If I could append just a bit to my previous message, I wanted to clarify that it was not Mrs. Tallmadge (1877-1968) who started the historical society or museum, only that she was a significant figure in making it what it became and that she was active for quite some time. (She assisted my grandmother with genealogical information in the 1950s--I have copies of several letters with Mrs. T's characteristic side notes adding to or clarifying her so-so typing.) I believe historian J. H. A. Lacher came before her and got things rolling for the museum, and no doubt there were other unsung members who contributed in various ways. I don't have command of all the details of of the history of the historical society anymore, but I did want to mention Mrs. T's work for those who wouldn't otherwise know who she was. -- Pam Berger Pam wrote: > Edith Tallmadge was the first Waukesha County historian, which may not have been an > official post at that time. She was the wife of a local photographer. Many of the > records and ideas which eventually helped form the collections at the Museum research > library would not exist if it were not for Mrs. Tallmadge's interest in history and > genealogy and her efforts to collect, preserve, and make available information relating > to the history of Waukesha County. She did not have professional training for the > position as one would probably have today. She continued her work well into advanced > years, so don't be too hard on her for errors. Genealogical facts should be multiple > sourced whenever possible anyway. To the best of my recollection Mrs. Tallmadge was not > paid or if so only a pittance, and had virtually nothing to work with and little help. > I worked for the subsequent County Historian, Leona Postell, back in the late 1960s > and 1970s. Both of these women deserve the highest praise for their work under > difficult circumstances and have never been sufficiently recognized for their > contributions. --Pam Berger > > "Penelope Z. Ford" wrote: > > > Mrs. Talmadge, whomever she may have been, and no doubt very well meaning, now is > > nonetheless infamous for her clerical error in copying tombstones. Be wary of her > > inclusions, of her exclusions, of her errors. > > I have found, for example with the now-abandoned Oak Hill Cemetery in Wauwatosa, > > that it is best to go to the records of the church (if any) associated with the > > cemetery for a list of funeral services of those who were buried there. Good luck. > > Penny Ziemer Ford > > > > Henrum@cs.com wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 9/29/02 9:26:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > > BrennaJne@aol.com writes: > > > > Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? > > > > > > > > Lenora from WIS > > > > > > The Waukesha History Museum research room has a typewritten record of Saint > > > Peter and Pauls Cemetery Burials to 1940, compiled from tomb stones, that was > > > made by Mrs. E. Tallmadge. My copy from the museum has numerous handwritten > > > additions and corrections to her original list but from my research is not a > > > complete record. I was told that all the burial records were destroyed > > > possibly by a fire many years ago. However, I did find my great grandparents > > > and grandparents on her list. > > > > > > Henry > > > > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > > > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > > > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > > > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > > > > > ============================== > > > 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 > > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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

Laura, The Wis. Industrial School, was the forerunner of what is now the Ethan Allen School for boys, a "reform" school or perhaps it would be called a juvenile prison now, for boys who have committed repeated or fairly serious crimes. It is located in Wales, Wis. also in Waukesha County. I have no idea if they have a sense of history or recognize any connection to the old Industrial School. There was also another reform school called Norris Farm, now Norris High School, in the Mukwonago area, which now operates as an alternative high school for mostly court-referred boys and some others. About 1920 one of my great uncles, then a young boy, was sent to live there for a time after his mother died. ---Pam Berger picklepolly@yahoo.com wrote: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: thomas > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/569 > > Message Board Post: > > I am looking for any information on the Wisconsin Industrial School it was a reform school.Does anyone know where I can get any info? Thanks > Sincerely > Laura > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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

