Michelle, I would love to exchange data with you on the HOPPE lines..I use Family Treemaker 9.0 Please contact me at: snokes@tscnet.com As an attatchment of my HOPPE file would be too long--and perhaps off topic for some of the other readers/reseachers. Thank you, Susan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michelle Campbell" <mmstroede@attbi.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 4:40 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee 1870-1886??? > My William Hoppe is buried in Wanderer's Rest!!! He died May 13, 1913. His > wife's name was Auguste Bublitz. I have no idea who in that cemetery is > related to my William. But sure would love to know. > ~Michelle > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> > To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:30 AM > Subject: [WiMilwau] Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee 1870-1886??? > > > > Gypsy Woman, > > > > Thank you for the information on the German Lutheran Churches in > Milwaukee. > > My German/Lutheran Families arrived around 1870.... > > > > William Frederick August Hoppe arrived in1871. He was born in or around > > Arnsberg, Pomerania. 921--23rd Street; 538R--26th Street, and 2442 Elm, > > 3908 N. 28th St. Milwaukee, WI. > > > > His brother, Otto Frederick Hoppe, came to the U.S. in 1872, they settled > > for a couple of years in Buffalo, New York. Otto took a lake boat bound > for > > Milwaukee, landing there in fall of 1881. He became a member of St. > Paul's > > Lutheran Church. > > > > Does anyone know the names of the closest Lutheran Churches to these > > streets? > > 921--23rd Street: > > 538R--26th Street: > > 2442 Elm St.: > > 3908 N. 28th St. > > > > Many of the HOPPE Family are buried at Wanderer's Rest Cemetary, > Milwaukee, > > WI; The SCHRAMM's are buried in Union Cemetary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. > > > > Anyone, who may know of the closest Lutheran churches to these > addresses--I > > would love to know...thank you, > > Susan > > snokes@tscnet.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <GipCWoman@aol.com> > > To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:29 PM > > Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > > > > > > > Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? > > > He may not have been in a church..... > > > The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & > > Mitchell > > > St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was > > > dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build > > > it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... > > > They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer > > > people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an > > > actual church was built.... > > > A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with > > German-language > > > services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home > > Ave. > > > The old church was demolished in 1977. > > > This is the only info I have...... > > > > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > > > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > > > > > ============================== > > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, > > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

I noticed there were a list of 5 entries for Milwaukee and it seems that some are duolicates. I am missing something? Bill -----Original Message----- From: Jazinski@aol.com [mailto:Jazinski@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 9:17 PM To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 In a message dated 4/15/02 9:44:09 AM Mountain Daylight Time, hertz@isomedia.com writes: > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could > pinpoint > their address? > >From 1847 to1860/61 the Milw. Directories are on Fiche starting with >#6044124 to 6044133. Starting in 1861 the Milw. Directories are on film. Film # 1377046 starts with 1861. These listings are all available on www.Familysearch.org. ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I am trying to get some census information on Luke BURKE and his wife, Mary Ann BLAKE, natives of Ireland, who lived (1850) in Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County; they were there in 1860, but I do not have ready access to the 1860 index. In 1850 index they were listed on p. 488, Wauwatosa. Any help someone can give me in this matter would be greatly appreciated. I would gladly reciprocate. dick barr Syracuse, NY

