Waukesha Unlocked: Workshop Series

To support businesses and owners participating in the October 2021 Waukesha Unlocked event, a series of workshops were held and recorded. Below you will find the recording where you will learn of resources and develop skills to research your property and use that research to engage new audiences and customers.

Workshop Recordings

Workshop: Bringing it all Together
Recorded August 17, 2021
Bring your research to date and work collaboratively to help answer outstanding questions. Participants will also work through creating a usable tour for their properties.

Workshop: Genealogy Research at the Wisconsin Historical Society
Recorded May 18, 2021
Lori Bessler from the Wisconsin Historic Society reviews online resources for genealogy research. (due to human error, the program begins approx. 5 minutes into the presentation)

Workshop: Maps & City Directories
Recorded June 15, 2021
There are a variety of resources that can help build a property history record, this workshop introduces maps and directories as valuable property record tools.

Workshop: Register of Deeds, Abstracts & Tax Assessments
Recorded July 13, 2021
There are a variety of resources that can help build a property history record, this workshop introduces records at the Register of Deeds, abstracts of title & tax assessments.