Thanks, Barb, for your very kind words. I honestly enjoy doing this work and just hope that I am able to help others. As I have said, I do it because so many have helped me in my family research. Two great examples were: a group of people in Rochester, New York, helped me find my grandfather's gravesite as I had no idea where he was buried. They call themselves THE FRIENDS OF MT. HOPE CEMETERY. They sent me maps and other information at no cost to me. And then, I wrote to the Archives of Denmark. They put me in touch with a genealogist on the Island of Amagar. Mr. Jansen not only traced my family back to 1521 for me but photcopied census reports, Church information and mailed it all to me and absolute refused to take a penny for doing it, not even to paying for the postage. So, "Do unto others as your would have them do unto you." I will never be able to do enough in my few remaining years to match up to what others have done for me. Again, though, thank you (my turn now) for the very kind words. Bob of Brookfield

Good evening Marilyn, Forest Home Cemetery is on the south side of Milwaukee although most so-called big names of early Milwaukee were buried there even though they lived on the north side. Those who were not in the so-called "upper echelon" of people were buried in various north side cemeteries. The biggest one was owned by three Lutheran Church and is called Union Cemetery. Today it is in the middle of the inner city and not the safest place to be. They even removed all of their records from the cemetery and moved them up to their newer cemetery on N. 43rd St. (6400 N.) called Graceland Cemetery. So any records for Union have to be gotten there. About that time another northside cemetery was started out on 60th and Burleigh called Wanderer's Rest and was very popular. It too ran into difficulties but not because of location but because of dishonest owners. So bad that the other cemeteries did the grass cutting and burying. It went bankrupt. Finally a gentelman from Chicago purchased and is trying to bring it back. He is doing a pretty good job, I have to say. He renamed it from Wanderer's Rest to Lincoln Memorial Cemetery. If you want any addresses with zip codes let me know. Union would be closest though to old North Milwaukee. Schmalz - I inherited a duplex up in Appleton, Wisconsin when my father died and I bought out my sister's half. Owned it for about ten years before I sold it. For about five years I rented the lower apartment to a young lady with that name. She was divorced though from that Schmalz but had a couple of children with him. For the life of me I can't remember what her first name was (neither can my wife). That was back in the late 60's and early 70's. I will check Forest Home on Friday when I check the Crumwell's and will let you know the end of this week or the beginning of next. Have a great weekend. Bob

Bob keeps doing lots of lookups at Forest Home Cemetery for many of us. I don't know Bob personally, but he helped me and sent me a bunch of information from Forest Home Cemetery a few months ago on the Jaeger surname, after seeing a query I had posted. He has since helped my new found "cousin" in Milwaukee and I see numerous messages to him and from him on this list. His help is invaluable and he seems to give it freely to anyone who asks. Or in my case, just because he saw my posting. I just wanted to say Thanks to Bob for everything he does for so many of us. Barb Thomas Bothell, WA bthomas@wport.com OR barbethomas@hotmail.com

