The following entries were found in the IGI for Somerset churches and non-conformist chapels where one person involved had a middle name starting with “Lapham”.Mary Ann PITTMAN http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGISomerset/L/Lapham.htm#Title Sex: F Event(s): Christening: 24 May 1807 Kilmington, Somerset, England Parents: Father: James Lapham PITTMAN Mother: Betty === BIBLIOGRAPHY0001 Title……….. Lapham family register : or, Records of some of the

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” Think it’s time to go in the water?”Maybe it has something to do with the Eastern European heritage…or maybe it has something to do with a Scandinavian heritage since those people are noted to roll around in snow following a stint in the sauna. Whatever it is about the people who live in Northeast Wisconsin, there is this undeniable urge to hit the water come January 1st and enter into membership in a polar bear club somewhere. The Milwaukee version started in the early 1900’s, and it’s spre

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URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI 153 PM CST WED DEC 17 2008 …MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO IMPACT SOUTHERN WISCONSIN… A MAJOR WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAMMER THE AREA THURSDAY EVENING THROUGH EARLY FRIDAY AFTERNOON. A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL GATHER STRENGTH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS ON THURSDAY…THEN TRACK NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI… REACHING NORTHERN INDIANA BY FRIDAY MORNING. THIS IS A CLASSIC STORM TRACK FOR HEAVY SNOW ACROSS S

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Nearly 600 Cities File Infrastructure Proposals With U. S. Conference of Mayors Milwaukee Not Among Them Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld By Michael Horne And The Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team On Monday, December 8th, 2008 the United States Conference of Mayors issued the second installment [pdf] of its “MainStreet Economic Recovery Report,” covering 427 cities and their “Ready-to-Go” infrastructure projects costing $73 billion, and creating 847,641 jobs. Survey cities includ

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Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld By Michael Horne And the Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team Former state Sen. Gary R. George, [U Michigan '79] whose license to practice law was suspended for four years and three months retroactive to April 1, 2004 following his guilty plea to federal corruption charges, wants to become a lawyer again. A Hearing on Petition for Reinstatement was held yesterday, Monday, December 8th, 2008 at the Milwaukee State Office Building before Referee James Win

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HEARING HELD ON GARY GEORGE LICENSE REINSTATEMENT

Not confirmed yet, and there could be some minor league pitchers involved, but it looks like Brian Cashman is going to ship out former Yankees CF Melky Cabrera to the Milwaukee Brewers for 36-year old CF Mike Cameron. Mike is an athletic outfielder even though he’s past him prime, was involved with HGH, and can’t hit anymore. Mike will be competing with Brett Gardner at CF, so may the best man with. Melky fell out of favor with Cashman and manager Joe Girardi last year after a strong April (wh

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Trade: Melky Cabrera for Mike Cameron

Tesla Motors names new senior vice president of global sales, marketing and service Posted by Richard Robello on December 4, 2008 Senior Harley-Davidson executive Michael van der Sande joins leading electric vehicle manufacturer to drive growth in the global marketplace SAN CARLOS, Calif.–Former Harley-Davidson executive Michael van der Sande has joined Tesla Motors as senior vice president for global sales, marketing and service, effective immediately. He replaces Darryl Siry, who resigned to

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PUZZLING NON-APPEARANCE AT TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE HEARING also: ACLU FILES RIGHTS COMPLAINT ON I-94 PLAN Special to the Readers of Milwaukeeworld.com By Michael Horne and the Milwaukee World Hound Dog Team The Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) failed to send a representative to the regularly scheduled meeting of the Milwaukee County Committee on Transportation, Public Works and Transit today, Wednesday, December 3rd 2008, despite being listed on the agenda. WisDOT was

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CROW FAVORITE! Lil’ REVA Midwestern Traveling Musician and Storyteller!Voted Best Folk Singer in Wisconsin — WAMI 2004 Inducted into The Traditional Old-Time Country Music Hall of Fame - 2003 Voted Best Instrumentalist Harmonica — WAMI 2000 Voted Best Acoustic Act in Milwaukee 1996-1997 Shepherd Express Reader’s Choice Hohner’s 1996 National Blues Harmonica ChampionLil’ Rev, Purveyor of Good-Time Music “A Ukulele & Harmonica Wizard” — Elderly Instruments “Lil’ Rev is an immensely talented

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A My Morning Jacket show is a study in contrasts. It’s wide-legged stance guitarists doing classic rock. It’s hair-flying hard rock. There’s jumping and kicking like the Boss is on E. Street. Then sometimes there’s country twanging keyboards. The soul music classics that were the pre-show music hinted at the soul/pop influences on Evil Urges, whose songs became soaring rhythms on stage. At times, there were hints of Bob Dylan going electric with the Band, and the Band went on to become some

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A Study in Contrasts: My Morning Jacket, Riverside Theater, Milwaukee, WI, October 3, 2008