For Penny re: KLUG - First [German] Evangelical Reformed Kirche - Town of New Berlin Inscriptions copied from tombstones and transcribed by Mrs. Edith M. Tallmadge & Rev. F. Heilert (June 1936): KLUG, Florence (lot# not shown) Dau of C. & H. Klug 3 Oct 1894 - 12 Nov 1894 Penny - With regard to the reliability of Mrs. Tallmadge's work, I agree - her work is flawed at times, but I have to wonder exactly how flawed it is with regard to the old German Lutheran Church Cemetery (also referred to as the German Evangelical Church Cemetery) at the corner of Calhoun Road and Capitol Drive in Section 4 in the Town of Brookfield. Here's why: My gg grandfather and his brother-in-law are both buried at the aforementioned cemetery. Their names and vital stats were inscribed on opposite sides of the same tombstone. Members of my family have been visiting the gravesite since the 1880s. In the mid-1970s, I had the presence of mind to "read" the stone, copy both inscriptions and take a rubbing of the stone. Some years later, I came across Mrs. Tallmadge's transcribed work on the cemetery and found that her notations matched what I had already discovered for myself. Last spring, I received a copy of a "revised" list of the cemetery's tombstone transcriptions obtained from the Wisconsin State Old Cemetery Society. This list, compiled by Douglas Hennig in 1980, shows the tombstone transcription for both of my ancestors but states that the inscription for my gg grandfather's brother-in-law was "incorrectly" copied by Mrs. Tallmadge. Interestingly enough, Hennig's revised list also includes Mrs. Tallmadge's tombstone inscription for my gg grandfather, but indicates that his tombstone "is missing as of 1980". Actually, as of April 2000, the tombstone shared by my gg grandfather and his brother-in-law is STILL standing. My point? Transcribed records, perhaps particularly those pertaining to tombstone inscriptions, are not always reliable - and that goes double for transcriptions of transcriptions. To verify accuracy, ALWAYS check primary records whenever possible. - Best regards, Sue Ellen Williams (WilliamsWI@aol.com)