Speaking for myself, I will try to give a bit more information (soon) about Milwaukee. I haven't done a lot of research here, other than at the Courthouse and the UWM campus urban archives (I work at UWM). I haven't yet checked out the Milwaukee Historical Society (for the naturalization papers), nor have I gone to the Family Search Center in Hales Corners (a suburb of Milwaukee). If you are going to stay for a week, you may also wish to visit the State Historical Society in Madison (about a 70 mile drive from Milwaukee). Here is their website: http://www.shsw.wisc.edu/ There is a GENEALOGY link in the left column on that page. Can you tell us some more detail about the names/dates you would be researching in the Milwauke area? Also, can you tell us something about the conference? Mary Milwaukee >>> ms.fiedler@att.net 01/30/02 01:10PM >>> Cheryl, Mary and Susan, I am planning to attend the National Genealogy Societies Conference in Milwaukee in May and have been following this thread with great interest. If you three have the extra time, would it be possible for you to continue giving us tips like these and where else to research and where to stay, where to eat and anything else you think would be helpful for those of us that will be attending this wonderful conference. I plan on doing the conference, taking all the classes on how to research Milwaukee and Wisconsin and if there are tours will take those too. Then plan on renting a car after the conference and staying for a week and doing research on my lovely 20 some year deadend families, Schmalz and Traxel and Sellman. Have never been to Wisconsin and could use all the help I can get to make the most of my limited time there. Thanks, Marilyn Fiedler ms.fiedler@att.net Bend, Oregon Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:51:20 -0600 From: "Joseph J & Maxine M. Capezza" <jcapezza@cafes.net> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Cheryl, Thanks for telling us about your trip to the register of deeds. I thought that on certain days for a certain very few hours people could actually look at the records? A woman used to extract information from the records for me. I made up a form and filled in the name etc and then mailed it to her. She pulled the records and filled in the remaining data and sent the forms back to me. Sometime after that I read in the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society's REPORTER that the records wouldn't be as available as they had been. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the times and dates as I don't live in Wisconsin. But does this mean that researchers cannot look at the actual records, ever?? Just curious. Maxine Researching: Blum, Hoehnen, Maximillian Peters in Milwaukee Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee CountyRegister of Deeds. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:13:19 -0600 From: "Mary Frank" <mrfrank@des.uwm.edu> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Maxine, yes, you can still look at the record books. That's what I'll be doing on the 11th. You can go for 4 hours at a time, but you have to make appointments in advance. The first time you go, you fill out a form that they keep on file for you. Mary Milwaukee, WI Subject: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 06:48:04 -0800 From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com My experience has been that they are VERY strict about their appointment system..the clerks do not care if you have come from out of State...they assume you should know and call ahead to make an appointment before you ever arrive in Wisconsin. Appointments are 4 hours long, either morning or afternoon--and they will only pull records for 3 out of the 4 hours for you. You are expected to hand them the slip with the information, only 12 records will be pulled per month--and only one time per month will they pull records for the same person/researcher. I had 2 pages of rules to read, before I could even make an appointment. This occurred in November 2001. Susan ==== 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

Hello Bob, If possible, would you kindly check to see if you have any Schmalz names in this Cemetery? Frederick Schmalz died in 1906 in Milwaukee, can't find a death certificate or obit.His wife Maria (Stahl)Schmalz is buried at St. John's Luthern Church Cemetery in Fox Point but I find no entry for Frederick. My Uncle remembered only that he had been buried in North Milwaukee. Do not know where Forest Home is. Any suggestions as to other cemteries in North Milwaukee that could be searched? Thanks, Marilyn(Schmalz) Fiedler ms.fiedler@att.net Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] Any Crumwell's at Forest Home Cemetery? Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 05:47:04 EST From: Gartzr@aol.com To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Will be happy to look but you will have to wait as I donate just one day a week to help people find information about their deceased relatives. That day is Friday so I won't be able to get back to you 'till next weekend. Regarding parents names, etc. that is information which we don't have. In most cases I can find out what the persons birthdate was, date of death, date of burial, what was the cause of death in cases prior to about 1940 for, for some reason, funeral directors stopped about that time giving that information. Sometimes I can go down into the vaults and find it out on a burial permit. I can usually also find that residence of the person. Also, in some cases I can find out who surviving heirs might be from the Lot Representative Affidavit. That is about it except for who the person is buried with. Had one Friday that helped a young man also from Massachusetts who found out from the burials just what his great-grandmother's maiden name was. He only knew that it started with an S and now knows that it was Storey. I will, therefore, look up whether there are people with your surname request buried at historic Forest Home Cemetery of Milwaukee and will send along the other information mentioned if that is what you want, Please let me know about that surname and others that you would be interested in. Bob of Brookfield

Cheryl, Mary and Susan, I am planning to attend the National Genealogy Societies Conference in Milwaukee in May and have been following this thread with great interest. If you three have the extra time, would it be possible for you to continue giving us tips like these and where else to research and where to stay, where to eat and anything else you think would be helpful for those of us that will be attending this wonderful conference. I plan on doing the conference, taking all the classes on how to research Milwaukee and Wisconsin and if there are tours will take those too. Then plan on renting a car after the conference and staying for a week and doing research on my lovely 20 some year deadend families, Schmalz and Traxel and Sellman. Have never been to Wisconsin and could use all the help I can get to make the most of my limited time there. Thanks, Marilyn Fiedler ms.fiedler@att.net Bend, Oregon Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 10:51:20 -0600 From: "Joseph J & Maxine M. Capezza" <jcapezza@cafes.net> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Cheryl, Thanks for telling us about your trip to the register of deeds. I thought that on certain days for a certain very few hours people could actually look at the records? A woman used to extract information from the records for me. I made up a form and filled in the name etc and then mailed it to her. She pulled the records and filled in the remaining data and sent the forms back to me. Sometime after that I read in the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society's REPORTER that the records wouldn't be as available as they had been. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the times and dates as I don't live in Wisconsin. But does this mean that researchers cannot look at the actual records, ever?? Just curious. Maxine Researching: Blum, Hoehnen, Maximillian Peters in Milwaukee Subject: Re: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee CountyRegister of Deeds. Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 22:13:19 -0600 From: "Mary Frank" <mrfrank@des.uwm.edu> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com Maxine, yes, you can still look at the record books. That's what I'll be doing on the 11th. You can go for 4 hours at a time, but you have to make appointments in advance. The first time you go, you fill out a form that they keep on file for you. Mary Milwaukee, WI Subject: [WiMilwau] A newbie's trip to the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 06:48:04 -0800 From: "Susan Nokes" <snokes@tscnet.com> To: WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com My experience has been that they are VERY strict about their appointment system..the clerks do not care if you have come from out of State...they assume you should know and call ahead to make an appointment before you ever arrive in Wisconsin. Appointments are 4 hours long, either morning or afternoon--and they will only pull records for 3 out of the 4 hours for you. You are expected to hand them the slip with the information, only 12 records will be pulled per month--and only one time per month will they pull records for the same person/researcher. I had 2 pages of rules to read, before I could even make an appointment. This occurred in November 2001. Susan

St. Stephen's Lutheran Church Film # 2057194 in Family Search

Sharon and list: Thanks for your response on the list regarding St. Stephen's church. About 5+ years ago, there was a woman from the church that you could request information from. I don't know if she still is there or not, but when I saw that UWM had microfilm records of a St. Stephen's church I got excited until I read the information on the film and it said it was for a Catholic church. I was just checking to see if they cataloged the record incorrectly or if indeed there was a St. Stephen's Lutheran and a St. Stephen's Catholic church. I didn't want to waste my time scrolling through the microfilm if it was for the wrong church. Were there any RENKEN, FAEHRMANN, MITZLAFF, KNEISLER, KRICKE, BORKENHAGEN surnames still at the church in the 1950s when you were there? Thanks. Eileen

There ware 2 St. Stephen's microfilmed by LDS One has records from 1883 - 1920 (1920 was the cutoff date that LDS microfilmed) and it says (New Coeln) behine it and the other only has comfirmation and baptism from 1908 (probably a newer church) I think it was the Archdioceses that alllowed the filming and probalby not the individual churches but I am not sure of that. The LDS at Hales corners has all the microfilm on site for Milw. Arch. Lenora from WIS