Edith Tallmadge was the first Waukesha County historian, which may not have been an official post at that time. She was the wife of a local photographer. Many of the records and ideas which eventually helped form the collections at the Museum research library would not exist if it were not for Mrs. Tallmadge's interest in history and genealogy and her efforts to collect, preserve, and make available information relating to the history of Waukesha County. She did not have professional training for the position as one would probably have today. She continued her work well into advanced years, so don't be too hard on her for errors. Genealogical facts should be multiple sourced whenever possible anyway. To the best of my recollection Mrs. Tallmadge was not paid or if so only a pittance, and had virtually nothing to work with and little help. I worked for the subsequent County Historian, Leona Postell, back in the late 1960s and 1970s. Both of these women deserve the highest praise for their work under difficult circumstances and have never been sufficiently recognized for their contributions. --Pam Berger "Penelope Z. Ford" wrote: > Mrs. Talmadge, whomever she may have been, and no doubt very well meaning, now is > nonetheless infamous for her clerical error in copying tombstones. Be wary of her > inclusions, of her exclusions, of her errors. > I have found, for example with the now-abandoned Oak Hill Cemetery in Wauwatosa, > that it is best to go to the records of the church (if any) associated with the > cemetery for a list of funeral services of those who were buried there. Good luck. > Penny Ziemer Ford > > Henrum@cs.com wrote: > > > In a message dated 9/29/02 9:26:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > > BrennaJne@aol.com writes: > > > Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? > > > > > > Lenora from WIS > > > > The Waukesha History Museum research room has a typewritten record of Saint > > Peter and Pauls Cemetery Burials to 1940, compiled from tomb stones, that was > > made by Mrs. E. Tallmadge. My copy from the museum has numerous handwritten > > additions and corrections to her original list but from my research is not a > > complete record. I was told that all the burial records were destroyed > > possibly by a fire many years ago. However, I did find my great grandparents > > and grandparents on her list. > > > > Henry > > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > > > ============================== > > 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 > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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

Try this link: http://www.ci.waukesha.wi.us/history/reform_school.htm Ellen- www.linkstothepast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/29/02 at 7:06 AM picklepolly@yahoo.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Surnames: thomas >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/569 > >Message Board Post: > >I am looking for any information on the Wisconsin Industrial School it was >a reform school.Does anyone know where I can get any info? Thanks >Sincerely >Laura > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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

If your family members lived in Waukesha County at the time of their WWII service, you may find at this museum the only record of their service, in the form of their discharge record. The county's copy of the discharge record has been given to the Museum for storage. I was poking around in there on a brief trip about two years ago and happened to run into the file cabinet, looked for my dad, and found him! Although his entire service record was not there, by a long shot, the dates of his overseas service (when he shipped out, from where), when he was inducted and where, his address at the time of enlistment, etc., all were there. Since, amazingly enough, most "real" service records were destroyed by fire, this may be your one chance to get details of the service record of yourself, your father or mother, grandfather or grandmother. Penny Ziemer Ford

Mrs. Talmadge, whomever she may have been, and no doubt very well meaning, now is nonetheless infamous for her clerical error in copying tombstones. Be wary of her inclusions, of her exclusions, of her errors. I have found, for example with the now-abandoned Oak Hill Cemetery in Wauwatosa, that it is best to go to the records of the church (if any) associated with the cemetery for a list of funeral services of those who were buried there. Good luck. Penny Ziemer Ford Henrum@cs.com wrote: > In a message dated 9/29/02 9:26:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, > BrennaJne@aol.com writes: > > Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? > > > > Lenora from WIS > > The Waukesha History Museum research room has a typewritten record of Saint > Peter and Pauls Cemetery Burials to 1940, compiled from tomb stones, that was > made by Mrs. E. Tallmadge. My copy from the museum has numerous handwritten > additions and corrections to her original list but from my research is not a > complete record. I was told that all the burial records were destroyed > possibly by a fire many years ago. However, I did find my great grandparents > and grandparents on her list. > > Henry > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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

In a message dated 9/29/02 9:26:55 AM Eastern Daylight Time, BrennaJne@aol.com writes: > Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? > > Lenora from WIS The Waukesha History Museum research room has a typewritten record of Saint Peter and Pauls Cemetery Burials to 1940, compiled from tomb stones, that was made by Mrs. E. Tallmadge. My copy from the museum has numerous handwritten additions and corrections to her original list but from my research is not a complete record. I was told that all the burial records were destroyed possibly by a fire many years ago. However, I did find my great grandparents and grandparents on her list. Henry

Not that I know of, Lenora. Or at least I haven't found it yet. *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/29/02 at 9:26 AM BrennaJne@aol.com wrote: >Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? > >Lenora from WIS >researching: Burg, Kelley, Grim, Weber, Hengel, Burgerson, Rosar, >Duppre/Dippre, Wick, Mulock, Pochowski, McMahon, > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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

Does anyone know when the research library at the Museum is open?

Does anyone know if the cemetery at Duplalinville has been enumerated? Lenora from WIS researching: Burg, Kelley, Grim, Weber, Hengel, Burgerson, Rosar, Duppre/Dippre, Wick, Mulock, Pochowski, McMahon,

According to their site: http://www.waukeshacountymuseum.org/ View historic documents relating to Waukesha County in the Research Center. Documents include birth, marriage and other court records, cemetery records, land and argiculture records, historic maps, naturalization papers, school records, tax and assessment records. Tuesday, Friday and Saturday 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday 12:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Research Center is closed each day 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. $3.00 User fee per day. For research by mail, there is a $10 per hour fee with a one hour minimum. For simple requests, please send $10 check to: Waukesha County Museum Research Center 101 W. Main Street Waukesha, WI 53186. Ellen- *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/29/02 at 9:27 AM BrennaJne@aol.com wrote: >Does anyone know when the research library at the Museum is open? > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: thomas Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/569 Message Board Post: I am looking for any information on the Wisconsin Industrial School it was a reform school.Does anyone know where I can get any info? Thanks Sincerely Laura

I am not sure which of the New Berlin Cemeteries you are looking for, but I have two partial transcriptions online here. http://www.linkstothepast.com/waukesha/cemeteries.html#newberlin Hope that helps. Ellen- www.linktothepast.com *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/28/02 at 3:49 PM cfritz@crosslink.net wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/568 > >Message Board Post: > >I'm rying to find someone who has a list of burials at the New Berlin >Cemetery. Please contact me if you can help. Thank you. > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/568 Message Board Post: I'm rying to find someone who has a list of burials at the New Berlin Cemetery. Please contact me if you can help. Thank you.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/537.1 Message Board Post: Erest Christian Baas b.22jan1798 married Sophie Juliane Rusch b. abt 1800 August Baas b. 1May1830 d. 6dec1915 married Caroline Fredricke Wilhelmina Stern b. 14sep1831 d. 6nov1896 August had 4 Brothers

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KNOCK, SHELLEY, LANIER Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/567 Message Board Post: Charmin Lanier Knock Charmin Lanier Knock of Davis died of lung cancer at her home on Jan. 23, 2002. She was 84. She was born Oct. 24, 1917, in Waukesha, Wis. She was an artist and enjoyed traveling, adventure, camping and food. Survivors include her husband, David Knock of Davis; one daughter, Danielle Lanier Shelley of Kensington; and one son, Christopher Lanier of Los Angeles. Her family will attend a private celebration of her life. Donations may be made in her name to Yolo Hospice at P.O. Box 1014, Davis, Calif. 95617. (Obituary from the "The Davis Enterprise," Sunday, January 27, 2002, (Yolo County). Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street, Davis, CA 95616, <http://www.davisenterprise.com/>. Please note: I am not related to the family listed above, and I do not have any further information on this family.)

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Turkofski, Turkoski, Turkowski, Turkofske Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/TFC.2ACE/566 Message Board Post: My greatgrandparents were William & Augusta Turkofski nee Eiserman of Waukesha. I am hosting a Turkoski family reunion next summer in Waukesha and I'm looking for a reasonably priced indoor location. I live in Cincinnati but will have the opportunity to visit Waukesha in a couple weeks and hopefully find the perfect site. I'm not sure of where to look, so any advise and ideas would be very helpful. All you family members are welcome to join in the fun Summer 2003! Thanks

Hi Bob , Received this message from you, response from one I sent to 'burlingtonhistory. org'. I see it made it's way back to the expert in the area. How are you doing? As you see I'm still at the genealogy bit. I'm still looking for info on Samuel J. Payne and Priscilla Hoyt burial sites. I'm almost positive they died in the Mukwanago/Honey Creek area. I was just looking for any local publications on those areas for a clue of their whereabouts. Barb's brother Art died since I last talked to you, not sure if you knew him. If you ever run across my people please let me know, more than willing to pay the costs, just let me know. Bob Thompson Oneida, WI ----- Original Message ----- From: <Gartzr@aol.com> To: <WIWAUKES-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [WIWAUKES] Biographical Record of 1894 Waukesha County > Don't know which book you are referring to so can't answer about that. It > may be the same book that I found Fohey's in. It is a History of Milwaukee > by the Western Historical Publishing Company. It is found on Pae 1229 > though. It is a biography listing the following: Fred Fohey, George D. > Fohey, Michael Fohey, Mrs. Michael Fohey nee Ann Ebbs and Thomas J. Fohey. > If this is of interest to you let me know. > > I deal with the original book of history but it has been since republished as > a two volume set because of size (my access one is over 1660 pages in > length). The Pg. 318 may now be in the newer 2nd volume. > > Let me know and I will see what I can do. If it is a short biography I can > type the contents to you in an e-mail. If it is a longer one I would have to > photocopy it at the historic cemetery of Milwaukee, Forest Home Cemetery, > where I volunteer every Friday to look up information for people. They are > the owners of the volume and was a personal copy of a leader in Milwaukee > history, George Dousman. His signature is on the inside front cover. If it > has to be photocopied and mailed, though, the cemetery does charge a $1.00 > fee to cover copying, paper, envelope and postage and I do have to receive > that first because of the many dead-beats who have stiffed the cemetery in > the past for this service. Let me know. Better if immediately as tomorrow > is the day I do the volunteering; otherwise, you will have to wait an > additional week before you can get an answer from me. > > Bob of Brookfield > > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > > ============================== > 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 > > >

Don't know which book you are referring to so can't answer about that. It may be the same book that I found Fohey's in. It is a History of Milwaukee by the Western Historical Publishing Company. It is found on Pae 1229 though. It is a biography listing the following: Fred Fohey, George D. Fohey, Michael Fohey, Mrs. Michael Fohey nee Ann Ebbs and Thomas J. Fohey. If this is of interest to you let me know. I deal with the original book of history but it has been since republished as a two volume set because of size (my access one is over 1660 pages in length). The Pg. 318 may now be in the newer 2nd volume. Let me know and I will see what I can do. If it is a short biography I can type the contents to you in an e-mail. If it is a longer one I would have to photocopy it at the historic cemetery of Milwaukee, Forest Home Cemetery, where I volunteer every Friday to look up information for people. They are the owners of the volume and was a personal copy of a leader in Milwaukee history, George Dousman. His signature is on the inside front cover. If it has to be photocopied and mailed, though, the cemetery does charge a $1.00 fee to cover copying, paper, envelope and postage and I do have to receive that first because of the many dead-beats who have stiffed the cemetery in the past for this service. Let me know. Better if immediately as tomorrow is the day I do the volunteering; otherwise, you will have to wait an additional week before you can get an answer from me. Bob of Brookfield

what book is this in reference to? *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** On 9/25/02 at 3:43 PM Bronsoncb@cs.com wrote: >This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > >Classification: Query > >Message Board URL: > >http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/TFC.2ACE/565 > >Message Board Post: > >Would anyone have access to this? >Frederick Fohey on pg. 318.. >Would appreciate the information it contains if anyone can help. ANY >Fohey info would be helpful. >Thanks, Pat > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Ellen Rohr, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at waukesha@linkstothepast.com > >============================== >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