Links to the Past

I added these to the Waukesha Genealogy site a while ago, but forgot to post the list of additions.

Marriages:
Hildebrand, Meyer
Lowry, Foster, Ihrig, Mueller, Proctor

Genesee Cemetery #41
Added many obituaries

Highland Memorial park
Grzybowski

Oak Ridge Cemetery (#34)
Added many obituaries

St. Theresa’s Evergreen
Fardy

St. Theresa’s Oak Knoll
Even, Kalb, Foat

Ottawa Town Cemetery
Neff

North Prairie Cemetery
Hinkley

Forest Hill Cemetery
Added links to photographs and Obituaries

Hartland Lutheran
Updated images to photo gallery
added obituaries for:
Winkelman, Schwartz, Allen, Bailey, Bakken, Christiansen, Grabowska, Johnson,

Town of Genesee History

Karen Duffy has a book “Who’s Who in Polish America” published in 1943 and edited by Rev. Francis Bolek.  It’s also available at many libraries, including the Milwaukee Central Branch.  I’m attaching the list of WI names in the book.  People who are interested can contact Karen for a copy of the short biography or they can check the library for a copy.  Karen’s email can be found on the contributors’ page under Polish transcriptions and surnames.

The Polish American Index can be found here

I thought during this time of State Fair I would look up a little history on the fair.  I found an article in the Milwaukee Sentinel which the describes the early locations of the fair.

You can find it at the Links To The Past Milwaukee History Website.

The Library of Congress has added a newspaper collection to their site. These historic newspapers are available to read online in Chronicling America at the Library of Congress.

There aren’t any from Wisconsin there yet, but many times events are picked up by other newspapers across the country. It is worth taking a look.

Happy Reading
Ellen-

I have been working on writing material for a website for a client.  Her family has a lot of surnames attached to it.  The main ones are Sanderson, Pierce, O’Driscoll, Hardy and Schmidt.

If you are interested in those surnames, please take a peak by going to sandersonpierce.linkingyourpast.com

I went to cemeteries.org, the Milwaukee Archdiocese website, to do a search for a catholic death in Milwaukee.  Much to my surprise I found they change the search results for the better.

Prior to yesterday, when you did a search, you would simply come back with the name.  If there were multiple similar names, you would have to click each name to find the ones in a particular cemetery.  Now, when you do a search on the name, the results show the name as well as the cemetery they are buried.

A great improvement!

It has been a while since I have worked on this site.  I have been busy working on a family tree for one of my clients.  You can view the Sanderson, Pierce, O’Driscoll website at sandersonpierce.linkingyourpast.com

To the Milwaukee site I added biographies from the 1881 Milwaukee History book.

Surnames include:

Berges, Chapman, Derra, Dietz, Eichstadt, Gelhaar, Hagendorff, Kidney, Kuolt,  Luitink,  Marckres, O’Brien, Osthoff,  Pierce, Rochol, Senftenberg, Winkler, Zimmermann

Each memorial day weekend I try to put online something to honor veterans. This year I was able to find two articles in the Waukesha Freeman that listed the names of Civil War veterans that received goverment issued tombstones. I then looked up the obituaries of several of them and put them online.

Check out the Civil War Dead page for a listing of those that received military tombstones.

The following were entered in the cemeteries.

La Belle
Lyman

Cemetery X
Poelks
Kline

Buried Elsewhere
Terwilliger

Prairie Home
Vanderpool
Valentine
Enos
Voght/Vogt
Watson
Kippers
Crawford
Culver
Brown
Clinton
Henry
Mallory
Everett
Hartman
Chamberlain
Radcliffe
Cox

Thanks Gary for Sharing your knowledge!

re: genealogy research & Milw. German newspapers

To any interested researchers, I’m presenting a talk about Milwaukee’s 19th & early 20th C. German newspapers (and the indexing project) in July at the Salzmann Library on the campus of St. Francis de Sales Seminary. The flyer is attached.

Gary Rebholz

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What: a talk called Research in Milwaukee’s German newspapers
When: Saturday, July 18th, 1:00 PM (library open from 12-4)
Where: Salzmann library, St. Francis, Wisconsin
Why: The talk will focus on what the average skilled researcher can find in the local German newspapers at the Salzmann Library and at Milwaukee Public Library, and how to use them without German language skills. Also discussed will be the differences between the Salzmann and the the Milwaukee Public Library collections.
– the talk will be about an hour with questions
– refreshments will be available
– Reservations Strongly Suggested
– reservations, questions, or more information:

milwaukeegermannewspapers@yahoogroups.com

or call the Campus switchboard – ask for the library: 414-747-6479
or email grebholz@yahoo.com

The Salzmann Library is on the campus of
St. Francis de Sales Seminary
3257 S. Lake Drive
St. Francis
414-747-6479

(The library is located to the left of the main building as you enter the drive – follow the signs)

Gary Rebholz is an amateur researcher with German pioneer roots in Milwaukee. He has written about his research in Milwaukee’s German newspapers for the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society and the Milwaukee PAF User Group.

Today I am cleaning out my inbox and adding tombstone photos that people have submitted to me to the Image Gallery.

Surnames include:
Milwaukee County
Sizer, Sylvester,

Waukesha County
Kings, Jones, Woolfolk, Meigs, Evans