Susan, I have belonged to the Milwaukee County Genealogical Society and the Milwaukee County Historical Society for many years. They have both been well worth it. In 1985 when I wasn't into the computer, I did a lot of research via regular mail. Both of these groups were VERY helpful. I even met a woman through the gen group who did research for me at various public repositories. I paid her, but it also was well worth it. I also belong to the Bay View Historical Society. Bay View was a small village of it's own but was annexed to Milwaukee, I believe in the 1880's. But they have a strong neighborhood and I've enjoyed reading their publications. If you aren't sure if you want to join, write to the historical society and ask them what sources they have available via the mail. They have done look ups in city directories, coroner's reports, various indices, court records (what a surprise to get the court documents from a court proceeding for my family from 1890!) naturalizations, even census look ups. I really believe that any time we can join a group in an area where our ancestors lived, it helps us to get a feel for the place and also small groups do a lot of "group research"....that might be difficult to obtain from any other resource, i.e. recording cemeteries or transcribing the census. Good luck with your research. Maxine At 08:46 PM 1/10/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Pam, >Another excellent source are the Milwaukee City Directories...I am no longer >living in Wisconsin, so I cannot help you with that. > >Does anyone on this list have experience with membership in the Milwaukee >county Geneological Society? I have been considering joining...please >e-mail me at: snokes@tscnet.com >Thank you, >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 Pray for Peace, Maxine Capezza