There is a beautiful old church on the corner of W Lincoln and S 6th streetsin Milwaukee. It is called St Josephat's Basilica(St Joe's). It's a very large Catholic church and has been drawing large numbers since 1888. It was predominantly Polish and German and the congregation was wide-spread. This is just a few blocks South of Mitchell St. The church is a local landmark with a large copper dome that can be seen for miles in all directions. Maybe this is a possible candidate. John On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 19:01:42 -0700, George Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Our families (Vanasek, Brokish, and Wagner) came from Bohemia in the mid 1800's to Milwaukee. They lived on Mineral St., Elizabeth St., 4th Ave., and also Mitchell St. If I read the old maps correctly, I think that was in Ward 8 . Can anyone please give me advice as to where they might have gone to church? They were Catholic and Bohemian. From looking in the old directories of the time, I see two Churches that were associated with the Bohemian immigrants: > 1. "St. Peter's Church (Bohemian) on Martin, nr. Jackson", and > 2. Bohemian Catholic Church, near 6th ward school house. > Our families were at 721 Mineral St., and 512 Elizabeth St. (now called National), also at 300 4th Ave, and 582 4th Ave.... later they also lived at 492 Mitchell. > I would appreciate any insights into that section of the city, and also which of the Catholic Churches they may have attended. Also, if anyone can suggest websites that would have old photos of this section of Milwakee, I would appreciate it. > > Newbie, > George > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.857 / Virus Database: 584 - Release Date: 2/10/2005 > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > >