Hello, Bob of Brookfield! Thank you for your response and any assistance that you can give me will be greatly appreciated! As for the cemetery records, I've checked those out. Most were buried at Calvary and a couple at Holy Cross. I've also checked the church records at Hale's Corner for Old St. Mary's. There are still a couple of church records that I would like to locate. One is for a St. Joseph Church in Wauwatosa (?) where the death/burial record for Walpurga (Mary) Birler 17/20 July 1917 may be. The other is St. Boniface church records for the death/ burial of Joseph Birler on 23/25 July 1912. Again, thank you SO MUCH for your time. Dianne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathie Harrison" <nelliblu28@eudoramail.com> To: <GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 9:18 PM Subject: [GERMANS-WI] Re: Birler/Mayer/Meyer -Fwd by List Admin. -From: Gartzr@aol.com > Forwarded by List Admin. > > >>Subj: Re: [GERMANS-WI] Birler/Mayer/Meyer > Date: 1/3/2003 8:03:32 PM Central Standard Time > From: Gartzr@aol.com > To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com > Sent from the Internet (Details) > > > > Good evening Dianne, > I can't promise anything but I am going to look up in the many > histories of Milwaukee that I have read to see if I can find your people > mentioned. Quite often in the brief biographies of businessmen and movers & > shakers of Milwaukee History, they list the cities from which people > immigrated to Milwaukee. As I have read the 27 volumes of Milwaukee history > to date I have written down every surname found, given names or initials > given and the page I found on in each volume. As you stated that they were > members of the Roman Catholic faith I won't check the burial records at > historic Forest Home Cemetery of Milwaukee unless you want me to. Chances > are they are buried in one of the cemeteries of that faith in the Milwaukee > area, probably Calvary. Few Roman Catholics and few Lutherans were buried > here as they had their own cemeteries: Calvary and Union respectively back > in the early years. I do know, though, that we have a few DUERRs buried at > the cemetery so, guess I will check it out. Will let you know what I find > except that you will have to wait a couple of weeks as I have cut back > volunteering there from every Friday to every other Firday due to the fact > that after helping over 2,500 people in two years it seems I am running out > of "requesters." Used to get 40 to 60 requests a week and now am lucky if it > get five. > Bob of Brookfield<< > > > > > Need a new email address that people can remember > Check out the new EudoraMail at > http://www.eudoramail.com > > > ==== GERMANS-WI Mailing List ==== > PLEASE NOTE: Posting of items of RELIGIOUS/POLITICAL CONTENT, VIRUSES > WARNINGS, CHAIN LETTERS, or SPAM will result in being removed from the list. >

Green Lake County is in fact, served by the Area Reasearch Center of the State Archives located at the University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh. Their Contact information is listed as follows: Joshua Ranger, Forrest R. Polk Library, UW-Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI 54901. (920) 424-0828. ranger@uwosh.edu. Columbia County is served by the State Historical Society. Their contact information is: Archives Reference, State Historical Society, 816 State Street, Madison, WI 53706. (608) 264-6460. archref@mail.shsw.wisc.edu. Their are 14 Area Research Centers in Wisconsin, all "attached" to a UW campus. I have a map and contact information for all of Wisconsin, so if anyone needs to know which campus serves any particular area, feel free to e-mail me. Kathy Evanson -----Original Message----- From: Ufgtrs19@aol.com [mailto:Ufgtrs19@aol.com] Sent: Saturday, January 04, 2003 6:39 AM To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GERMANS-WI] Birth and Death Records? <PRE>Given your 'frustration' I should have shared that Wisconsin has 'regional research centers.' I have found the one in Oshkosh that serves Green Lake County (maybe Columbia County, also) to be very responsive. You should find a reference for the regional reference centers and which one serves which county on the Wisconsin Vital Records webpages. If not, for starters search the Internet on a string like 'Oshkosh Reference Center.' Sending them an e-mail would be replied to with which centers serve Columbia and/or Portage Counties, if not, I am sure. ==== GERMANS-WI Mailing List ==== To contact the List administrator, e-mail Kathie Harrison at: GERMANS-WI-admin@rootsweb.com

<PRE>Given your 'frustration' I should have shared that Wisconsin has 'regional research centers.' I have found the one in Oshkosh that serves Green Lake County (maybe Columbia County, also) to be very responsive. You should find a reference for the regional reference centers and which one serves which county on the Wisconsin Vital Records webpages. If not, for starters search the Internet on a string like 'Oshkosh Reference Center.' Sending them an e-mail would be replied to with which centers serve Columbia and/or Portage Counties, if not, I am sure.

I had experienced similar difficulties. Although you provide a great deal of information about the family, have you found any records regarding any of their naturalizations, which may be informative for their place of birth? Also has a record of ship arrival been found for them? Likely coming as early as they did their arrival port would have been Milwaukee, but this is just a guess. Knowing about their arrival, a departure passenger ship list can be found if they left from Hamburg. A person's 'place of birth'/'last residence' was recorded in Hamburg for each emigrant. Lastly, start looking for possible relatives that also immigrated and thoroughly investigate the places of birth recorded for them on Wisconsin records. One thing Wisconsin records have provided me with have been a phonetic place name in Pommern for a younger brother of my gr-grandfather. Also, having studied the more established Heidel family from Green Lake County (mine migrated to Minnesota, Kansas & Oregon) who came "to the Green Lake prairie" shortly after my gr-gr-grandfather had started farming there has given the best lead yet for Kreis Demmin to have been the place in Pommern where my Heidels emigrated. Since making this discovery I have found other Heidels whose forefather had emigrated from there, as well. James Heidel

Hello! I'm new to this site so hope I'm doing this correctly! I am trying to locate the village/town/city in Bavaria for the following family. I have searched every record that I can find in regards to this family including census, probate, vital, church,etc. and only come up with BAVARIA. Johann BIRLER b@ 1810 in Bavaria, died 1850 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co., Wisconsin. Johann was a tailor in Milwaukee. Johann married Elisabeth MAYER/MEYER, b@ 1810 in Bavaria, approximately 1834. They had the following children: 1. Elise b. 1835 in Bavaria, married Philipp WOLF @ 1856, d. 1903 in Milwaukee. 2. Anna Rosa b@ 1837-8 in Bavaria, married Newton A. OLESON in Milwaukee in 1860, d. 1898 in Michigan. 3. Walpurga ( Mary) b@ 1839-40 in Bavaria, never married, d. 1917 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. 4. Joseph b@ 1841-2 in Bavaria, married Ella KNOBLE @ 1865 in ?, d. 1912 in Milwaukee. 5. Catherine b@ 1847 in Milwaukee, married Fred. William TREBBE in 1866 in Milwaukee, d. 1922 in Milwaukee. 6 & 7. Twins, John Peter & Theresa born 1850 and died 1850 in Milwaukee. Elisabeth MAYER/MEYER BIRLER then married Michael LACHER in 1851 in Milwaukee. Elisabeth and Michael had the following children: 1. John b. 1852 in Milwaukee, married Mary DUERR @ 1875, d. 1929 in Milwaukee. 2. Therese b. 1856 in Milwaukee, married William CASPER @??, d. 1934 in Milwaukee. Elisabeth MAYER/MEYER BIRLER LACHER died in 1879 in Milwaukee. This family came from Bavaria between the time that their son Joseph was born in 1841 and the time that they purchased land in 1847. Their religious affiliation was Catholic. I would appreciate any help, suggestions, etc. with this family. Perhaps someone else is searching this family? If so, please contact me. Dianne in Michigan

Forwarded by List Admin. >>Subj: Re: [GERMANS-WI] Birler/Mayer/Meyer Date: 1/3/2003 8:03:32 PM Central Standard Time From: Gartzr@aol.com To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Good evening Dianne, I can't promise anything but I am going to look up in the many histories of Milwaukee that I have read to see if I can find your people mentioned. Quite often in the brief biographies of businessmen and movers & shakers of Milwaukee History, they list the cities from which people immigrated to Milwaukee. As I have read the 27 volumes of Milwaukee history to date I have written down every surname found, given names or initials given and the page I found on in each volume. As you stated that they were members of the Roman Catholic faith I won't check the burial records at historic Forest Home Cemetery of Milwaukee unless you want me to. Chances are they are buried in one of the cemeteries of that faith in the Milwaukee area, probably Calvary. Few Roman Catholics and few Lutherans were buried here as they had their own cemeteries: Calvary and Union respectively back in the early years. I do know, though, that we have a few DUERRs buried at the cemetery so, guess I will check it out. Will let you know what I find except that you will have to wait a couple of weeks as I have cut back volunteering there from every Friday to every other Firday due to the fact that after helping over 2,500 people in two years it seems I am running out of "requesters." Used to get 40 to 60 requests a week and now am lucky if it get five. Bob of Brookfield<< Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com

Portage is in Columbia County, Wisconsin. The year each county in Wisconsin started specific record keeping is different. However, it was mandatory by state law by 1907 for all counties to do so and hence each record was then sent to the state office, as well. Eventhough those records for births and deaths came later than for marriages, the occurrence of a birth having been recorded may have been more for one being 'obligatory' rather than for one having done so for compulsory reasons. I have found this in the very early going - say even by the 1870s in neighboring Green Lake County. Do not overlook the fact that there may be a 'delayed birth record' for an individual. For example, this could be a record of birth filed during the 1940s for one born during the 1880s. Such a record can lead to interesting additional information by its reference to records used to support its reality. In one case for me it gave the church name where the baptismal record was recorded. James Heidel

If you look at the census again it will list the county and the township. Then you will know if it is the town or county of Portage. Susan in Northern CA

I guess I will just be patient a little while longer. I am still very new at this genealogy thing. obviously patience is required! My check was cashed and i am hopeful that since I did send along a stamped self addressed envelope that i will get a response one of these days. I sent for my mother's military records (from st. louis) in june and they just got here on tuesday! i had almost forgotten about them. As for whether I meant portage or portage county...i am not sure, It was in the census for 1880 at the FHC. It just said portage as I recall. I have my g grandmother's birth date, though, so hopefully...thanks, karen near chicago

Hi List, Our family gets to together on New Years and goes over our collection of old photos photos and letters. One of the new finds for me was a letter from Glen WENZEL to my mother. Glen WENZEL calls my mother cousin. I have the 1880 senses that lists the Wenzel family, my grandmother¹s family, and some letters and lots of unlabeled photos. Frederick Wenzel b. 1837 Prussia, m. d. abt 1880-89 Amelia Wenzel b. 1844 Prussia, m. d.abt1890 Charles Wenzel b. 1866, Prussia John Wenzel b. Prussia August Wenzel b. Prussia 1868 Matilda Wenzel "Tilly" b.1870 m Ole Wilson Casselton d.12/11/1948, Fargo N.D. Albert Wenzel b. 1870 Wisconsin Henry Wenzel b. 1874 Wisconsin Wilelmia Wenzel "Mini" b. 1876 Wisconsin m. Chan. Lawrence, d. Muskegon Mich. Amelia Wenzel b. 1878 Wisconsin Ida Wenzel b. 04/06/1879 Wi., m.1902,WI. d. 1963 Everett, Snohomish Co.WA. All help is finding the families of these folks is greatly appreciated. Ida Wenzel is my grandmother. -- Kit Niemann - kits@kits.seanet.com Sir Names: Murphy / Roundtree - Pearl / Leonard McDonald / McCann - Wenzel Niemann - Allen / Kimball

Karen, Regarding Portage, WI, it's in Columbia County and not in Portage County. Portage, WI is the County Seat of Columbia County. If you did mean Portage County, Stevens Point, WI is the County Seat. At 01:03 AM 1/2/2003 -0700, you wrote: >GERMANS-WI-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 1 >snipped----------------------> > > > >______________________________X-Message: #1 >Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 13:28:28 -0600 >From: Karen Schrade <kschrade@concentric.net> >To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.20030101132828.007ffdf0@pop3.concentric.net> >Subject: [GERMANS-WI] Birth and Death Records? >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >I am getting very frustrated. I sent to Madison for my g grandmother's >birth certificate and my g grandfather's death certificate in September! I >realize that the birth cert. of a person who has been dead for 50 years is >not a priority, but do you all think I should just settle back and be >patient? I did send a check and self addressed stamped envelope so I assume >I will get a response, even if it is a 'we can't find anything' response, >right? I had to send to madison since I don't know where in wisconsin my g >grandmother was born. I found a person who might be her in the 1880 census >in Portage, but I am not really sure that is her. All I need is reassurance >that the info will * probably* come * someday! Thanks, Karen near Chicago snipped---------------->

Hello, The state of Wisconsin did not start collecting records until 1907. At that time they asked the counties to turn over a copy of thier records to the state. Some counties kept better records and some were better about turning them over then others. Birth and baptism records before 1900 were often kept by the churches rather then the government. Vital records usually states on their forms records for genealogy purposes will take 3 to 6 months to process and they usually mean that. You can call them but it may or may not make a difference. 5 Years ago the wait was usually 6 to 12 weeks but with the increase demand has increased the back log. At least this was the story I was given in the office about a year ago when I made my last request. The process is often much faster at the county seat, if that is known. I hope this helps. Bob Sommerfeldt Madison, Wisconsin

Karen: I found this site for Portage County. I haven't checked it out, but it might help.... http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiportag/ jk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Schrade" <kschrade@concentric.net> To: <GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 1:28 PM Subject: [GERMANS-WI] Birth and Death Records? I am getting very frustrated. I sent to Madison for my g grandmother's birth certificate and my g grandfather's death certificate in September! I realize that the birth cert. of a person who has been dead for 50 years is not a priority, but do you all think I should just settle back and be patient? I did send a check and self addressed stamped envelope so I assume I will get a response, even if it is a 'we can't find anything' response, right? I had to send to madison since I don't know where in wisconsin my g grandmother was born. I found a person who might be her in the 1880 census in Portage, but I am not really sure that is her. All I need is reassurance that the info will * probably* come * someday! Thanks, Karen near Chicago ==== GERMANS-WI Mailing List ==== PLEASE NOTE: Posting of items of RELIGIOUS/POLITICAL CONTENT, VIRUSES WARNINGS, CHAIN LETTERS, or SPAM will result in being removed from the list.

Hello, I have been looking at the Eckel information that I have. This is from the Ozaukee County biographies PHILIP ECKEL, merchant; was born in Germany in 1824; immigrated with his parents to the United States in 1832; was shipwrecked off the coast of Charleston, S.C., but, in a few days, sailed for Philadelphia, where the family resided until 1837; then removed to Hancock, Md.; in 1839, returned to Pennsylvania and settled at McConnellsburg, where he learned the mason's trade. In 1849, he was married to Mary Kern. In the fall of 1854, he came to Port Washington; continued his trade and also taught school; since 1860, he has been engaged in the grocery business. The children living are William, John L., Henry K., Ida Susan and Rollo. From the Milwaukee Death records: Phillip Eckel born Germany father Jacob, mother Kathrine Muenster born 4 Sep 1824 died 21 Apr. 1922. Informant Charles Eckel of Port Washington, buried Port Washington, WI. A group of Eckels from Bolanden, Germany came to the town of New Berlin in Waukesha Cty but eventually moved to Illinois. There used to be an Eckel park in Milwaukee now known as MCcarty park. This was a Henry Eckel born in Germany in 1865. My g.g.grandfather's sister Julianna Jung married a Carl Eckel and they lived for a time in Grafton in 1860 then moved to town of Addison in Washington County. Carl's mother Maria Schreiner was born in Niederalben and her husband Abraham Eckel probably in the same are in the late 1790s. They came to the town of Addison in 1846 or so. I believe there also was another Eckel family in the town of Farmington in Washington County in the 1850s. I don't have any further details on this family. all the best, Neal Degner Neal Degner

In a message dated 1/1/2003 1:26:13 PM Central Standard Time, kschrade@concentric.net writes: > All I need is reassurance > that the info will * probably* come * someday! Thanks, Karen near Chicago > > Karen, we on the list probably can't answer that question. Have you tried contacting them by phone to see if they ever received your request and check? Maybe it was lost in the mail or something. I recommend calling them to voice your concerns since this is an unusually long time for a reply. Of course I don't live in Wisconsin so can't be sure either but that would be the route to take next........good luck! Rooting in the past, Kathie - List Admin. GERMANS-WI

Forwarded by List Admin. >>Subj: Re: [GERMANS-WI] Birth and Death Records? Date: 1/1/2003 1:40:53 PM Central Standard Time To: GERMANS-WI-L@rootsweb.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Was your check cashed? Did you call them to follow up? You should have received a reply within about 6 weeks, if not sooner. There probably isn't any birth record of your great grandma as it was not required to register births before 1909 (I think). If they cashed your check, I'd call Madison and would also write a letter to them - and enclose a copy of your original request and a copy of the cancelled check. If you gave them only the year, I don't now if they would search a whole year for you.....or if they do that much searching, they probably put it on the back burner and that's why you haven't heard from them yet. Pat > I am getting very frustrated. I sent to Madison for my g grandmother's > birth certificate and my g grandfather's death certificate in September! I > realize that the birth cert. of a person who has been dead for 50 years is > not a priority, but do you all think I should just settle back and be > patient? << Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com

I am getting very frustrated. I sent to Madison for my g grandmother's birth certificate and my g grandfather's death certificate in September! I realize that the birth cert. of a person who has been dead for 50 years is not a priority, but do you all think I should just settle back and be patient? I did send a check and self addressed stamped envelope so I assume I will get a response, even if it is a 'we can't find anything' response, right? I had to send to madison since I don't know where in wisconsin my g grandmother was born. I found a person who might be her in the 1880 census in Portage, but I am not really sure that is her. All I need is reassurance that the info will * probably* come * someday! Thanks, Karen near Chicago

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The best place to check all lists that you are subscribed to is PASSWORD CENTRAL -- Please do this before contacting me. In most cases this will answer your question about whether or not you are still on the list. Taglines Taglines are short one-liners that list managers can cause to appear in a somewhat random manner following individual messages on the mail (-L) version. Digest (-D) members never see these. Actually, they represent, in 10 short blurbs, my collective advice to list-members. They are also subject of periodic revision. I will include URL's that may be helpful to you from time to time in these taglines. Powerful Ways to Search the Archives WE ARE NOT ALONE! Search archives of related mailing lists/boards/forums. You do not have to be subscribed. Listed in order of traffic in 12-98, highly subject to change. In/on each, you find people that you do not see on the others. The small lists have good stuff, too. Expect some graffiti on the unmoderated message forum boards.  Search any Rootsweb mailing list archives: ENTER NAME OF ROOTSWEB MAILING LIST ARCHIVES TO BE SEARCHED  http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl You will need to "already know" the name of the list to be entered: Rootsweb mailing lists If you would like to apply these same search procedures on all of the USGenWeb archives (like the pension statements, wills and deeds we have uploaded to county/state archives), you can do so here: SEARCH THE USGENWEB ARCHIVES BY STATE http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm <A HREF="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html">http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irishrose/lists.html</A> Many wishes to you all for a Happy & Healthy New Year! Rooting for the past --Kathie Harrison - List Admin. 19 lists Board Admin. 25 message boards at Rootsweb Thunder is good. Thunder is impressive. But it's the lightning does the work. ~Mark Twain

Looking for any information on these families in Milwaukee in late 1890's to present. Karl August Max Von Syburg married 7 January 1891 in Milwaukee. Can someone possibly lookup this marriage with details on wife and parents? 2 - Can anyone possibly lookup births of the following two children in Milwaukee? Hannah L. Syburg (Von Syburg) b. 10 Dec. 1891 in Milwaukee Frederic G. Syburg (Von Syburg) b. 28 August 1895 in Milwaukee (poss. 1896) Frances Syburg (Von Syburg) b. June 1898 in Milwaukee 3 - Any Milwaukee Directories for Von Syburg or Syburg or Eschweiler from 1900 to 1930. Thank you for any assistance. Kind Regards, Jim Australia 3 -

In a message dated 12/27/2002 9:35:32 PM Central Standard Time, Katfrmwi@aol.com writes: > Do you not have to be a member to receive this? Just checking, Kathy > > No, anyone can subscribe. I am not a member and I subscribed. Rooting for the past --Kathie Harrison - List Admin. 19 lists Board Admin. 22 message boards at Rootsweb Thunder is good. Thunder is impressive. But it's the lightning does the work. ~Mark Twain