ROOTSWEB REVIEW: RootsWeb's Free Weekly E-zine Vol. 5, No. 4, 23 January 2002, Circulation: 973,272 (c) 1998-2002 RootsWeb.com, Inc. http://www.rootsweb.com/ RZEPKA, REPKA. The saga of Thomas and Theresa RZEPKA/REPKA and their 11 children. From Namslau, Silesia, Germany to Honey Creek, Sauk County, Wisconsin in 1885. Family pages, stories, Bible, naturalization record, reunion information, and photos. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~rzepka/ Published in SOMEBODY'S LINKS NEWSLETTER: Genealogical Treasures Found, Vol. 4, No. 2, 24 January 2002. http://www.PetuniaPress.com/ o I have photos left to me of people I do not know. Some are in poor condition and many are those little "4 for 25 cents" booth snapshots. Most are from Chicago, Illinois, and were taken during the 1930s. Some are photos of groups of graduates (who are not identified) from Lindblom High School in Chicago, class of 1936. (The school is now know as Lindblom Technical High School.) -- The notations are: Dorothy SMETTERS - Evelyn MANUAL, taken on the beach in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 21 August 1938, Ki ANDERSON, Bob DURKIN, Clyde SCHLEIF, Bob DeLANCY, taken on the beach in Kenosha, Wisconsin, 21 August 1938 -- A group photo of 21 uniformed (more or less) men, taken at "Camp Jump River, Westboro, Wisconsin" on 1 November 1934. They are possibly part of the "CCC" or "YCC" (this is just a Guess). Some are identified only by first names, most only by surname. Behind them is a building with a sign "Camp Ballyhoo" on it, probably the barracks for this group. Here are the names: Row 1: Sammy, Frank, LIHIEM, DISPARROS, COSTA, Whitey, NAPCHAK, AXELROD, Tony, Foxy. (Sammy and Foxy are holding accordions). Row 2: MOUSLOUSKI, MATUSICK, ZILKI, ZULICK, CARUCCI, KELLY, SCHLEIF, RICH. Row three: Tony, Docky, Barney. These young men look to be in their 20s or so, some even younger. Although they are in Wisconsin, many may be from Chicago, Illinois or from Wyandot County, Ohio. -- I also have a group photo of many "uniformed" young men, including the 21 above. None is identified but they are obviously all part of the Camp Jump River organization. There must be more than 100 of them. The photo is taken from a distance but the faces are all very clear. If you know your relative was at Camp Jump River in November 1934, I will e-mail you a scanned copy of this photo. I will scan and e-mail copies of these photos to interested family members. NJive@earthlink.net o Several years ago I bought a book with "Alma SCHUETZE, Milwaukee, Wisconsin" written in it. There are two handwritten signatures of the person with name and address in the book, HEART OF THE OAKS, Book 4, published in 1895. It is a literature book someone might have had for school. Let me know if you have a connection and would be interested. Ann jgebhar@adams.net --

I attended St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in the 1950's. It is my understanding that St. Stephens has not allowed its records to be microfilmed by anyone. Have you tried contacting the church itself to see where its records are located and how to access them? Sharon ----- Original Message ----- From: <Tande4ever@aol.com> To: <WIMILWAU-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 6:24 AM Subject: [WiMilwau] Renken > Heinrich Herman Renken was born 1792 in Oldenburg, Germany. He is listed in > the 1860 census as living in the 8th ward of Milwaukee with the occupation as > a milkman. His wife, Anna, is buried at Forest Home cemetery in 1876 under > the name of Anna Reuken. Where is Herman buried? Is anyone else researching > this surname? The family were original members of St. Stephen's Lutheran > church in Milwaukee. Are the microfilm records at UWM as listed in their > catalog as St. Stephen's Catholic church? > Thanks in advance. > Eileen > > > ==== 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 > > >

Heinrich Herman Renken was born 1792 in Oldenburg, Germany. He is listed in the 1860 census as living in the 8th ward of Milwaukee with the occupation as a milkman. His wife, Anna, is buried at Forest Home cemetery in 1876 under the name of Anna Reuken. Where is Herman buried? Is anyone else researching this surname? The family were original members of St. Stephen's Lutheran church in Milwaukee. Are the microfilm records at UWM as listed in their catalog as St. Stephen's Catholic church? Thanks in advance. Eileen

My experience has been that they are VERY strict about their appointment system..the clerks do not care if you have come from out of State...they assume you should know and call ahead to make an appointment before you ever arrive in Wisconsin. Appointments are 4 hours long, either morning or afternoon--and they will only pull records for 3 out of the 4 hours for you. You are expected to hand them the slip with the information, only 12 records will be pulled per month--and only one time per month will they pull records for the same person/researcher. I had 2 pages of rules to read, before I could even make an appointment. This occurred in November 2001. Susan

