Updated 04/27/2013
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We now accept monetary donations online using PayPal, see link to your left side Monetary Donations Reference Material Index - page updated with available family histories/genealogies in 3-ring binders Hop Growing History in Lisbon, Waukesha County, and Wisconsin From Miltenberg to Milwaukee - Beer magnates from the Lower Main area, in the United States of the 19th Century The next four articles are works in progress: Sussex (Lisbon Township) Brewery History Index to Blatz Brewing Company British Brewery Syndicate Letters Waukesha Spring Brewing Company Indians: Local - Arrowheads and Artifacts - "Indians Were Here First!" Lisbon Incorporation Efforts - chronological history of events Updated March 20, 2012 Continued on Lisbon Incorporation Efforts - Page 2, Page 3 - Town of Lisbon Consolidation/Merging Discussions Sussex' Incorporation as a Village Pages from the Past - Need volunteers to help in transcribing past columns. Nov and Dec 2006 added 12/28/2011. Thank you Sarah! 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. |
The SLAHS March Annual Meeting was held Thursday March 14, 2013, 6:30 PM at the Waukesha State Bank Community Room. Elections were held. There were 2 Board positions and 4 Officer positions open. These were all filled by the incumbent Board member or Officer. New Exhibit: "Early Businesses of Our Founding Fathers": Depot Museum, Everyone is welcome! (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; call Fred Keller 262-246-3603)) Admission $4.00, children 10 and under Free. Fundraiser Letter and 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. 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. We now accept monetary donations online using PayPal, see link to your left side Monetary Donations
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In 1906 Click on link to left to read about 100 years ago. Waukesha County Directories, 1890 - 1892 Listing individuals with Sussex, Lake Five, Lannon Springs and Merton as residence or PO. |
At the March 14, 2013 Annual Meeting held
at the Waukesha State Bank meeting room, the following were re-elected Officers: |
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UPCOMING EVENTS Board of Directors Meeting: Depot Museum, 6:30 PM on: 05/02/13. Newsletter Committee Meeting: Steve Haasch Residence, 6:30 PM on: 5/6/13. Building & Grounds Meeting: Depot Museum at 6:30 PM. Meetings will be called when needed. Newsletter articles due: 04/26/13. Newsletter Mailed: 05/21/13. Annual Yard Sale: 5/18/13, 9AM to 3PM, at Bet |
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| 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. |
About your: Website Editor & Webmaster: Michael R. Reilly (Mike) (510) pages of local historical information currently See us grow! |
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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. |
1st to Stake a Claim in Lisbon Township
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The Sussex-Lisbon Area Historical Society, Inc.'s museum is located at: N63 W23791 Main St., Sussex, WI. 53089 (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; call Fred Keller 262-246-3603)) Admission $4.00, children 10 and under Free. Telephone: Contact Fred Keller 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 |