Links to the Past

During World War II, over 35,000 prisoners-of-war (POWs) were transported to Japan, where they were confined to work camps and forced to labour under horrendous conditions. In all there were 130 such camps, and by war’s end more than 3,500 POWs had died.

How and where these casualties met their death has never been clarified. Prior to the surrender the Imperial Japanese Army issued instructions to destroy all documents relating to these camps. Japan’s Government has never told the full story of the treatment of POWs either in Japan or overseas.

Our group has endeavoured to unveil this hidden history, and this list is nearing completion. The roll of Commonwealth soldiers has already appeared on our web site. We are now adding the names of American and Dutch casualties to each individual camp site.

Excellent Resource for WWII POWs. Check it out!

POW Research Network

Saturday August 26
Added a new link on the special links page, it’s in the section on resources for other states/entire us. Its to directorygenealogy.com
Added obits for Stone #89D, Assman #63, Awe #73, Bruckschen #73. Put a bio sketch on for W.E. Dallwig.
Death info for Alex Valenstein in the death index, he has no stone that I know of.
Added death info for Sophia and Carl Ladwig/Ladewig in #44
Put on marriage for John Jelinek (more…)

Added a list of unclaimed letters 1890, to the unclaimed letters page. Thanks Barb for typing that up!

Added the following surnames to the marriages, thanks to a submission by a researcher: Baird, Daniels, Dickens, Geschke, Hodge, Kraner, Lawson, Lewis, Monson, Nelson, Powell, Riddell, Sturges, Zipperer

Added additional biographies from HISTORY OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, Nearly 4000 biographical sketches of pioneers and citizens, The Western Historical Company, Chicago, A.T. Andreas Proprietor, 1881.

I added a link from all the WI County Pages to the Online Wisconsin Death Records & Indexes

I’ve added more priest bio. sketches in cem. #23. I have around a hundred left to do, if anyone is interested in helping to transcribe the bios, email me. It can all be done with email.

I updated the Milwaukee county Genealogy website today linkstothepast.com/milwaukee

Added Franklin death information to Second Home Cemetery (067), added Traudt and Murphy to Calvary Cemetery (036), added Dresen, Retzer, Totsky and Traudt to Holy Cross Cemetery (047), added new cemetery Resurrection Catholic in Mequon (very near Milwaukee town line) entered Traudt and Mutz burials, added Forester to Valhalla Cemetery

A researcher found Vol. 1 of Bruce’s History of Milwaukee, City and County in PDF format. I added a link to the chapters.

Added links to Zavelsky Family of Glukhov and the BITTMANN and DAVIS Family Genealogy to the Family Website pages.

Added more death notices to the Milwaukee Death notices page.

Added World War II Inductees, award winners, wounded and missing in action to the Military section.

Bob Domagalski sent me the priest bio. sketches for the priests buried in cemetery #23 and I’ve started to type them in. They will also have photos with the sketches as soon as I can photograph them from the sheets I have.

Added a link to a Kiel Family history. The link is in the “Family Histories on the Web” section.

Added a photo and bio. of Peter Philipps
Have tombstone photos of some Nash, Hubbell and Pritchard, Cem. #44.
Put on mar. info for Garvey/Halron
Added death info for Carl and Wilhelmine Matznick cem. #78

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