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Maxine, yes, you can still look at the record books. That's what I'll be doing on the 11th. You can go for 4 hours at a time, but you have to make appointments in advance. The first time you go, you fill out a form that they keep on file for you. Mary Milwaukee, WI >>> jcapezza@cafes.net 01/27/02 10:51AM >>> Cheryl, Thanks for telling us about your trip to the register of deeds. I thought that on certain days for a certain very few hours people could actually look at the records? A woman used to extract information from the records for me. I made up a form and filled in the name etc and then mailed it to her. She pulled the records and filled in the remaining data and sent the forms back to me. Sometime after that I read in the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society's REPORTER that the records wouldn't be as available as they had been. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the times and dates as I don't live in Wisconsin. But does this mean that researchers cannot look at the actual records, ever?? Just curious. Maxine Researching: Blum, Hoehnen, Maximillian Peters in Milwaukee Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza ==== 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

Hello and happy Sunday Would someone be able to lookup this marriage for me. I am wondering if there is more info on this Name: Faull Death Date: 01 Sep 1907 County: Milwaukee Volume: 35 Page: 0540 Reel: 100 Image: 0305 Index Volume: 11 Sequence #: 102384 Thanks so much! Any help is greatly appreciated Sandy _____________________________________________________________ Sign up for FREE email from The PI Directory at http://www.pi-directory.com

Cheryl, Thanks for telling us about your trip to the register of deeds. I thought that on certain days for a certain very few hours people could actually look at the records? A woman used to extract information from the records for me. I made up a form and filled in the name etc and then mailed it to her. She pulled the records and filled in the remaining data and sent the forms back to me. Sometime after that I read in the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society's REPORTER that the records wouldn't be as available as they had been. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the times and dates as I don't live in Wisconsin. But does this mean that researchers cannot look at the actual records, ever?? Just curious. Maxine Researching: Blum, Hoehnen, Maximillian Peters in Milwaukee Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza

Will be happy to look but you will have to wait as I donate just one day a week to help people find information about their deceased relatives. That day is Friday so I won't be able to get back to you 'till next weekend. Regarding parents names, etc. that is information which we don't have. In most cases I can find out what the persons birthdate was, date of death, date of burial, what was the cause of death in cases prior to about 1940 for, for some reason, funeral directors stopped about that time giving that information. Sometimes I can go down into the vaults and find it out on a burial permit. I can usually also find that residence of the person. Also, in some cases I can find out who surviving heirs might be from the Lot Representative Affidavit. That is about it except for who the person is buried with. Had one Friday that helped a young man also from Massachusetts who found out from the burials just what his great-grandmother's maiden name was. He only knew that it started with an S and now knows that it was Storey. I will, therefore, look up whether there are people with your surname request buried at historic Forest Home Cemetery of Milwaukee and will send along the other information mentioned if that is what you want, Please let me know about that surname and others that you would be interested in. Bob of Brookfield

Dear Bob of Brookfield, I would very much appreciate it if you could tell me if there are any Crumwell's buried at Forest Home Cemetery. My great grandmother was Emma Crumwell. She was buried in 1944 as Emma Owens with her husband, Joseph Douglas Owens, in section 64. Do you know if the cemetery would have more information about Emma? I have a photo of her grave that my mother took last October. According to Emma's wedding certificate her parents were James and Nancy Crumwell. In my aunt's notes she lists Emma with a brother, James, and a sister, Minnie. There may also be another brother, Steven. We don't know very much about this family. Perhaps Forest Home will provide more clues. My mother was so excited about finding our Owens' relatives that she forgot to look for the Crumwells. Thank you very much! Linda Gardner Massachusetts

Hello all, Not sure how many have seen this yet, forgive me if it's been posted already, but I received the notification of this awhile ago,but only because I ordered a birth certificate from the Digital Archives(they are sponsoring this site). . .and thought maybe it would be helpful to someone. . . http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wlhba/index.asp Thy're hoping to post info from newspapers, etc. Probably stuff available at the library but for us non-local folks, looks as if there's some interesting things. . Pam G.