John, Those were very good resources for Milwaukee. Thanks much. Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza At 04:07 PM 1/6/2002 -0600, you wrote: >At 04:50 PM 1/6/2002 -0500, Nancy wrote: > >Can anyone give me an idea of whether or not there were German language > >newspapers in the Milwaukee area in 1875? If so where are they available > >perhaps on microfilm? What churches might have been attended if a family > >was Lutheran there? Fraternal organizations? > >On this page >http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/wi/milwaukee/milw.htm >there is a link to >ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/wi/milwaukee/newspapers/milwnews.txt >which is a list of newspapers in the Milwaukee area >and the dates they were published. Some were active in 1875. > >I've never tried to examine these old newspapers, though. > >- John