At 11:40 AM 1/23/99 -0600, Gloria Olson <gaolson@execpc.com> wrote: >Hi, everyone. > >Thank you for all the information on county records. I was aware UW-GB >had the records for the period when all of northeastern Wisconsin was a >part of Brown County. Today we must file the records in the county of >record. > >Was talking with a woman, who gives lecture on genealogy, about >difficulty locating a death certificate for Milwaukee, 1851, and was >told to look in Brown County. Her statement was that the eastern half >of the state, in early state developement was all Brown County. Has >anyone encountered and early Milwaukee records in Brown County. I have >never checked this out ... I'll throw a little fuel on the fire here. I realize that Milwaukee County states that it has no death records before 1872. But why would Brown County have any Milwaukee death records after 1834, the year that Milwaukee County was split off from Brown County? (Note that Brown County states it has no death records before 1834.) Rollie