The 9th Ward was west of 7th Street and North of Vliet. Early Lutheran churches (from 1870 City Directory) in this area included: First Evangelical (Tamarack [now Highland] & Fifth) St. John's (Prairie [now State] & Fourth) St. Paul's (Fifth between Prairie & Tamarack) If the family was Evangelical, they might have belonged to: Zion Evangelical (Cedar [now W. Kilbourn] & Fourth) Evangelical Trinity (Sherman [now Vine] & Sixth) - don't confuse with Trinity Lutheran Mary Popovich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 9:35 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > Barbara, > > I am interested in any responses you receive to these questions. If they > are posted to you personnaly and not to the list, please forward them to me > at: > snokes@tscnet.com > > Thank You > Susan > ----- > Subject: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > > > > My ggrandfather was born in Milwaukee in August, 1858. I've already > looked in the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth record index and I don't find him > there, so I think that I need to find the church he was christened in. Can > anyone help? > > > > In the 1860 census, his parents are in the 9th Ward. They emigrated from > Mecklenburg (Germany) in 1857 or 1858, so I'm guessing they were Lutheran > (although they could have been Catholic.) How can I find the churches in > the 9th Ward in 1860? Would there have been a particular church that > Germans would have used? > > > > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could > pinpoint their address? > > > > Any other suggestions? Anything online? Is there anywhere I could find a > ward map? > > > > Thanks, > > Barbara > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Sorry to post this long message to the list, but I knew if I put a few of the churches here, everyone would be asking me for other denominations, so I posted it all here. The first list is from 1848-49. Following that list is a list of churches from the 1859 directory I have. Hope that helps any of you who have been inquiring about churches. Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com >From the 1848-49 Rufus King City Directory: In 1848-49 there were upwards of fifteen Churches (or places of public worship) in Milwaukee. The Catholics have two completed, St. Peter's church on Martin street, a frame building and St. Mary's on the corner of Main and Biddle streets, a brick building 103 feet by 48. A cathedral of spacious dimensions and imposing style of architecture, is likewise in progress, and when finished, will be one of the chief ornaments of the city. There are three Episcopal churches, all frame in the Gothic style; St. Paul's at the corner of Jefferson and Mason streets, which is about to be enlarged so as to accommodate a Congregation of 800 persons; St. John's on Walker's Point, a very neat little edifice, with seats for 100 or 125 persons, and Trinity in Kilbourntown, a handsome structure, accommodating 200. The Presbyterian Church, a large and handsome frame building, occupies the lot at the corner of Mason and Milwaukee. The Congregational Church, a spacious brick edifice on the North side of Spring street, is one of the largest in the city. The Methodist Church, also of brick, and measuring 90 feet by 52 stands at the corner of Spring and West Water streets. The Baptist Church, a large and neat frame building, occupies the lot on the corner of Wisconsin and Main streets. The Universalist Church stands on the corner of Michigan and Main. The Unitarian Church on the corner of Spring and Second streets. In addition to these Churches there are several places of public worship belonging to different denominations of German Protestants. ********************************************************** 1859 City Directory (Erving Burdick & Co's) Protestant Episcopal St. Paul's Church-Corner Mason and Jefferson Streets St. James' Church- Spring Street Hill St. John's Church-Corner Hanover and Pierce Streets Presbyterian First Presbyterian Church-Corner Mason and Milwaukee Streets North Presbyterian Church-Corner Milwaukee and Martin Streets South Presbyterian Church-Hanover Street near park, 5th Ward Congregational The Plymouth Congregational Church-Milwaukee and Oneida Streets Spring Street Congregational-Corner of Spring and Sixth Streets. Baptist The First Baptists Church South East corner of Wisconsin and Milwaukee Street Second Baptist Church- Concert Hall Unitarian Church of the Redeemer Cass Street between Martin and Division Methodist Episcopal Spring Street Methodist Episcopal-Corner Spring and Second Streets Summerfield Methodist Episcopal-North West corner of Biddle and Van Buren Streets Asbury Methodist Episcopal- Fifth Ward Roman Catholic St. John's Cathedral-Jackson St. between Oneida and Biddle St. Mary's Church-Corner Main and Biddle Streets St. Gaul's Church- Corner Second and Sycamore Streets Holy Trinity Church-S.W. corner Greenbush and Park Streets St. Joseph's Church-Corner Cherry and Eleventh Streets St. Peter's Church Martin Street between Jackson and Jefferson In the following churches the Services are in Foreign Language Evangelical Lutheran-Corner Main and Division Old Lutheran Church of the Augsburg Confession, corner of Fifth and Wells Streets First Lutheran Church-Corner Tamarack and Fifth Streets St. Steven's Church Corner Hanover and Elizabeth St. Paul German Evangelical Church-Fifth Street between Tamarack and Prairie St. Johanne's Lutheran Church-Corner Fourth and Prairie Streets Reformed Lutheran Church-Fourth Street, between Cherry and Vliet Zion's Church-Corner Fourth and Cedar Streets Scandinavian Church (Norwegian) Corner Reed and Scott Streets German Methodist Church-Fifth Street between Tamarack and Prairie German Baptist Church-Fourth Street between Cedar and Wells Holland Presbyterian Church-Cherry Street between Ninth and Tenth First Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church-Corner Michigan and Van Buren Streets Synagogues Jewish Synagogue-Fourth Street between Tamarack and Prairie Jewish Synagogue-River Street between Division and Knapp Harmonial Philosophy Spiritalists-Treat's Hall

