricks County estate cases for this period; legal notices could be filed in any newspaper in the county.

Danville adopts one-way traffic around courthouse square (1959)

source: The Republican (Danville, Indiana) - issue of Thursday, March 26, 1959 - page 1, column 6:

In March 1959, in an effort to ease congestion, the Danville Town Council passed an ordinance to change the traffic flow around the courthouse square. What had previously been two-way traffic was changed to one-way traffic, going in a counterclockwise direction (meaning traffic from US 36 would enter the square by going south on the west side (aka Jefferson Street), then going east on the south side of the square (aka Marion Street), and then going north on the east side of the square (aka Washington Street).

An earlier article (March 5, 1959) mentions that they had initially wanted to make the one-way traffic go in a clockwise direction - with traffic from US 36 entering the square by going south on the east side of the square (aka Washington Street), then going west on the south side of the square (aka Marion Street) and then going north on the west side of the square (aka Jefferson Street).

The articles noted that some business owners were against the change, wanting the traffic to remain two-way for fear that they would lose customers. The Hendricks County Sheriff and the Danville police chief were both in favor of the change.

List of Brown Township landowners in 1932 added

An index of the landowners in Brown Township in 1932 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the Hendricks County Assessor's collection of plat books and lists the Congressional Township, Range and Section that the land was located in.

The Hendricks County Government's Archive has digital files of the plat books for scattered years between 1852 and 1940.

Plainfield genealogy group to tour Indiana State Library

The Plainfield library's Family History Hounds genealogy group will meet on Thursday, July 7 at 12:50 pm at the Indiana State Library in Indianapolis. Jamie Dunn will give a tour of the library's Genealogy Division, including the resources they have for other states besides Indiana. Afterwards, there will be time to do some of your own research. Participants should gather in the library's café area, just inside the north entrance.

If you are interested in the group, or have questions, please contact Plainfield library's Indiana Room - e-mail askindiana@plainfieldlibrary.net or phone (317) 839-6602 extension 2114.

Hendricks County estate index for 1952 added

An index of the Hendricks County estate cases that had legal notices published in the Danville newspaper The Republican in 1952 has been added to the probate records section of the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This is not a comprehensive list of Hendricks County estate cases for this period; legal notices could be filed in any newspaper in the county.

Ancestry.com adds Indiana vital records databases

A 1917 birth record for John Noble Patterson of Brown Township, Hendricks County

If you have a personal subscription to Ancestry.com, or your local library has an institutional subscription, you can access their new databases for:

• Indiana birth records (1907-1940)
• Indiana death records (1899-2011)
• Indiana marriage records (1958-2005)
  

These 3 databases are a result of an agreement announced in October 2014 between Ancestry.com and the Indiana state government. One of the terms of the agreement is that Ancestry has the exclusive right to host these databases for the first 3 years.

The majority of these records were digitized from existing microfilm; therefore the quality of the image may vary.

NOTE: Indiana began requiring the recording of births and deaths in 1882; however, at that time, the records were kept by the health department in each county. It was only in January 1900 that copies of death records began to be sent to the state, and in October 1907 that copies of birth records began to be sent to the state. Similarly, a state law in July 1958 began requiring a copy of marriage records (which reside in the courthouse in each county) to be sent on to the state. The state's version of the marriage record may not have all the information (or signatures) that may be seen in the county's version.

List of North Salem students in 1974 added

An index of the North Salem students in grades 1 through 12 in 1974 has been added to the Hendricks County GenWeb site. This index was compiled from the North Salem High School 1974 yearbook, Echo. This yearbook is in the collection of the Danville library.