If you are a researcher, genealogist or just love geography and history, this is a program that you do not want to miss. It will intrigue the listener to hear of many unknown facts regarding counties within the U.S., specifically, here in Indiana. County and equivalent development and their history can be so different. Knowing boundaries and county changes are, also, helpful to researchers.

Michael Maben, the presenter, recently retired from 35 years as the cataloging librarian at the Indiana University Bloomington Jerome Law Library. He earned his bachelor’s degree in history from Portland State University (Portland, Oregon) and his master’s degree in library science from the University of Washington (Seattle, Washington).

He served on the Indiana Genealogical Society board for 22 years, with 10 years as President. He has had many professional positions, has published, presented, contributed nationally, regionally and has received many prestigious awards, among them the Renee D. Chapman Memorial Award for Outstanding Contributions in Technical Services Law Librarianship in July, 2020.

Admission is FREE for members of the Vigo County History Center. Admission for non-members can be purchased at the History Center or on the History Center website.