The Clay County Genealogy Library will be closed Monday, Jan . 26th, and Wednesday, January 28th, due to heavy snow and extremely cold temperatures.
The library will be open the following week on February 2nd. If you need to visit the library on a day we are not open, call at least a week in advance to make an appointment. There is a $10.00 charge for opening the library on unscheduled days for 3 hours.
Chrlotte Halsema Ottinger will discuss her 2021 book, Madge: the Life and Times of Madge Oberholtzer, the young Irvington, Indiana, woman who brought down D. C. Stephenson and the Ku Klux Klan. Madge was born in Clay City, Indiana, where her father was a postman.
February 7, 2026 2:00 PM Adults $7 Seniors $6
Signed copies of her book will be available for $35.00; 50% of the proceeds go to the Irvington Historical Society. Accepted payment cash, check, Zella, or credit card.