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Updated 09/02/2010

Recent additions to website:   Calendar of Events

The Early Day Gas Engine & Tractor Association

Two births of Sussex Sun - a new chapter added with the discovery of a 1973 edition

Rum running escape from the federals in 1926

Two World War II Sussex-Templeton veterans

A 1918 letter from France by Seth Pollard updated 8/24/10

Sussex Lisbon Civil Defense

Pages from the Past - Need volunteers to help in transcribing past columns.

Business History Index - Whether your business is/was a traditional brick-and-mortar one, or you operate(d) from your home, SLAHS wants to document your business history. In each Directory section, the history of a particular business (if the business has submitted their historical information) can be found by further clicking on a hyperlink to a separate SLAHS.org web page. The intent of these business web pages is to document the Sussex-Lisbon area local business history, and to promote business and historical society cooperation and awareness. Updated Jun 7, 2009 - 

Quarterly Meeting:  Thursday, September 9, 2010 at the Sussex Waukesha State Bank - Community Room, 6:30pm. Please enter at the main entrance. The meeting room is located to your right from inside the lobby.

New Exhibit: "Founding Fathers": Depot Museum, every 2nd and 4th Saturday. Everyone is welcome!

Buy A Brick Donation Give us a Click!

Museum Memorial Garden: We are in need of volunteers to care for the flowers and trees. Please call June Keller (262) 246-3603 if interested in helping.

"Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc." is now a "group" on www.Facebook.com  to use for communication and discussion of local history..

 

 

The Civil War: Lisbon Township - Regimental Service Accounts

The Civil War: The Volunteers and Draftees of Lisbon Township

Hardeman Family Letter Collection - eight (8) early letters from James Weaver (b 1800) and family to relatives in England, dated 1831 thru 1883 describing family and circumstances in both the Township of Augusta, Oneida, New York and Township of Lisbon, Waukesha, Wisconsin. Updated 01/28/2009.

At the March 11, 2010 Annual Meeting held at the Sussex Waukesha State Bank - Community Room, the following were re-elected Officers:

President: Steve Haasch
Vice-President: Roger Johnson
Secretary: Susan Haasch
Treasurer: Donna Zimmermann

Board of Directors (Two positions were open)

Joanne Smith and Robert Schlei were re-elected.

In 1906   Click on link to left to read about 100 years ago.

Board of Director Meeting: Now held quarterly -- Depot Museum, 6:30 PM on:  11/4/2010 and 02/03/2011.

Waukesha County Directories, 1890 - 1892 Listing individuals with Sussex, Lake Five, Lannon Springs and Merton as residence or PO.

Building & Grounds Meeting: Now held quarterly -- Depot Museum at 6:30pm, the Wednesday after the Quarterly Board Meetings. 11/10/10 and 02/09/2011. Extra meetings to be called as needed.
About your: Historian Fred Keller, click on Fred Keller: A Man For All Seasons and also Fred H. Keller and His Collection - Sussex Sun articles about his collection and the beginning of a local historical society. Newsletter Committee Meeting: Steve Haasch residence at 6:30pm on: 10/11/2010 and 11/08/10, and 01/10/2011 .
About your: Website Editor & Webmaster: Michael R. Reilly (Mike)    (510) pages of local historical information currently (339 in February 2007). Website pages - 173 as of 8/18/03 See us grow!

Newsletter articles due: 10/29/10.

Newsletter Mailed: 11/23/10.

Why music? Both Enya and Loreena McKennitt create and sing songs of folk-like nature. As Editor, I added the player to several web pages thinking that visitors might welcome listening to the music while they search and read. You can continue listening by opening a new page within your browser window.

    If you are interested in contributing to this website's content, cemetery and newspaper transcriptions, individual/family history, early stories of the area/people/businesses, etc., please contact Mike Reilly Note: To make your contributions easier to add, please consider submitting them by email, email attachment, or CD, audio DVD, or SD.

  FUNdraising - our Pick 'n Save id number is 737810. Please add us to the We Care program, whether you already have a charity selected or not. You may donate up to three charities. Thank you.

     The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc. is a non-profit corporation dedicated to the collection and preservation of historically significant artifacts, pictures, stories, and similar materials from the Sussex and Lisbon area (Lannon, Colgate, Lake Five, Marcy, Merton, Pewaukee, Menomonee Falls, and Butler). The Society held organizational meetings in mid 2001, and formally announced intentions for official formation as a non-profit corporation in November 2001. The Society is affiliated with the Wisconsin State Historical Association as a local society.          

     The Society has an open membership policy, welcoming all interested parties to join for a nominal fee. Annual memberships are for the calendar year beginning on January 1 of each year. Lifetime memberships are also available for a fee. 

Thomas Spencer Redford

1st to Stake a Claim in Lisbon Township

The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.'s museum is located at:

N63 W23791 Main St., Sussex, WI. 53029 (The Depot Museum will be open every 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month from 1 to 4 PM. January thru March by appointment only)

Telephone: (262) 820-9164

Correspondence should be addressed to :

Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.  (or SLAHS)

P. O. Box 32

Sussex, WI. 53089-0032

E-mail us at:  slahsinc@yahoo.com 


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