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 >