After trying a few sights I finally got the phone # for Forest Hill Cem in Oak Creek. Secrtetary verified he was ours by giving me the next of kin name & address plus city of birth. He is buried in Sect 10, Block 35, Lot 34, Base 4 & has a Marker-Possibly a Veterans Marker. She made no mention as to IF anyone else was buried with him. Would still like to find the Mortuary used to see what info theymight have. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary R. Frank Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:45 AM To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Questions on Albert Kubitz death cert If a public administrator had to sign as informant, I think that would mean there was no other family around to do that. Perhaps this ties in with why they thought he was buried in "Potter's Field." But the cemetery probably wouldn't have much more information than what was on the death cert. When I have looked at cemetery records, all they usually have is the date, place of burial and who else is in the plot (IF it was a family plot)--not information on parents and birthplace. Interesting that the burial was a month and a half after the death. mrf Kathy wrote: > I received in the mail Tuesday Albert Kubitz death cert. It does NOT list > State/City of birth, parents names or spouse. > > It says be was buried from an Independent Mortuary at 1451 N. 27th St, > Milwaukee. Burial took place in Forest Hill Cem 3-12-1964 with death > 1-31-1964. > > Questions- > How would I find out what Mortuary that was? Funeral Director was Robert > C. Baetke. If it is no longer in existence-Where might the records be now? > > Why would the Public Administrator (Joseph Schoendorf)sign his death cert > as Informant? > Albert spent 13 days in Milw County General Hospital at 1118 N. 20th St. > Is this Hospital still in existence? If so might they give info free or > would they charge? If charge-about how much ? > > Has anyone had good luck in acquiring info from Forest Hill Cem? Do they > charge to give you his birth place, name of Parents and Spouse if listed in > records? > > Thank you, > Kathy

Speaking of mortuaries, what happens to the records after a funeral parlor closes? Most of the places my relatives were waked at are closed? Any ideas?? That would be interesting to know. -----Original Message----- From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Kathy Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:16 AM To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Questions on Albert Kubitz death cert After trying a few sights I finally got the phone # for Forest Hill Cem in Oak Creek. Secrtetary verified he was ours by giving me the next of kin name & address plus city of birth. He is buried in Sect 10, Block 35, Lot 34, Base 4 & has a Marker-Possibly a Veterans Marker. She made no mention as to IF anyone else was buried with him. Would still like to find the Mortuary used to see what info theymight have. Kathy -----Original Message----- From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary R. Frank Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:45 AM To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Questions on Albert Kubitz death cert If a public administrator had to sign as informant, I think that would mean there was no other family around to do that. Perhaps this ties in with why they thought he was buried in "Potter's Field." But the cemetery probably wouldn't have much more information than what was on the death cert. When I have looked at cemetery records, all they usually have is the date, place of burial and who else is in the plot (IF it was a family plot)--not information on parents and birthplace. Interesting that the burial was a month and a half after the death. mrf Kathy wrote: > I received in the mail Tuesday Albert Kubitz death cert. It does NOT list > State/City of birth, parents names or spouse. > > It says be was buried from an Independent Mortuary at 1451 N. 27th St, > Milwaukee. Burial took place in Forest Hill Cem 3-12-1964 with death > 1-31-1964. > > Questions- > How would I find out what Mortuary that was? Funeral Director was Robert > C. Baetke. If it is no longer in existence-Where might the records be now? > > Why would the Public Administrator (Joseph Schoendorf)sign his death cert > as Informant? > Albert spent 13 days in Milw County General Hospital at 1118 N. 20th St. > Is this Hospital still in existence? If so might they give info free or > would they charge? If charge-about how much ? > > Has anyone had good luck in acquiring info from Forest Hill Cem? Do they > charge to give you his birth place, name of Parents and Spouse if listed in > records? > > Thank you, > Kathy ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Well, I know that old college records are stored at a variety of places--some are in the UW-Milwaukee archives here and some are at another location designated by the State Records Board (not sure of the exact title of this body). Someone with some time to search could go to wisconsin.gov and look around for information on what happens to old records. It would probably be found in the section related to the Dept. of Administration. That doesn't mean every mortuary would have done the right thing and turned their records over. I don't have a clue what the rules are for such businesses, but that would be the place to look. There is probably some state mortuary group, too. I think someone posted about it in the past. mrf Dale Schmitz wrote: > Speaking of mortuaries, what happens to the records after a funeral parlor > closes? Most of the places my relatives were waked at are closed? Any > ideas?? That would be interesting to know. > > -----Original Message----- > From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com] > On Behalf Of Kathy > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 9:16 AM > To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Questions on Albert Kubitz death cert > > After trying a few sights I finally got the phone # for Forest Hill Cem in > Oak Creek. > > Secrtetary verified he was ours by giving me the next of kin name & address > plus city of birth. > > He is buried in Sect 10, Block 35, Lot 34, Base 4 & has a Marker-Possibly > a Veterans Marker. She made no mention as to IF anyone else was buried with > him. > > Would still like to find the Mortuary used to see what info theymight have. > > Kathy > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:wimilwau-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of Mary R. Frank > Sent: Friday, June 08, 2007 8:45 AM > To: wimilwau@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [WIMILWAU] Questions on Albert Kubitz death cert > > > If a public administrator had to sign as informant, I think that would > mean there was no other family around to do that. Perhaps this ties in > with why they thought he was buried in "Potter's Field." But the > cemetery probably wouldn't have much more information than what was on > the death cert. When I have looked at cemetery records, all they > usually have is the date, place of burial and who else is in the plot > (IF it was a family plot)--not information on parents and birthplace. > Interesting that the burial was a month and a half after the death. > > mrf > > Kathy wrote: > >> I received in the mail Tuesday Albert Kubitz death cert. It does NOT list >> State/City of birth, parents names or spouse. >> >> It says be was buried from an Independent Mortuary at 1451 N. 27th St, >> Milwaukee. Burial took place in Forest Hill Cem 3-12-1964 with death >> 1-31-1964. >> >> Questions- >> How would I find out what Mortuary that was? Funeral Director was Robert >> C. Baetke. If it is no longer in existence-Where might the records be now? >> >> Why would the Public Administrator (Joseph Schoendorf)sign his death cert >> as Informant? >> Albert spent 13 days in Milw County General Hospital at 1118 N. 20th St. >> Is this Hospital still in existence? If so might they give info free or >> would they charge? If charge-about how much ? >> >> Has anyone had good luck in acquiring info from Forest Hill Cem? Do they >> charge to give you his birth place, name of Parents and Spouse if listed >> > in > >> records? >> >> Thank you, >> Kathy >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to WIMILWAU-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >