Floyd County Historical Society


Meeting schedule for 2022 posted at FCHSIN.org.


Stay Well!


February
Vic Megenity, retired history teacher, Vice-President FCHS, will present
"Floyd County Poor Home/Farm"
Past, Present, and Possible Future
Tuesday, February 22nd, 7:00pm   in the Elsa Strassweg Auditorium, of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
at 180 West Spring Street.



March Meeting
David Ruckman, Title Boundary Surveyor for 47 years, historian, and sculptor of two Hand Carved 14 ton Bison Buffalo Boundary Stones on the Buffalo Trace in New Albany,
will present "Concept in Historic Monumental Art"

Tuesday, February 22nd, 7:00pm   in the Elsa Strassweg Auditorium, of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
at 180 West Spring Street.



Padgett Museum CLOSED for the Winter!
The Padgett Museum operated by the Floyd County Historical Society, located at 509 West Market Street, New Albany, Indiana, is closed for the winter.
Re-opening May 14th 2022.  Visits until then by appointment.

Masks and Vaccinations are highly recommended.

 

For more information, call Bob Sterrett at 812-590-2798.
Visit the society's website at FCHSIN.org.

Donations Needed

contact@fchsin.org


Dues
Collecting Dues for 2022.  Dues are now $10 Individual, $20 Family.
Donation / Membership form




Our Community 2021

This is Our Community is given to all third graders in the county and is used to satisfy the Indiana History course requirement for all students in private, parochial, and public schools.

The 2021 version has been distributed to the schools!  Editorial and financial support for the 2022 version are welcome.


Final 2021 document as a PDF.             web view of Our Community 2021


1959

2018

2019

2020-2021



Other Events
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

ALL ARE WELCOME, the MEETING IS FREE
Masks and Vaccinations are highly recommended.

Registration begins at 9:45.  
Food will be served at 12:15pm!

Jeffersonville Township Public Library
"Celebration of Black History Month"

Diane Stepro will cover some of the highlights of the library's online tour "At Freedom's Gate:  African Americans Settling in Clark County" available through IUPUI's Discover Indiana Tours website and phone app.
You'll learn about Clark County's Black heroes, and the region's shameful legacy of lynching and torture.

Photo journalist Larry J. Basham will show and discuss his nine-minute documentary video, Waystation to Freedom.
Filmed in 2019, it is about The Underground Railroad's Town Clock Church, located in New Albany (Floyd County), IN
Saturday, February 26th, 3pm   in the Jeffersonville Library North Program Room,

Masks and Vaccinations are highly recommended.
call the Jeffersonville library at 812-285-5630, the Clarksville library at 812-285-5640 or check out the library's website at jefflibrary.org.

Falls of the Ohio Genealogical Society
MARCH MEETING

Dr. Claudia Crump (Professor Emeritus and former Co-Director of the Center for Cultural Resources at Indiana University Southeast)
will present "The Clark Family Moves to the Falls of the Ohio."
Help the family load their wagon for their trek west.


Thursday, March 3rd, 6:30pm   in the Elsa Strassweg Auditorium, of the New Albany-Floyd County Public Library
at 180 West Spring Street.
Masks and Vaccinations are highly recommended.

A meet and greet will begin at 6:15 in the auditorium at the New Albany Library.
Refreshments will be served in the Library!

Respond to: info@FallsGenealogy.org

FOGS anticipates continuing the First Family Program for 2022.  Get started!  Get the fillable PDF Application form.     Contact: Donna Kepley Foster at 812-923-3492.   FirstFamilies@FallsGenealogy.org
2021 Brochure (First families brochure containing the pioneer surnames through the 2019 event)


Videos & Recorded Programs
Floyd County Historical Society
Meetings, Monon videos

Falls of the Ohio Genealogical Society
Recorded Meetings and More



Resources
Jefferson Township Library Genealogy & History Links