Links to the Past

I broke down and finally decided to redo the website design. It is way over due…I know I am sorry!

The new design is Section 508 compliant which means those that may be visually impaired can use different settings and still see everything on the website. The new design will be done with one header and one footer which will make any future design changes much easier. Milwaukee will be a different color than Waukesha so that you will quickly know that you have traveled over 124th and across the county line.
It will take some time for me to redo all the pages so I am letting you have a sneak peak at the new design. I welcome your feedback. If there is anything you would like to see me do a little bit differently, let me know and I will see what I can do.

The new design can be found here.

DAR or Daughters of the American Revolution is an womens’ organization for the descendants of individuals who aided in the American Revolution. I added to the marriage and family section DAR members that were born in Waukesha County. Surnames include:

ADAMS, AUSTIN, BACKUS, BAKER, BALLANTINE, BARTLET, (more…)

Saturday - March 17
Put Civil war tombstone photos on in #82, added tombstone photos for L’s in 89A.
Added obits for these people:
#6- Added to Alvin Christel obit
#21- Wenzel Knier
#59- Frank Herr
#60- George Knier
#82- Carl Allinger, Theodore Ammann, Wilhelmine Berg, William Curry, Henrietta Gast
Catharine Graf, Therese Grosz, Frieda Heidemann, Mary Jugenheimer, Hattie Kissinger
Johanna Nottke
#83- Katherine Lambert, Johanna Mahlich
#84- Nicholas Balz, Amelia Becker, Victoria Gruhle, Maggie Holzmann, Marie Kautzer
Arwin Mattes, Mary Prueter
#87- Carl Roethel

died/buried elsewhere
John Adam, Caesar Barth, William Loos, Margaret Martin, Helena Maurer
Anton Mertens, Catherine Paulsen

died here/bur. elsewhere
Charles Berg

For those of you who are researching Military Veterans, I found a Gravesite locator database put together by the Veterans Administration.

Search for burial locations of veterans and their family members in VA National Cemeteries, state veterans cemeteries, various other military and Department of Interior cemeteries, and for veterans buried in private (more…)

First I want to wish everyone a very Happy Holiday Season and the New Year brings you and your families health and happiness. May you be able to climb those brick walls with ease. Also, thank you for visiting my site. I hope in some way it aids you in your research. Even if only to confirm the information you already have.

With that said, those of you who know me may know that I also have a genealogy research service that I operate part time out of my home. I have had a pretty steady list of clients since July so I haven’t had a lot of time to update the Milwaukee and Waukesha sites. Worse than that, I haven’t been able to get together things for those that want to transcribe items for the site.

My intention this upcoming week is to organize the data I have here so that I can more efficiently continue to add to the site. I know how important it is to find online resources such as this that can help get over those brick walls so I will do what I can in the coming months to add as much as I can.

Happy New Year!

Ellen-

Deseret Morning News, Saturday, September 30, 2006

A family history overhaul

By Carrie A. Moore
Deseret Morning News

Whether your LDS ancestors pulled a handcart across the Plains or you have no affiliation with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, there’s a wealth of information being processed for placement on the Internet beginning next year that can tie you to your family tree free. (more…)

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