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The Heritage Room Source for the history & genealogy of Adams County, Indiana.

August 31, 1928The Adams County WitnessBluffton's annual Johns and Marys picnic was announced for September 9, 1928. Any...
09/01/2026

August 31, 1928
The Adams County Witness

Bluffton's annual Johns and Marys picnic was announced for September 9, 1928. Any family who had a John or a Mary was invited to attend! So....most of the town, probably. 😄

Check out this really cool project that Swiss Heritage Village and Museum is undertaking! This caboose will be a really ...
08/31/2026

Check out this really cool project that Swiss Heritage Village and Museum is undertaking! This caboose will be a really exciting addition to the museum grounds.

08/19/2026

Coming to the Allen County Public Library starting in September! If you haven't been to the Genealogy Center in downtown Fort Wayne, it is absolutely worth a trip.

Did you know the newspaper used to include reports of who entered and exited the hospital? If you search the name of a r...
08/19/2026

Did you know the newspaper used to include reports of who entered and exited the hospital? If you search the name of a relative, you might come up with one of these entries! Entry below is from the Berne Witness, January 15, 1971.

Check our newspaper archives here: http://bernepublicin.advantage-preservation.com/

Let this be your lesson- when you pass, make sure your obituary includes lots of details! Your future descendants will t...
08/16/2026

Let this be your lesson- when you pass, make sure your obituary includes lots of details! Your future descendants will thank you!

Sometimes old ads were....well, blunt! Like this ad, from the Berne Studio photography business, that ran in the Berne W...
08/15/2026

Sometimes old ads were....well, blunt! Like this ad, from the Berne Studio photography business, that ran in the Berne Witness on July 13, 1899.

08/13/2026

Fraternal records can contain family-history details found nowhere else.

Most of Clark County’s Independent Order of Odd Fellows records have now found permanent homes in local repositories, and several initiation books have been digitized.

Initiation volumes can preserve names, dates, occupations, residences, relationships, and other valuable clues about members and their communities.

Saving these records ensures that future researchers can continue discovering the stories hidden within them.

Sometimes the way information can seem totally unbelievable! Come in and let us take a crack at your brick wall ancestor...
08/11/2026

Sometimes the way information can seem totally unbelievable! Come in and let us take a crack at your brick wall ancestors. We love to help!

It's Back to School Time and we've got some Hartford Township students that need names! Tom Agler is the only one ident...
08/11/2026

It's Back to School Time and we've got some Hartford Township students that need names! Tom Agler is the only one identified.
Both are 8th grade, first is from 1954 and the second is from 1956.
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