Hi Lynda, Before you go to the cemetery, look at the microfilms of the cemetery records. The FHC has films of all the records. You'll learn a more than you would reading just tombstones. The records have Name, Time and place of birth, Time and place of death, Date of burial, and Cause of death. It also has the location of the grave but you need a map to figure it out. After you've read the films, you can still write the cemetery if you still want to go. Union Cemetery is now under the supervision of Forest Home Cemetery. I visited Union Cem. a couple years ago. I would suggest that you will feel much safer if you go with a few other people. (I was alone and was a bit nervous.) You should indeed write for the grave locations before you go- there are too many to systematically search. - John Faludi At 7:02 PM -0400 5/3/02, LD4847@aol.com wrote: >I have several family members at union Cemertey. how is it now and is it safe >to go there. I was told to write a letter about my family to the Cemertey. >att Donna and they would send me a map and the place of the grave and any >info they had Has any one else found this to be the same and can we really >find the graves. Looking for the following other family members Steinke >Klein Adler, Doberstein,Gerth,Loshe,Stegmann, Pintz, Thurow, Steinke from >Germany lived in Milwaukee, family of Johann Carl Steinke Sons Herman and >August Steinke daughter of Johann Carl was Anna Steinke Wolff or >Wolf.Doberstein father was Lester of Milwaukee. Saeger Was a minister in >Milwaukee and a large family.Adler lives in Milwaukee Gerth was father of my >great great grandmother Hanna Gerth Steinke Throw maiden name of my great >grandmother Emily Steinke. > >LYNDA DOBERSTEIN > > >==== 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