From the Indiana Historical Society:
We are pleased to announce the selection of IHS Staff member Ruth Dorrel
as the new Decatur County Historian. Ruth replaces Pat Smith who steps
down after 10 years as Decatur County Historian. Ruth was nominated by
the Historical Society of Decatur County and brings a rich background in
family history to her new position.
From me:
Ruth is also the editor of Hoosier Genealogist; see
http://www2.ihs1830.org/ihs1830/thg.htm. I visited her and her husband in
St Paul last June and found them living in a house built by Dr Daniel
Jefferson Ballard, a distant cousin who was the next, after my gggfather
Philip Ballard, among the descendants of Elijah Ballard to move from Rush
Co into an adjacent corner of Decatur Co.
John Ballard, Decatur Co IN genweb co-ordinator
http://www.rootsweb.com/~indecatu/indecatu.html