Gypsy Woman, Thank you for the information on the German Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee. My German/Lutheran Families arrived around 1870.... William Frederick August Hoppe arrived in1871. He was born in or around Arnsberg, Pomerania. 921--23rd Street; 538R--26th Street, and 2442 Elm, 3908 N. 28th St. Milwaukee, WI. His brother, Otto Frederick Hoppe, came to the U.S. in 1872, they settled for a couple of years in Buffalo, New York. Otto took a lake boat bound for Milwaukee, landing there in fall of 1881. He became a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church. Does anyone know the names of the closest Lutheran Churches to these streets? 921--23rd Street: 538R--26th Street: 2442 Elm St.: 3908 N. 28th St. Many of the HOPPE Family are buried at Wanderer's Rest Cemetary, Milwaukee, WI; The SCHRAMM's are buried in Union Cemetary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Anyone, who may know of the closest Lutheran churches to these addresses--I would love to know...thank you, Susan snokes@tscnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <GipCWoman@aol.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:29 PM Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? > He may not have been in a church..... > The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & Mitchell > St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was > dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build > it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... > They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer > people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an > actual church was built.... > A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with German-language > services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home Ave. > The old church was demolished in 1977. > This is the only info I have...... > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

In a message dated 4/15/02 9:44:09 AM Mountain Daylight Time, hertz@isomedia.com writes: > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could pinpoint > their address? > From 1847 to1860/61 the Milw. Directories are on Fiche starting with #6044124 to 6044133. Starting in 1861 the Milw. Directories are on film. Film # 1377046 starts with 1861. These listings are all available on Familysearch.org.

My William Hoppe is buried in Wanderer's Rest!!! He died May 13, 1913. His wife's name was Auguste Bublitz. I have no idea who in that cemetery is related to my William. But sure would love to know. ~Michelle ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 1:30 AM Subject: [WiMilwau] Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee 1870-1886??? > Gypsy Woman, > > Thank you for the information on the German Lutheran Churches in Milwaukee. > My German/Lutheran Families arrived around 1870.... > > William Frederick August Hoppe arrived in1871. He was born in or around > Arnsberg, Pomerania. 921--23rd Street; 538R--26th Street, and 2442 Elm, > 3908 N. 28th St. Milwaukee, WI. > > His brother, Otto Frederick Hoppe, came to the U.S. in 1872, they settled > for a couple of years in Buffalo, New York. Otto took a lake boat bound for > Milwaukee, landing there in fall of 1881. He became a member of St. Paul's > Lutheran Church. > > Does anyone know the names of the closest Lutheran Churches to these > streets? > 921--23rd Street: > 538R--26th Street: > 2442 Elm St.: > 3908 N. 28th St. > > Many of the HOPPE Family are buried at Wanderer's Rest Cemetary, Milwaukee, > WI; The SCHRAMM's are buried in Union Cemetary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. > > Anyone, who may know of the closest Lutheran churches to these addresses--I > would love to know...thank you, > Susan > snokes@tscnet.com > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <GipCWoman@aol.com> > To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:29 PM > Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > > > > Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? > > He may not have been in a church..... > > The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & > Mitchell > > St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was > > dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build > > it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... > > They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer > > people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an > > actual church was built.... > > A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with > German-language > > services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home > Ave. > > The old church was demolished in 1977. > > This is the only info I have...... > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

No, the church he was christened in is what I am trying to find. Barbara At 12:29 PM 4/15/2002, you wrote: >Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? >He may not have been in a church..... Barbara Zanzig hertz@isomedia.com

