Forest Home Cemetery
I thought I’d do my first post on my favorite cemetery, Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee. Just the sheer size and history behind this cemetery makes it a great place. It’s an unusual peaceful place...
View ArticleSt. Finbar’s Cemetery
Today’s featured cemetery is St. Finbar’s Cemetery in Saukville, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. I’m choosing this cemetery due to the fact that it was the first (and, unfortunately, only) cemetery that I...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Lonely Cross
Click for larger image I run across these types of grave markers a lot in the southeastern Wisconsin area. Most of them are almost impossible to read after the wear and tear of the weather. This...
View ArticleWordless Wednesday
Click for larger image Immanuel Cemetery, Cedarburg, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin
View ArticleNatural Burials
Ran across an article in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel this morning about new burial options at some of the area’s largest cemeteries, Natural (or Green) Burials. According to the article: All burials...
View ArticleCedarburg Cemetery Records
If anyone happens to have ancestors buried in the Cedarburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin area, you’re in luck. I just noticed that Cedarburg has most of their cemetery records available online. This only...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Holy Cross Cemetery
I chose to do a multiple tombstone post. This is a view across part of Holy Cross Cemetery in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. A lot of my Polish ancestors are buried here including my ZALEWSKI, TROKA and SZULTA...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: July 28th
I found this tombstone when I was visiting St. Francis Borgia Cemetery in Cedarburg, Ozaukee Co., Wisconsin.
View ArticleCalvary Cemetery
Calvary Cemetery in Milwaukee is one of the city’s most famous cemeteries. Though, I have no family buried there, Laura Ann at “Dreaming About Home” wrote up a nice post about her trip to Calvary...
View ArticleTombstone Tuesday: Prairie Home
Click for larger This photo is from Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Visit the cemetery’s page at Find-a-Grave, including a map.
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