Links to the Past

Calling all photos, calling all photos!

I am in the process of putting up a photo gallery for Waukesha County and Milwaukee County. I welcome any submissions from anyone out there that has photos they want to share.

I will be making an album for each of the Milwaukee and Waukesha County Cemeteries.

I have a general album for Milwaukee

I have a general album started for most of the townships in Waukesha county.

I have a lost memories album which is a place to share images or people you can’t identify.

If you have photos you would like to share, please email me and I will give you instructions.

The album is located at LinkingYourPast.com. There are over 3000 photos submitted to the gallery and soon to be more.

Wednesday - August 22
Thanks to Jan, the cemetery index is updated. It was a lot of work!!

Sunday - August 19
Added info to these marriages:
Edward Gerpheide, Friedrich Glaeser, Albert Haese, Carl Lenz, Johannes Luebke,Edward Schmidt, Carl Schultz

Added these deaths to cem. X
Johann Commens, Maria Wallschlaeger

Added 5 photos for the Gerhard Maas family. Links in marriages. Would the person who sent them please contact me.

Thanks to Lenora I added the transcriptions from St. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery in Pewaukee Township. She also took the time to take many photos of the headstones. I am in the process of adding those to the image site. The photos are also available at Find a Grave. Thanks Lenora for all of your hard work and Gloria for helping her.

Saturday - August 18
Added this marriage: Friedrich Hacker/Wilhelmine Moritz
Added info to these marriages:
Heinrich Baryenbruch, Herman Buss, Ernst Eberhardt, Bernhard Jacob, Julius Jacob Friedrich Kattreh, Heinrich Kiesow, Friedrich Kraase, Gustav Krueger Carl Fried. Aug. Liermann, Carl Joh. Fried Liermann, Wilhelm Lindermann, Wilhelm Mahnke Carl Noerenberg, Otto Rusch, Ernst Schnell, Julius Selle, Karl Selle, Peter Vetter

Added children to these marriages:
Carl Eichmann, Wilhelm Fischer, August Goethke, Carl Groth, Friedrich Haefke, Carl Holdorf Frank Holdorf, Louis Horstman, Julius Jacob, Friedr. Kattere, Wilhelm Kattere Fred Kieselhorst, Gottfried Leider, Wilhelm Lenz, Carl Liermann, Karl Lindemann Wilhelm Lindermann, Louis Lippert, August Luebke, Carl Lutzke, Friedrich Lutzke (no name) Lutzke/at end of Lutzke entries, Heinrich Matthias, Thomas McGowan, Frank Nass August Ott, Loui Pleuss, Otto Rusch, Wilhelm Rusch, Edward Schmidt, Johann Schnell Louis Schnell, Julius Selle, Karl Selle, Peter Vetter, Heinrich Wehausen, Albert Wienke Wilhelm Wienke, Pastor H.C. Zarwell, Ferdinand Zastrow

Friday - August 17
put in a correction to Anton Neisen.
Added info to these marriages:

Wilhelm Fischer/Wilhelmine Schnell, Hermann Hecker/Louise Maas Karl Lippert/Auguste Pleuss, August Luebke/Ida Hacker Julius Luebke/Emma Otto, Johann Schnell/Maria Wehausen Ludwig Schnell/Auguste Schnell, Ludwig Schnell/Bertha Luebke August Vetter/Louise Luebke, Wilhelm Welk/Emma Hacker

Added children to these marriages:
Wilhelm Commengs, Carl Eichmann, Hermann Fenker, Wilhelm Fischer, Friedrich Free August Goethke, Johann Grapentin, Peter Hecker, Carl Holdorf, Louis Horstman Johann Horstmann, Wilhelm Kattere, Carl Lindemann, Karl Lippert, Louis Lippert August Luebke, George Luebke, Carl Lutzke, Wilhelm Lutzke, Ludwig Nagel, Ernst Nass Frank Nass, August Ott, Loui Pleuss, Wilhelm Rusch, Johann Schnell, Julius Selle Karl Selle, August Vetter, Peter Vetter, Ernst Wehausen, Heinrich Wehausen Wilhelm Winke, Ferdinand Zastrow

Thursday - August 16
added tombstone photos in #43 for: Braun, Dorey, Hewitt, Wittey.
Added children to these marriages:
Wilhelm Commengs, Carl Eichmann, August Fensky, Wilhelm Fischer, Wilhelm Fredrich August Gaedke, Johann Grapentin, Friedrich Hacker, Herman Hecker, Frank Holdorf Bernhard Jacob, Jochim Kassbohm, Friedrich Kattere, August Lenz, Karl Lindemann Karl Lippert, Louis Lippert, August Luebke, George Luebke, Carl/Karl Lutzke Friedrich Lutzke, Wilhelm Lutzke, Ernst Moldenhauer, Ludwig Nagel, Frank Nass August Ott, Theodor Reis, Wilhelm Rusch, Ernst Schnell, Ludwig Schnell, Heinrich Wehausen Wilhelm Welk, Wilhelm Wienke

Wednesday - August 15 - Today, 65 years ago I entered the world to help reseachers.

Added children to these marriages:
Johann Borgwardt
Fritz/Friedrich Bremer, Karl Bulthaupt, John Busse, Wilhelm Commengs, John Ehlert Karl Eichmann, Wilhelm Fischer, Wilhelm Fredrich, Friedrich Free, Heinrich Frosch August Giese, August Goethke, Johann Grapentin, Johann Hermann, Frank Holdorf Johann Horstmann, Loui Huenerberg, Johann Jonas, Friedrich Kattere, Franz Lemke Wilhelm Lenz, Karl Lindemann, Ernst Lippert, Louis Lippert, Georg Luebke Carl/Karl Lutzke, Friedrich Lutzke, Wilhelm Lutzke, Heinrich Meier, Peter Meyn Ernst Moldenhauer, Ludwig Nagel, Ernst Nass, Frank Nass, August Naumann, August Ott Loui Pleuss, Wilhelm Reichhardt, Johann Schnell, Johann Semann, Johann Tills Jacob Vetter, Wilhelm Wegener, Friedrich Wehausen, Heinrich Wehausen, Gottfried Wenzel Wilhelm Wienke, Ferdinand Zastrow

Tuesday - August 14
Added children to these marriages:
Johann Borgwardt, Heinrich Bulthaupt, John Busse, Wilhelm Commengs, John/Johann Ehlert August Fensky, Friedrich Free, August Giese, Charles Hacker, Friedrich Hacker Friedrich Helfrisch, Franz Holdorf, Johann Jaeckel, Johann Jonas, Friederich Kattere Wilhelm Kattere, Gustav Klann, Wilhelm Lenz, (more…)

This is reposted from another list, but it captures my feelings exactly.

I am a fast typer and I did a page (50 lines) in about 20 minutes. Consider volunteering today. Also, let me know if you are volunteering and I will keep track of how much the Waukesha/Milwaukee volunteers contribute. Even if you only do one or two pages, every little bit helps. It doesn’t matter how long it takes you.

Occasionally I get emails asking “HOW CAN I VOLUNTEER WHEN I LIVE OUTSIDE OF WISCONSIN???” — here’s an exciting new project that is ALL DONE ONLINE and is available to ANYONE!! — you work at your own pace — and this will be a great asset for all genealogists and researchers world-wide. The project FamilySearch Indexing is http://www.familysearchindexing.org/en/index.jsp –there are different projects they are working on, the largest being the 1900 Federal Census, and you can pick the state — and yes, Wisconsin is available! It’s a very simple and straight-forward project. You download a sheet at a time and work at your own pace. When you get it finished, you click upload and it is sent in. Then you are ready for your next page… and eventually, the 1900 census will be done, one sheet at a time! Several years ago, I worked on the 1880 Federal Census and it was all done by hand and microfilm reader — this is not anything like it! THIS IS ACTUALLY FUN!!!! The free software is easily and quickly installed and you are off and running in about 10 minutes. The census sheets are viewable at the top of the page and the entrees are highlighted as you work them across the page — you can’t get lost! And there is a magnifier on the page tool bar that allows you to make the page LARGE so even tired, older eyes can do this. The fill-in-the-blank area is similar to Excel, meaning that you type the first letter in and it completes the entry from memory. Super easy to use and once the project is completed, it will be available on the familysearch.org site FREE for everyone, just like the 1880 census is… If you have ANY questions, email me and I’ll try to answer them!

How long does a census sheet take to do? I just did two of them this evening and they take about 30 - 35 minutes and I am not the world’s fastest typist! The program makes this so simple and easy!!!

Is this project open to ANYONE? Yes, ANYONE can be a volunteer to help with this project — you do not need to be a member of any organization, etc.

Sunday - August 12
Added to cem. X the following people from the Trinity Lutheran church death records,
Liberty twp., note. most of these are children:

Maria Ahrens, Christopf Albert, August Barth, Christian Blumenstein #41, Johann Borgwardt Johann Commens, Joachim Facklamm, Carl Feuchtner, Lena Fischer, Edmund Fredrich, Friedrich Fredrich, Martha Fredrich, Amalie Giese, Johann Giese, Katharine Giese, Louise Giese, Christian Goetting,, Ida Grapentien, Johanne Grapentien, Christian Gruetzmacher, Anna Holdorf, Karl/Carl Holdorf to #40, Anna Imhof, Anna Kattere, Amanda Kattere, Otto Kattere, Wm. Kattere, Dorothea Kattre, Marie Keiserbuehler, Anna Lenz, Auguste Lenz, Elisabetha Lichtenegger, Ernst Lindemann, Catharine Lippmann, Friedrich Lippmann, Johann Lippmann, Hermann Luebke, Paulina Lutzke, Wilhelmine Lutzke, Ernstine Moldenhauer, Gustave Moldenhauer, Ella Nass, Louise Naumann, Katharine Pelz, Elsa Rusch, Heinrich Rusch,Maria Schroeder, Chris Schultz, Maria Schultz, Heinrich Schulz, Johann Schweizer,  Johanne Wallschlaeger, Sophie Wegener, Anna Wegner, Karl Willert/

added to marriages:
Franz Blumenstein (death of) son of Carl/Karl Blumenstein/Wilhelmine Seifert
Ernest Frederic (death of) son of Joh. Borgwardt/Lisette nee Hinstorf
Wilhelm Johann Ludwig (death of) son of Joh. Borgwardt/Lisette nee Hinstorf
Ernst Karl Theodor (death of) son of Christian Goetting
Anna Louise Hacker (death of) dau. of Christian Hacker/Margaretha Baryenbruch
Arthur Horstmann (death of) son of Louis/Anna (Vetter) Horstman Albert Lemke, (death of)son of Michael Lemke/Wilhelmine (Eiermann) Lemke Michael Lemke/Wilhelmine Rochinone Johann Ludwig Ferdinand, (death of) son of Wilhelm Otto/Wilhelmine nee Krueger

Saturday - August 11
Added info from the Gibson church records in marriages for these families:
Hiram Coddington, Petter Diedrichs, Guldbrand Ellingbo, Christopher Evensen, Ole Garthus Thomas Gulliksen, Johannes Hartho/Harttro, Halvord Johnsen, Tollef Jorgensen
O.G. Jukam, Mathias Larsen, Ole Mikkelsen, Ernst Muller, Lars Olsen, Ole Pedersen
Peter O. Pedersen, Rudolph Pedersen, Henry Pentzin/Pentzine, Christian Seim
Thom Siwertsen, Endre Strand/Straud, Oliver Wilson.
I have a person methodically checking links for me in all the cems. She is up to
#43a and all the links that weren’t working are fixed up to there.