The Milwaukee Public Library, Humanities Department has a book that cross references the old addresses to new. You can try using the link on their website to ask. Here's the link to The Milwaukee Public Library; www.mpl.org . Here's another link to see what old street names have been changed to; http://www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/mkestreets1.html . John Tom & Karen Duffy <[email protected]> Wrote: Marcie, I pondered the same question as you did. The addresses were regularized in Milwaukee about 1930. What I did to compare the two addresses was to call the City of Milwaukee. I called just a general number, I told the operator that I had an old address and that I wanted to know what it was today. She transferred me to someone (this was 3 years ago--I can't remember his name) who was able to "translate" that old address plus several others into "modern" terms. Then I went and took photos of the old houses. I know that the Milwaukee Historical Society Archives Room can do the same thing. Good luck. Karen

What you really want to access is this book: Title: Wright's street guide supplement, Milwaukee city directory, 1930 [microform] Publication: Milwaukee, Wright Directory Co., 1931. Description: Book 1 v. ill. This book gives not only the name changes of the streets, but the actual house number changes. This book is available on microfilm, though I'm not sure the film is available via loan. There are also paper copies of this book located at various libraries. The Golda Meir Library has the film copy in their microforms room and a paper copy available in the American Geographical Society Library at http://www.uwm.edu/Libraries/AGSL/ I don't know if they would look up an address for you via email or not, but they might. Also, the Frank Zeidler Room at the Central Milwaukee Library downtown should have a copy of this book. http://www.mpl.org/File/branch_central.htm Finally, I can look up house numbers for people, as long as you don't expect me to do it overnight. Usually I can work it in without one week of your request. What I need is the pre-1930 address and the post-1930 address. mrf John wrote: >The Milwaukee Public Library, Humanities Department has a book that >cross references the old addresses to new. You can try using the link >on their website to ask. Here's the link to The Milwaukee Public >Library; www.mpl.org . >Here's another link to see what old street names have been changed to; >http://www.linkstothepast.com/milwaukee/mkestreets1.html . >John > >Tom & Karen Duffy <[email protected]> Wrote: >Marcie, > I pondered the same question as you did. The addresses were regularized >in Milwaukee about 1930. What I did to compare the two addresses was to >call the City of Milwaukee. I called just a general number, I told the >operator that I had an old address and that I wanted to know what it was >today. She transferred me to someone (this was 3 years ago--I can't >remember his name) who was able to "translate" that old address plus several >others into "modern" terms. Then I went and took photos of the old houses. > I know that the Milwaukee Historical Society Archives Room can do the >same thing. Good luck. > >Karen > > >==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== >For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please see >http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > >============================== >New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > >