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I just signed up with Evernote. It is a program that is supposed to help a person organize thoughts and information. I don’t know about you, but the internet has so much information I don’t have room in my brain to put all the information I want to remember. I am hoping this program will [...]

Do they really need to disturb the cemetery?

It is a sad state of affairs when progress feels the need to desecrate the sanctity of a cemetery. The history of cemeteries in Milwaukee is an interesting one. I am sure Milwaukee is not unique and is similar to a lot of other larger cities in America. Progress can have its positives and negatives. [...]

Genealogy on the Web-Click and Go

Today I thought I would use a very generic phrase, put it into Google, and see what came up. I got a link on reviews of genealogy software, a link to the GenWeb, and of course an ad or three for ancestry.com. The one I clicked on was a 2009 article called 10 Free Genealogy [...]

Sweet Tea, Tart Lemons & Memories

A new blog has appeared in the blog circles called Sweet Tea, Tart Lemons & Memories. Looks quite interesting. Definately one to watch. http://sweetteatartlemonsandmemories.blogspot.com/

Great Peshtigo Fire October 8, 1871

The Great Chicago fire was nothing compared to the Pestigo fire in Northern Wisconsin. I recently found out there was another great fire in Michigan about the same time. Anyone hear of one in Minnesota? Anyone have any stories from relatives that lived through the fire? Here is an article shared by Wisconsin Genealogy Research [...]

Annie Radej and Emil Ginzl

People often ask who the most famous person in my family is. I don’t really have any. I can only say my family brushes fame from time to time. This article is about my touch to the Charles Williams Nash family (of automobile fame). As I remember Annie (Radey) Ginzl she was a quiet lady. [...]

Great New Scanning Device #Flip-pal

Have you ever paged through a friend or family photo album and you say, “Hey get me a copy of this photo!” knowing full well it probably won’t happen. The other problem I have seen is you want a copy of the entire album but Aunt Judy won’t let it out of the house. I [...]

White Creek, Adams County, WI

A new #history article and photos of #White Creek, Adams County, Wisconsin were just added to the #WIRoots Adams County Website. The new page can be found here. http://wiroots.org/wiadams/whitecreekhistory.html Pictures are in the Linking Your Past Photo Gallery Thanks to Patricia for sending the information and photos!

Poznan Poland Database

This just arrived in my inbox on a news list. Thanks Ruth for sharing! For those of you researching the Poznan region of Poland, here is a new (at least new to me!) database. This is not the Poznan Marriage Project. http://www.basia.famula.pl/en/ Type in the surname you are researching and hit ENTER. If you get [...]

One Step Tutorial on Finding ED in 1940 census.

The following announcement was written by Steve Morse and Joel Weintraub: In less than 10 months the 1940 US Population Schedules will become public. It will not be name indexed, so it will be necessary to do an address search in order to find families. Address searching involves knowing the ED (enumeration district) in which [...]

Milwaukee County Genealogy and History

Milwaukee County Genealogy and History Online Library features over 1200 webpages of free births, deaths, marriages, and military history and genealogical information for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Done in cooperation with WIGenWeb. Click to visit the website.

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Milwaukee Biographies

Thanks to Maxine more biographies were added to the Milwaukee website at www.Linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/1881historyindex.php The following surnames were added Kittredge, Crandall, Mansfield, Lantry, Scherer, Howard, Howes, Isleb, Jurss, Joss, Kay, Kessler, Schmidt, Brown, More, Swan, Smith, Barnes, Lefeber.

Fairview Mausoleum

I recently found a picture and a short article on the Fairview Mausoleum formerly in Milwaukee. I hadn’t realized it was a community mausoleum. The article can be seen at Links To the Past The article was published in the Wisconsin Cemetery and Cremation Reporter.

Milwaukee biographies

Thanks to Maxine, I have added some more of the 1881 Biographies from History of Milwaukee. Be sure to check out the Index page to see if your biography is now online. If it is not, send a request to Maxine and she will get it to you.

Milwaukee Biographies

Hello all, Thanks to Maxine I have been adding biographies to the website from the book The History of Milwaukee 1881. If you haven’t checked the page out lately, please be sure to check it out. http://linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/1881historyindex.php I added a few names to the surname registry. Magestro or Magistro and Loveall. Moved Birner from Cem [...]

Milwaukee County Updates

This weekend I was busy updating Milwaukee Genealogy information as sent in by researchers. Thank you for your submissions! Updated the spelling of the name Grueber that appeared on the Lutheran Church page. Moved Herman Auger from Cemetery X to Forest Home cemetery. Added 1881 History bios scanned by Maxine. Winkler death information to cemetery [...]

Waukesha County Genealogy & History

Waukesha County Genealogy and History website features over 900 webpages of Waukesha County related free births, deaths, marriages, and military history and genealogical information. It is part of the WIGenWeb. Click to visit the website.

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Waukesha Deaths in Cemeteries

This week I worked on the following files at the courthouse. I have added the deaths to following cemeteries: Cemetery X Lena O’Brien Leonard Fielder Summit Cemetery Adelia Parks Leavitt Prairie Home Samper A Perkins Oconomowoc Cemetery Mary Machus Wisconsin Memorial park W H Rintelman

Waukesha County Updates

I updated the Waukesha and Washington counties sites today with deaths extracted from probate records in Waukesha County. BEAUMONT marriages and Hartland Cemetery BUCKHOLZ Prairie Home and Obituary NICKELL Prairie Home Cemetery and Obituary BOECK: Prairie Home Cemetery MEREDITH: Oak Ridge Cemetery and Obituary RUEKERT: St. Joseph Cemetery Waukesha PITZKA: See RUEKERT SMITH: Cemetery X [...]

Updates to Waukesha Free Genealogy Website

I have been going through the items that have been sent in by researchers and have been updating the site. I made this change to the Waukesha site at www.Linkstothepast.com/waukesha/22.php ROWLANDS Update to Tabernacle cemetery.

Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Exhibition Record

A gentleman by the name of Eugene B. Meier, Jr. Sent me a list of Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors and a listing of their art. I will be adding this to the Milwaukee website (and a link from the Waukesha) within the next weeks. There are 549 word document pages that will need to be [...]

Quirk information enhanced

A researcher sent in information about the Quirk family. I updated the Waukesha website with this new information. Surnames included: BLUEMN, CASEY, CLANCY, DUNLAP, HACKET, KEATING, MONAGHAN, NICHOLSON, NIESSEN, SHAEFER, SNYDER You can see the Quirk family information here.

Washington County, Wisconsin Genealogy and History

Website dedicated to the distribution of free birth, death, marriage, cemetery, military history and genealogical information for Washington County, Wisconsin. Part of the WIGenWeb. Click to visit the website.

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Washington County WI Naturalizations

Thanks to Angela we have a few more Washington County WI naturalizations online. Thanks Angela for transcribing! Armstrong Arndt Arnemann Arnet Arnet Arnet Arnet Arnet Arnold Arzbacher

Waukesha County Updates

Civil War Military Symposium

I am currently planning on attending a Civil War Symposium in Fort Wayne Indiana at the Allen County Library on Friday and Saturday Oct. 8 and 9, 2010. If any of my fellow Milwaukee researchers would like to tag along, I would welcome the company. http://thing1.acpl.lib.in.us/genealogy/Military%20Symposium_2010.pdf The Allen County library has a large collection of [...]

Military Records Research Tip

Research tip: If you’re planning to order Civil War pension or military service files from the National Archives, get your order(s) in soon. We were at the archives last week and the indication is they expect a sharp rise in the number of orders once the 150th anniversary of the Civil War officially arrives in [...]

Washington County Wisconsin New Surname Additions

Hello, For those of you who don’t know I recently acquired the GenWeb site for Washington County, Wisconsin. I have been busy adding surnames to the site. In the past couple names the following names have been added. You can visit the site at www.LinksToThePast.com/washington ADAMS, AHLERS, ALBINGER, ALBRECHT, ALTENHOFEN, AMIDON, ANDERSON, ARNET, ASHWORTH BACH, [...]

Manitowoc County Genealogy

Over 2500 webpages of births, deaths, marriages, and military history and genealogical information for Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. See More on Manitowoc County

WI Roots Genealogy and History Resources

Wisconsin history and genealogical information and links to free genealogy resources for all 72 Wisconsin Counties. Click to see Wisconsin Free Genealogy Links and Resources.

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Hint of the Day: Revisit what you already have done. I recently taught a class...

Hint of the Day: Revisit what you already have done.

I recently taught a class at the library and was discussing how it is important to document your sources. Many of started our family story in such a hurry we didn't bother to document where we got the information.

Many of my students were new to genealogy but one in particular was not too thrilled about going back through her tree because she has quite a substantial amount "done". Which I completely understand!

As time permits I have started to go back and redo my original work on the direct family lines. Now that I have more experience under my belt, I have been finding all sorts of information on the original documents that I hadn't see before. Or if I had seen it, I dismissed it as irrelevant and didn't make note.

I also have been finding news articles online which I had not previously found by searching through newspapers by hand. OCR technology is wonderful!

Make the time to revisit. You never know what you will find!

I have completed my Genealogy Library Services class so can now again start work...

I have completed my Genealogy Library Services class so can now again start working on updating counties. In honor of my relatives I decided to start with Langlade County.

WI Roots.org - Langlade County
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Originally New County Became Langlade County in 1880Established: 1879County Seat: AntigoParent: Lincoln & Oconto Counties

New Discovery! The city of Antigo, then Springbrook, was founded by a relative...

New Discovery! The city of Antigo, then Springbrook, was founded by a relative of mine. Anyone out there have relatives in Antigo?

My thoughts and prayers go out to those in CA who lost their homes. Just a remi...

My thoughts and prayers go out to those in CA who lost their homes. Just a reminder to keep those valuable genealogy records safe. Backup your files. Keep a copy somewhere else.

California brush fire burns 2,000 acres, evacuations ordered
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CAMARILLO, Calif. (KTLA) — A wind-driven brush fire that began off the 101 Freeway in Camarillo has grown to more than 2,000 acres, forcing some residents from their homes. The blaze started around 6:45 a.m. just west of the southbound 101

Sharing in case any of your WI family lived near the MI WI border. The closest...

Sharing in case any of your WI family lived near the MI WI border. The closest hospital in Rural Northern WI may have been in MI.

Olive Tree Genealogy Blog: Michigan Death Certificates 1921-1952 online
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Updates about Olive Tree Genealogy website and other FREE genealogy records. Bringing you tutorials, genealogy book and app reviews, genealogy news, genealogy specials and more. Helping you find your family tree and ancestors.

Wisconsin in the Spanish American War

Information about the Wisconsin Regiments that served in the Spanish American War. See More

History of the Great Lakes

Captains, Shipping, Lighthouse Keepers and Marine Biographies. See More

Linking Your Past Professional Research Service

Need help with your genealogy research? Linking Your Past Research Service is available for genealogical research for Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Washington Counties Wisconsin. I also do other genealogy searches. Visit Linking Your Past Website

My Family

If you are interested in any of these Manitowoc County rooted family names, please contact me.
Jonas & Chaloupka Family Ancestry--Including the surnames:
Radej (Radey), Tuma, Honzik, Jindra,
Blum, Wenholz, Carstens (Newton), Jonas, Freitag (Minnesota), Sporleder(Minnesota, Iowa)

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