Here on the links page you'll find links to related web sites and to recommended local Bay View businesses.

Web Links

Historical Societies

• The Milwaukee County Historical Society
  
  
• Ozaukee County Historical Society
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society
  
  

Historical Research

• Wisconsin Heritage Online
  The goal of Wisconsin Heritage Online is to expand access to Wisconsin's cultural heritage resources by assisting cultural heritage institutions to digitize content and to expand access to digitized content of cultural heritage institutions. http://www.wisconsinheritage.org/
  
  
• National Park Service - U.S. Department of the Interior - TPS
  Technical Preservation Services (TPS) is the nation's leading provider of information and guidance on the care of historic buildings:
  Technical Preservation Services
  
  
• Wisconsin Historical Society - Office of Historic Buildings
  The Office of Historic Buildings documents and records historic architecture statewide; serves as a clearinghouse for information on historic architecture; and funds local history research to increase public understanding of the past:
  Applications and published information about the federal or state historic preservation tax credit programs.
  
  
• Department of City Development - Milwaukee, WI
  Interested in researching the history of your home? The Department of City Development has put together a "Checklist" and a "How To Guide" to help you begin the process:
  Historic Preservation Resource Checklist for Researching Buildings
  How to Organize Historic Preservation Research
  
  
• The Wisconsin Pioneer Experience:
  This website is a digital collection of hundreds of primary documents from Wisconsin History. The website provides access to agricultural newspapers, diaries and journals, city directories, and other great materials:
  http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/WI.wipionexp
  
  
• Children in Urban America Project
  This website is maintained by Marquette University and primarily focuses on the experiences of children in Milwaukee. There are some terrific photos and primary documents included throughout the webpages:
  http://xserver1.its.mu.edu/
  
  
• Newspaper Archive Elite
  This website provides digital access to thousands of newspapers from throughout the world, spanning hundreds of years into the present. Many Wisconsin newspapers have been digitalized and placed on the website. This database is constantly updated. The New York Times and Chicago Times/Tribune have separate digitization projects. Both major newspapers often covered events in Milwaukee and Bay View.
  http://access.newspaperarchive.com/
  
  
• UWM Archives
  Few researchers consider visiting the UWM library to find out about local history. But, this should be a first stop for any local researchers! The archives are a regional research center for the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS). Quite a bit of the WHS materials relating to Milwaukee (and Bay View), are held here:
  http://www.uwm.edu/Library/arch/
  
  

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Discounts available to all Society Members!

As a Bay View Historical Society Member, you qualify for special discounts at many Bay View businesses. Just show show your membership card when visiting any of the following Bay View businesses and receive a discount on your purchase. Please check with individual merchants for specific discount.

(in alphabetical order)