Second Wave is new family ancestry program

The Carroll County Historical Society Museum has initiated a companion family history program to the First Families of Carroll County program. The new program is titled Second Wave.

The family ancestry program honors the early settlers and their families, who helped build Carroll County through commerce, education and the development of towns and villages. These great ancestors helped to position Carroll County to move toward progress and to usher the county into the machine age.

The Second Wave program will encourage families to research and preserve their family lineage for future generations. Members of this program will have their names listed in the booklet of the Annual Old Settler's Meeting held each August.

To qualify for membership as a Second Wave family, citizens must provide documented evidence that their earliest Carroll County ancestor resided in the county between Aug. 2, 1855, and Dec. 31, 1900.

A direct line from the applicant to their pioneer ancestor must be proven at each step, including the spouse in each generation, and all documents must include full citation. This lineage will be included in the permanent genealogy collection of the Carroll County Historical Society and Museum.

Applications for the Second Wave program are available in the museum during regular hours: Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Wednesdays, 8 a.m. to noon. The museum also contains many resources for genealogy research. The application and information will be available on the Web site www.carrollcountymuseum.org. History book in second printing

The new history book, "Carroll County Indiana Legacy 1824-2005," will go to print for a second time. Call or stop by the museum to order a copy before it is too late.