Milwaukee County Links and Resources
As best we could we have divided this page into sections to help you sort out the types of resources we have added here. You will want to look over the entire list to be sure you find the links that will be helpful to you.
[Milwaukee Resources] [Wisconsin Resources]
[Resources For Other States/Entire US] [Resources For Other Countries/Immigration]
[Military Resources] [General/All Inclusive]
MILWAUKEE COUNTY LINKS
Milwaukee County Historical Society Genealogical and Historical Research Collections
Golda Meier Urban Records Library - at UW-Milwaukee
Family History Library - Hales Corners
Milwaukee Public Library Various Branches throughout the city. Interlibrary Loan available.
WISCONSIN RESOURCES
Maritime and Ship Captain Biographies
Maritime Wisconsin Newspaper Database
Southeastern Wisconsin Cemeteries
Resources Boards for all WI counties
Online History Stories Wisconsin Historical Society has local history stories from newspaper clippings online
Golda Meier Urban Records Library - at UW-Milwaukee
Family History Library - Hales Corners
Milwaukee Public Library -Various Branches. Interlibrary Loan available.
RESOURCES FOR OTHER STATES/ENTIRE US
Birth, Death, Marriage Project
Resources Boards for all States
1870 Michigan Census Online Searchable Index and Images.
RESOURCES FOR OTHER COUNTRIES/IMMIGRATION
UK Genealogy Interests Directory -At this web site you can find other "Family Historians" researching the same names as yourself. This site is a FREE Genealogy website. The amount of genealogy interests is growing daily. You can view by county by clicking on the country England, Scotland, Wales, N. Ireland, Eire or by Surname.
Rootsweb's Irish Church Record Database
Ellis Island Millions of Ellis Island records will be going online here.
Immigrant Ships Passenger Lists
FreeBMD Details of over 10 million English and Welsh births, marriages and deaths between 1837 and 1900 are now available for free on the Internet
The Ancestors Has surnames, Town names, County names in Prussia. You will have to work at it a little, but you should be able to find what your looking for.
Translations Here is a link to a German-English online translation page
Index to the Hamburg Passenger Lists for the year 1872
Pomeranian Society of Freistadt Contains a database of names that have been researched.
St. Catherines Transcriptions Post-1837 birth, marriage and death records in England and Wales
Gard Strom Here is a great site to find Norwegian ancestors. He has all kinds of records online.
MILITARY RESOURCES
Searchable Civil War rosters for Wisconsin
28th Regiment - Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry 1862-1865 - Recruited from Milwaukee & Walworth Counties
Purple Heart Recipient Database Offsite Link by my friend Debie Blindauer
The Civil War Lady She does lookups on many states rosters.
Lists The government has put the casualties from the Korean war and the Vietnam war online, listed by state then by county
Patriot Lookup Service The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots free of charge.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Page
Bios and other information on POW/MIAs
GENERAL/ALL INCLUSIVE
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet Great Resource!
Genealogy Portal A fantastic starting point for your genealogy research
Church Addresses A site that lists church addresses around the US and Canada.
LDS Online The LDS is putting genealogy information online. It's a must visit.
Downward Bound Help finding your ancestors of Great Lakes shipping
Site for free lookups of all kinds
Cemeteries around the World A link to cemeteries online all over the net.
Geographic Nameserver If you don't know where the town your looking for is, try this site and you should be able to find it.