Susan - Do you know when the Freeman begn and started printing obituaries? My great great grandfather died sometime between l850 and l860 in the Pewaukee area. I know he is buried in the Prairie Home Cemetery but have no dates and no stone. He was in the l850 census but not in the l860 census. Also he was not listed in the death certificate records. If you could find an obituary for Nelson Howard in that period, I would be very grateful. Thanks Lorrie St. Louis

Hello All, I added the Muskego Cemetery transcription to the Waukesha County GenWeb site. You can view it by going to: www.rootsweb.com/~wiwaukes/104.html Ellen- Waukesha County _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Ellen, You are amazing! Penny

Thanks Sue! I'm looking for HERMAN STARK (d) November 24, 1916 Mukwonago Appreciate your time. Deanna

In a message dated 12/05/2001 1:31:26 AM Central Standard Time, Desertrose3228@aol.com writes: > For a death that occurred in Mukwonago in 1916 where would I look to find an > obituary? > > Would it be in a library in Mukwonago? and do they do lookups ? > > Thanks in advance, > > Deanna (Las Vegas) > Deanna The Waukesha Freeman published obituaries of persons passing away in the outlying communities. If you send me the name and date of death, I will check the Freeman on microfilm at the Waukesha Public Library. Susan Living in Waukesha and finished with her Waukesha research.

Wisconsin Census, 1820-90 > Viewing records 11-13 of 13 Matches <A HREF="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wicen&cres=33;17%2c34;320%2c35;293%2c36;32%2c37;286%2c38;9%2c39;96%2c40;98%2c42;155%2cssdi;385%2cgenepool;84%2chdssoldiers;21%2ccvwrmr;33%2cbgmi;6%2cohmarr;1%2c&prox=1&ti=0&gsfn=john&gsln=berg&gspl=52%2cwisconsin&submit=search&gs=berg+john&gss=angs&fh=0"><&lt; Previous 10</A> | Page: <A HREF="http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=wicen&cres=33;17%2c34;320%2c35;293%2c36;32%2c37;286%2c38;9%2c39;96%2c40;98%2c42;155%2cssdi;385%2cgenepool;84%2chdssoldiers;21%2ccvwrmr;33%2cbgmi;6%2cohmarr;1%2c&prox=1&ti=0&gsfn=john&gsln=berg&gspl=52%2cwisconsin&submit=search&gs=berg+john&gss=angs&fh=0">1</A> 2 Year Surname Given Name (s) County State Page Township or Other Info Record Type Database ID# 1850 BERG JOHN Washington County WI 112 Germantown Federal Population Schedule WI 1850 Federal Census Index WIS7a425709 1860 BERG JOHN Washington County WI 224 Germantown Federal Population Schedule WI 1860 Federal Census Index WI45613081 1860 BERG JOHN Waukesha County WI 134 New Berlin Federal Population Schedule WI 1860 Federal Census Index WI45613082 Saw the actually census record and this is what I got from it... John Berg 52 Farmer Estate Value $2,800 Personal Value 230 Born Bavaria wife: Maria 40 born Bavaria Elizabeth 20 born Bavaria John 16.... (I think it says N.Y. which would mean New York, but I'm not sure.) Mary 13 born Wis. Sarah 11 born Wis. Ellen 8 born Wis Henry 5 born Wis. There are no other children listed, so I would assume they were not born yet. John and children listed below him attended school that year. Do you know if they stayed in Waukesha? I could look at the 1870 Census for you too. Mary

For a death that occurred in Mukwonago in 1916 where would I look to find an obituary? Would it be in a library in Mukwonago? and do they do lookups ? Thanks in advance, Deanna (Las Vegas)

I am attempting to go back over a cousin's research. In her notes was the family of John Berg was listed in the 1860 Waukesha census but I have not had any luck even looking at name variations or misspellings. Might anyone have an index of this? I have even attempted to look them up in the 1850 and can't find them but believe they were in Wisconsin at that time. John Berg family reported he was born in Milwaukee or at least in the area. John Berg born about 1808 Bavaria Maria (wife) born about 1820 Bavaria Children: Elizabeth born 1836 Bavaria John born 1841 Wisconsin (? Milwaukee) Margratha "Mary" born 1845 Wisconsin (Milwaukee) Sarah born 1849 Wisconsin Ellen born 1850 Wisconsin Henry born 1855 Wisconsin Katherine "Kate" unknown DOB Clara unknown DOB Not sure if Katherine and Clara were born before Elizabeth or between Elizabeth and John. I have looked at some different John Berg's but have not found the correct family. I would greatly appreciate any suggestions as I am at a loss. Per family John Berg, Jr left home at the age of 12. John, Jr and sisters, Elizabeth, Margaret, Sarah and Ellen all ended up in Kansas by 1865 so I would assume the parents had died by this time but am not even sure where to look in Waukesha county to find there deaths so hoping to find the census to locate township at least. Indebted, Karen Stephenson OKC, OK

Your Carl Stark could possibly be a relation to mine, though I have not come across the name Carl as of yet in my research, and have not much info. on the ancestors of the Stark line. Starting with my gg grandfather Herman Stark which I have traced him to several counties, Outagamie, Calumet, Shawano & then find him buried in Waukesha in 1916 where he died of tuberculosis. Who knows this Carl could be a brother or uncle possibly if it's of my line. I was told that the Stark's come from the Green bay Wisconsin area. Deanna

I have a Carl Stark married to a Lydia Roed(???) -- their son Carl Friedrich Alfred seems to have been born or baptized June 12, 1907. This is from records of Friedens Church in Wauwatosa. I don't know if they lived in Waukesha or Milwaukee County. Penny Desertrose3228@aol.com wrote: > > Can anyone possibly help me, I'm totally frustrated. Or direct me to a site > that may help me with the correct spelling and to locate where in Germany > these places are. > > I'm trying to figure out where in Germany these places are, I have several > spelling variations of these Town/ cities from documents on citizenship > papers for two of my ancestors. > > Which is the correct spelling? And Where in Germany is this place? All three > appear on the same person > > Prentzlau - Germany > Kreis Prentzlan - Germany > Pruitzloff - Germany > > Then on the other ancestor: > > Liebau Germany (is there such a place) > then it says Lublin - Poland ( is this in Poland?) > > Any help would be truly appreciated. > > Deanna > > Researching in Waukesha, GRANGER, LUDKE, STARK, > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Jan Cortez, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at cristian@netonecom.net > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

This article was recently in the Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter. I am posting it here, because I have received virii from some of you on the list. You may all want to be sure your computer is virii free. If you have any questions, please email me privately. jeanealogist@hotmail.com Ellen- Waukesha CC & Manitowoc CC - You May Have a Virus in Your Computer More than 300 readers of this newsletter have PCs infected with the new W32.BadTrans@mm virus. Are you one of them? You might wonder how I can tell the number of newsletter readers with virus problems. The answer is simple. I send thousands of e- mails every Sunday evening. Every week a handful of the e-mails bounce back to me as "undeliverable." These e-mails come back for a number of reasons. Often it is because someone has canceled his or her Internet account and the e-mail address is no longer valid. Sometimes it is because an e-mail server happens to be down or because a network connection some place in the world is inoperative for a bit. These "bounces" are normal, and I typically ignore them (the mailing list software automatically deletes the invalid addresses from the mailing list for me). However, after sending last week's newsletter, I started receiving an abnormal number of messages back. More than 300 e-mail messages were received in my Linux mail server over the next few days. When I looked at the messages received, I realized that they weren't the normal "bounces." In fact, almost every one of them carried the new W32.BadTrans@mm e-mail virus. That particular virus first appeared only a few days earlier. Such Windows viruses don't affect a Linux system such as my e-mail server, so no harm was done to my systems. However, it does show that more than 300 readers of this newsletter do have viruses on their Windows systems. Actually, the W32.BadTrans@mm infection is not a virus; it is a "worm." A "worm" is a piece of coding that gets into a computer as the user downloads an infected file or opens an infected email and then does some mischief. W32.BadTrans@mm is a mass-mailing worm that can infect any Windows computer. However, if that computer has Microsoft Outlook configured for its e-mail program, the W32.BadTrans@mm worm also looks for any unread e-mail messages, including this newsletter. The worm will then send replies to each of the unread e-mails, and each reply will include a copy of the W32.BadTrans@mm infection. That is what happened in the days following last Sunday's mailing of the newsletter: more than 300 computers sent virus-infected replies to my newsletter. Each of these computers had become infected sometime prior to the arrival of this newsletter. The computer owners involved probably never realized that their PCs were sending these e-mails. 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Thanks Susan, I wish I would have paid more attention in History class, hehe. Deanna

Penny Do you know the cross street? Brookfield Road runs north south. Possiblities: Blue Mound, Gebhardt, North, Burleigh, Capital. What kind of doctor was he? GP? Susan living in and done with her research in Waukesha County Names: Downing, Clayton, Whiting, Service, Coshun, Ter Horst

Hi I just happened to see on the history channel yesterday that Liebau/Lubline is in Poland. It was taken by the Germans in World War II and liberated by the Soviets late in the war. The Soviets installed a puppet government in the city. The Polish government in exile in London protested fiercely but the Allies did nothing about it. The Germans has a labor camp functioning in the castle at Liebau. As the Soviet were approaching, they apparently executed most or all all of the inmates before heading towards the west. One of the things that struck me as I was watching the footage was that the castle really looked like a castle. I am sure you will be able to find information if you start with World War II and work backward. Now if only I could remember what I have to get done today. Good Luck Susan residing in and done with her research about Waukesha County names: Downing, Clayton, Whiting, Service, Coshun, Ter Horst

Brookfield Road Runs North and south. Cross streets from North to South are Lisbon Capital Burleigh(Burleigh ends at Brookfield) North Gebhardt Bluemound Brookfield ends at Davidson Road Ellen- > >Penny >Do you know the cross street? Brookfield Road runs north south. >Possiblities: Blue Mound, Gebhardt, North, Burleigh, Capital. > >What kind of doctor was he? GP? > >Susan living in and done with her research in Waukesha County >Names: Downing, Clayton, Whiting, Service, Coshun, Ter Horst > > >==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== >The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Jan Cortez, >Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or >concerns, please contact me at cristian@netonecom.net > >============================== >Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Can anyone possibly help me, I'm totally frustrated. Or direct me to a site that may help me with the correct spelling and to locate where in Germany these places are. I'm trying to figure out where in Germany these places are, I have several spelling variations of these Town/ cities from documents on citizenship papers for two of my ancestors. Which is the correct spelling? And Where in Germany is this place? All three appear on the same person Prentzlau - Germany Kreis Prentzlan - Germany Pruitzloff - Germany Then on the other ancestor: Liebau Germany (is there such a place) then it says Lublin - Poland ( is this in Poland?) Any help would be truly appreciated. Deanna Researching in Waukesha, GRANGER, LUDKE, STARK,

Go to Mitch Blank's excellent website and you'll find what you need for Prenzlau. http://www.uwm.edu/People/mitch/neuman/gbgpz001.html Penny Desertrose3228@aol.com wrote: > > Can anyone possibly help me, I'm totally frustrated. Or direct me to a site > that may help me with the correct spelling and to locate where in Germany > these places are. > > I'm trying to figure out where in Germany these places are, I have several > spelling variations of these Town/ cities from documents on citizenship > papers for two of my ancestors. > > Which is the correct spelling? And Where in Germany is this place? All three > appear on the same person > > Prentzlau - Germany > Kreis Prentzlan - Germany > Pruitzloff - Germany > > Then on the other ancestor: > > Liebau Germany (is there such a place) > then it says Lublin - Poland ( is this in Poland?) > > Any help would be truly appreciated. > > Deanna > > Researching in Waukesha, GRANGER, LUDKE, STARK, > > ==== WIWAUKES Mailing List ==== > The Waukesha County Mailing List is maintained by Jan Cortez, > Waukesha County, WIGenWeb Coordinator. If you have a problems or > concerns, please contact me at cristian@netonecom.net > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~backyard/Waukesha.htm Waukesha County Gazetteer 1890-91, City of Waukesha, completed A - G. Nan

Is anyone researching the following Catholic Families in Waukesha County (1940's-1900's). JUNGER LANGER(S) Nicholas THELEN/THIELEN MICHEL(S) MICHAEL(S) SCHMITZ DEIEDARICH/DEITRICH REITH GENGLER Anyone researching these families, please contact me at: apetta@netwurx.net (temporary e-mail) permanant home e-mail: snokes@tscnet.com snail mail: Susan c/o Andrew Petta P.O. Box I Palmyra, WI 53156 Susan Nokes 27532 State Hwy 3 NE Poulsbo, WA 98370 Thank you, Susan

Hello All, I found this interesting article when helping my son find news articles on pollution. The title of the article is: Scientist Uses Tombstones to Track Environmental Changes http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/11/1126_tombstonecopy.html If you ever wondered why some cemeteries are in pretty good shape for their age and others are not, this may be your answer. (besides neglect, which we all know happens). Ellen- Waukesha CC _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp