Links to the Past

For years, USGenWeb was graciously given free server space for their completely free state and county sites by an organization called Rootsweb.  A number of years ago, Rootsweb was purchased by the same company that owns Ancestry.com.  Recently this company made some changes in the way their URL render.  The new URL for these pages is rootsweb.ancestry.com

Since perception is everything, a number of the volunteers of the USGenweb sites were uncomfortable with the fact that the ancestry.com name is now part of their URL.  As such, the volunteers began moving their sites to different servers and new URLs.  Since ancestry.com does not allow proper redirection of websites using conventional methods, the search engines are now experiencing thousands of bad links relating to the genealogy world.

I am in the process of writing to all the major search engines, explaining the situation, asking them to index these new pages more often and faster….in hopes to get the genealogy community back into the major search engines.

Sorry for any problems any of you are experiencing.  If it relates to a Wisconsin Page, please let me know and I will see if I can find out where the pages went.

I have added a transcription of the book:  Early Milwaukee, Papers from the Archives of the Old Settlers’ Club of Milwaukee County, Published by the Club, 1916

The book contains papers written by some of the early settlers.  In these papers are names of people.  The list of names has been merged into the Milwaukee marriage files.

Also in the book was a list of members.

More information on this book can be found on the site by going to Directories, Old Settlers or click on this link.

Members and names mentioned in the book are as follows:

Abay: H. C; Abert: George; Abert: George A; Ableman: S. V. R 22; Adams: F. F.; Adlam: Capt. Samuel J. G; Adler: E. D.; Adler: I. D.; Adler: S. D.; Adler: David 10; Agnew: Andrew D.; Akerly: Rev. 110; Alcott: Ann M 131; Alexander: Capt. S; (more…)

I added links to the Manitowoc Wisconsin built ship list, Milwaukee, Wisconsin built ships, Milwaukee related captains, shiplines.

I added a new resources to the resource section.

Thanks to M&E Treptow we have a new addition to the site.  A list of the Shipmaster Association Membership 1908.

Thanks for helping by transcribing this book.  It is a great addition to the Great Lakes Maritime History Site. 

There are two new pages on the Great Lakes maritime history site.

Brief History of the Great Lakes
linkstothepast.com/marine

Criteria for getting a Masters, Mate, Pilot or Engineers License:

http://linkstothepast.com/marine/officers.php

I have updated the marine site with a new look. I have renamed it the Great Lakes Maritime History site.

Let me know if you have any problems with any of the pages.

If you have anything you would like to add, please email me.

We have a volunteer to type up the pages of the Shipmaster list.  Thank you M&E Treptow for volunteering.

I have other things to type up.  If anyone wants to help out, please send me an email and I will see what we can find that interests you.

I have found that some of the pages that I have work real well with OCR scanners.  If you  have an OCR scanner and would like to do a page or two, please let me know.

Hello!

Shari just sent me a photo of the Shipmaster Association Directory from 1897. I am looking for a volunteer or two to transcribe the data for us to place on the site. There are about 6 or so pages with a bunch of names on. Pretty simple typing.

If you would like to volunteer please let me know. (email address is at the bottom of every page on the linkstothepast.com domain).

I can send a sample page if you want to know what it looks like.

WIRoots.org is undergoing a redo. That is my site I have for Wisconsin Genealogy. I will be further partnering with the WisNetwork.com and enhancing the resources on each county page.

If you have any Wisconsin links such as family tree links, resources, Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies or Musuems…anything of historical value that might be helpful to genealogists, please let me know and I will tell you how you can get the link added to the WisRoots.org.

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.