A wide variety of artful beer advertising from the 1850s on ...

 

Here's a wonderful example of a Milwaukee beer advertisement from the German language newspapers. The wide range of advertisements could fill more than a couple of panels on my display of Milwaukee's German newspapers.

(If you must drink beer and conduct research at the same time, please do so both responsibly and ethically.)

Castles of the 99%; house images found in Milwaukee's historic newspapers ...

 

Milwaukee's East Side, 1898

Milwaukee's historic German language newspapers have many real estate advertisements that include images like this architect's rendering of an East Side address from 1898.
This  advert. for the house and side lot includes the old version of the address so I dug up the current address at the library. This home became someone's 'castle' in about 1898 and it's still here in 2023, with changes.

I have a growing list of citations for adverts. and featured addresses with architectural renderings or photos from the German papers.

Milwaukee's East Side, 2014

Müller & Schulz research - a double surname whammy ...

How many different ways are these surnames found recorded in Milwaukee records: Schulz Schulze Schultz Schultze, or Miller Mueller Moeller Möller Müller Muller -- what did I leave out?

http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.milwaukee/8218/mb.ashx

(I'll save the "Mayer" research quandry for another posting.)

Where is Hilarius Schlömmer buried?

There are some subtleties to interpreting church records and even German newspaper clippings that become more obvious the more you use these resources: In this thread posted on genealogy message boards, the question is: where is Hilarius Schlömmer  / Schloemmer buried (d. Aug. 1884)?

http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.schloemer/24.2.1.1/mb.ashx

Over 4200 messages posted with Milwaukee area research information ...

I've posted over 3500 4000 4200 messages with research information on genealogy message boards.
A recent response compares a very simple English language death notice in the Milwaukee Journal for Julius Lasche with clippings found in Milwaukee's German language papers of 1915.: multiple death notices, 2 obits., 1 with photo, and the followup "thank you" (Danksagung).
http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.wisconsin.counties.milwaukee/1149.1/mb.ashx

Customer service tweet circa 1857

For Theodor Reis from Mehring, Trier District, Prussia, news received from Germany.People's Bank (1857).