Get Started Researching Your Family Tree
Are you curious about your ancestors? Come to the library and explore your family history with some guidance from a librarian trained in genealogy.
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Pride Month: This Is It
Did you know the largely unmarked bar over at 418 East Wells, next the Milwaukee Bar Association, is the oldest operating gay bar in Milwaukee?
Read moreEpisode VI: The Return of the Green Sheet
With the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel resurrecting the beloved Green Sheet from the Milwaukee Journal days, why not take a look at its heyday at your local library?
Read moreMilwaukee's Menagerie: Albert the Alley Cat
Long before there was Keyboard Cat, Nyan Cat, Grumpy Cat, or even Long Cat, Milwaukee had Albert the Alley Cat.
Read moreSpy Princess: The Life of Noor Inayat Khan
"I do not suffer in leaving this world for I have gained my subjects' freedom." ―Monkey Chief, "The Monkey-Bridge," Twenty Jātaka Tales by Noor Inayat Khan.
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