Unbelievable (to me), one of my letters is now transcribed and translated within 24 hours of my initial request! For others with this 'challenge', I'll summarize what I've found since yesterday morning since reading the suggestions offered for how I could get some newly discovered family letters translated. I didn't get to trying a translating dictionary, because I couldn't read the handwriting. I've saved the site reference though. Thanks, GipCWoman@aol.com! Pam & Linda suggested this site. http://www.genealogienetz.de/misc/translation.html I contacted them regarding my shorter letter. Since I needed a transcription, this is a special request which they only do for German-to-English. I email a description of what I want (file size, etc.). They email me someone to contact. I email him. He (I think he's a 'he') emails me asking for the files. I email him with attached jpg files. By luck, the timing was right & we were both online -- mid afternoon here in Boston, mid evening in Germany. So my letter was in 'his' hands by 5 pm EST & results were ready for me when I checked mail this morning. I've asked him whether I should send him the 2nd letter or whether I should start the process from the beginning. This is the most amazing service! Thank you, Pam & Linda, so much for letting us know about it. I also think Mary is absolutely right when she recommended that getting a native speaker to read the original handwriting. Pam had also suggested the German Rootsweb boards. I found an offer from someone to transcribe/translate old German documents for free. I contacted him and he said that he was swamped with requests, but if that I still needed help in 2 months to contact him. Thank you, everyone! Linda Gardner Acton, MA

In a message dated 4/16/02 1:52:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jenny@bethurem.com writes: > For help with low German, you might want to try contacting someone at the > Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (Pomeranian Society of Freistadt). I seem to > remember reading something about someone from their group giving low German > > language lessons. Possibly they could translate it for you. Their web > site is > http://www.execpc.com/~pommern/ > Jenny Thanks so much Jenny. I'll give that a try :) Gini

Dear List, I just received this as a Milwaukee Inquiry though the Linkstothepast.com website. It was written in German and I had it translated. If anyone has any information for this person, please contact them directly. Hello, many greetings from Germany to America. For ancestor research of my family I look for emigrants and descendants of the names Parthum, Crasser or glaring (different ways of writing), which possibly came to you. The members can be from Saxonia, Bavaria or Wuerthenberg. Thus a Mr. Parthum Walther emigrated among other things on 6 April 1926 from Heinrichsort/Saxonia with ship Bremen (he was at that time 23 years) to America (Milwankee). Occupation: Farmer. Can you help me? Thank you and best greetings to you. RSFRA@aol.com Thanks, Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com

Barbara, I am sure there are older Lutheran Churches of the time period. I suspect they were Lutheran only because the majority of the immigrants from Mecklenberg were Lutheran. Especially those that had arrived before 1859. I suspect my 1848-49 and 1859 directories will have a list of churches. Can you give me the surname you are looking for? Maybe he is listed I have a St. Matthew Anniversary book here. St. Matthew Church (Ev. Lutheran) was founded by the sainted Pastor Muehlhaeuser about Sept 20, 1865. This church started on Teutonia (but I don't know what ward it was in) It would not surprise me if Pastor Muelhaeuser started more churches in that time period. Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 4/15/02 at 3:29 PM GipCWoman@aol.com wrote: >Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? >He may not have been in a church..... >The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & Mitchell >St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was >dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build >it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... >They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer >people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an >actual church was built.... >A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with German-language >services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home Ave. >The old church was demolished in 1977. >This is the only info I have...... > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

For help with low German, you might want to try contacting someone at the Pommerscher Verein Freistadt (Pomeranian Society of Freistadt). I seem to remember reading something about someone from their group giving low German language lessons. Possibly they could translate it for you. Their web site is http://www.execpc.com/~pommern/ Jenny >Ellen, > >Would your sources be able to help with letters written in Old German? I >have quite a few, written around 1860-1870, but I am told that they are in >"old" or "low" German which, it would seem, is entirely different from >today's German. I do have the letters scanned, but I don't have a web site >to post them on (nor do I know about how to do create a website!), but I >could email or snail mail them to anyone who might be able to help. > >If anyone has any good ideas for translating Old German, I would appreciate >your thoughts. Thanks so much. > >Gini

Blessed Sacrament Church, Greenfield.. Was this a Catholic Church? Is it still in existance? What are/were the cross streets? Thank you, Susan

Barbara, I am interested in any responses you receive to these questions. If they are posted to you personnaly and not to the list, please forward them to me at: snokes@tscnet.com Thank You Susan ----- Subject: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > My ggrandfather was born in Milwaukee in August, 1858. I've already looked in the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth record index and I don't find him there, so I think that I need to find the church he was christened in. Can anyone help? > > In the 1860 census, his parents are in the 9th Ward. They emigrated from Mecklenburg (Germany) in 1857 or 1858, so I'm guessing they were Lutheran (although they could have been Catholic.) How can I find the churches in the 9th Ward in 1860? Would there have been a particular church that Germans would have used? > > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could pinpoint their address? > > Any other suggestions? Anything online? Is there anywhere I could find a ward map? > > Thanks, > Barbara >

Do you have the name of the church your grandfather was christened in?? He may not have been in a church..... The oldest Lutheran Church I was able to find used to be near 13th & Mitchell St. It was St. Jacobi's Evangelical Lutheran Church.....the bldg. was dedicated in 1873....I do not know when they actuallystarted to build it......it was to serve Lutherans who emigrated from Germany..... They may have had a congregation started prior to that with fewer people....and may have met in peoples homes or even at a school until an actual church was built.... A new church was constructed in 1906......They continued with German-language services until 1971.....The church purchased land on 86th & Forest Home Ave. The old church was demolished in 1977. This is the only info I have......

Thank you, everyone, for your very helpful suggestions! And so quickly! We definitely have some very generous night owls and early birds on this list. I have enough to keep me busy for a while, although additional pointers are welcome. I will let you know how things turn out. Linda

Barbara- The best resource is the Archdiocese of Milwaukee who have been very helpful with my mom's family. They sent me copies of the baptismal records for all 10 of my mom's siblings as well as marriage info on my grandparents. The time frame is a little later than you're looking for. My grandmother was baptized in 1878. I don't know anything about wards. My great-grandparents were born in Poland and belonged to St. Adalbert's church and are buried in St. Adalbert's cemetery. The address for the Archdiocese is 3501 S. Lake Drive, P.O. Box 07912, Milwaukee, WI 53207-0912 and the phone # is (414) 769-3300. The Chancery office is (414) 769-3340. If you want to try St. Adalbert's cemetery, their address is 3801 S. 6th Street, Milwaukee 53221 (414) 483-3663. My great-grand -parents were buried there in 1907 and 1909. Other Catholic cemeteries in Milwaukee are: Calvary at 5503 W. Blue Mound Road, Milwaukee 53208, (414) 438-4430; Holy Cross 7301 W. Nash St., Milwaukee 53216 (414) 438-4420; Holy Trinity 3564 S. 13th Street, Milwaukee 53221, (414) 744-9100 and Mt. Olivet at 3801 W. Morgan Avenue, Milwaukee, 53221 (414) 645-0611. Good luck and if I can be of any further help, let me know. Grace ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Zanzig <hertz@isomedia.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: [WiMilwau] Finding a church in 1860 > Hi, > > My ggrandfather was born in Milwaukee in August, 1858. I've already looked in the pre-1907 Wisconsin birth record index and I don't find him there, so I think that I need to find the church he was christened in. Can anyone help? > > In the 1860 census, his parents are in the 9th Ward. They emigrated from Mecklenburg (Germany) in 1857 or 1858, so I'm guessing they were Lutheran (although they could have been Catholic.) How can I find the churches in the 9th Ward in 1860? Would there have been a particular church that Germans would have used? > > Is there a city directory for Milwaukee for that period so I could pinpoint their address? > > Any other suggestions? Anything online? Is there anywhere I could find a ward map? > > Thanks, > Barbara > > Barbara Zanzig > hertz@isomedia.com > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

I would be very interested in the answer to this question also. My great-grand father Frederick Harmeyer donated the land in 1857 for the cemetery, the Catholic school and the church that once stood there. I have many relatives buried there. There was a sacrament book at one time listing all the baptism, marriages and deaths but it has disappeared. Does anyone know how to find out just who was moved from the west side of the cemetery and where they are now? -----Original Message----- From: Kmann@ra.rockwell.com [mailto:Kmann@ra.rockwell.com] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 11:35 AM To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WiMilwau] Blessed Sacrament Church, Greenfield Hello. Over a year ago I was speaking with someone who was transcribing the records from the old Blessed Sacrament Church in Greenfield. She told me that she would be submitting them to the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society upon her completion. Does anyone know if this effort was ever completed & published? Thanks, Krista Researching Montag, Multhauf, Mirgeler, Mann, Bell, Lascheck, Beckman, Kurth ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237