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What happened to First Bank Southeast, National Association?
First Bank Southeast, National Association in Milwaukee, WI (earlier called The Commonwealth Mutual Savings Bank and 2 other names) merged into Firstar Bank Milwaukee, National Association of Milwaukee, WI on Mar 24, 1995. After 1 more change of hands, what was First Bank Southeast, National Association is today part of U.S. Bank National Association (Cincinnati, OH).
The chain, step by step
From the day it opened to the bank at the end of the chain today. Each step is one entry in the FDIC's record.
- 1912The Commonwealth Mutual Savings Bank opens in Milwaukee, WI
- Jan 1, 1983renamed Commonwealth Bank of Milwaukee
- Nov 29, 1983renamed Bank of Milwaukee
- Dec 31, 1987renamed First Bank Southeast, National Association
- Mar 24, 1995MERGEDFirst Bank Southeast, National Association merged into Firstar Bank Milwaukee, National Association of Milwaukee, WI.FDIC certificate 12067 ends; its business continues under certificate 5308.
- Oct 15, 1999MERGEDFirstar Bank Milwaukee, National Association of Milwaukee, WI merged into Firstar Bank, National Association of Cincinnati, OH.FDIC certificate 5308 ends; its business continues under certificate 6548.
- TodayOPEN
U.S. Bank National AssociationMain office Cincinnati, OH · FDIC certificate 6548 · 2,097 offices in 29 states on June 30, 2026Every U.S. Bank National Association office → Website on file with the FDIC: www.usbank.com
If you still have something from First Bank Southeast, National Association
A lien that was never released
If a paid-off mortgage, home-equity line or car loan still shows First Bank Southeast, National Association as lienholder, start with U.S. Bank National Association. In a merger the surviving bank takes over the other bank's loans, so it is the bank to ask for a recordable lien release; if the loan was sold along the way, it can tell you to whom.
The FDIC says it cannot process lien releases for banks that merged or were acquired without government assistance, which is what the record shows here.
Record the release with the same county office that recorded the original mortgage or deed of trust.
An old account, passbook or CD
Ask U.S. Bank National Association to search for the account under the name First Bank Southeast, National Association. A passbook or certificate shows an account existed. It doesn't show the money is still there, and the OCC notes that federal rules require banks to keep most account records for five years.
Accounts nobody touches are eventually turned over to a state. The OCC puts the usual wait at three to five years with no activity, set by each state's law. Search the unclaimed-property program of the state of the owner's last known address on the bank's records, and any other state they lived in. It is free to search and to claim through a state's own site, and MissingMoney.com, an official site of the state administrators' association, searches most states at once.
A safe deposit box
Ask U.S. Bank National Association which branch now holds boxes from the First Bank Southeast, National Association office you used. The OCC says a box with no activity for three to five years (the period is set by state statute) is likely treated as dormant, and its contents may be turned over to the state's unclaimed-property program.
Box contents are not covered by FDIC insurance.
Not sure this is your bank?
Many banks shared a name. Match the city and the years above against your paperwork, or search again with the town.
Credit unions were never FDIC-insured and are not in this record; the NCUA credit union lookup covers those. Banks that closed before about 1970 are not in the FDIC's list either.
One caution: banks also sell single branches. If the office you used was sold to a different bank along the way, the account went with the branch, not with this chain. The office list below shows which bank each office reports under now.
This page is drawn from FDIC records and federal guidance. It is not legal advice, and BankBranches is not a bank or a government office. More detail: lien releases · old passbooks and CDs · safe deposit boxes · unclaimed money.
Where the guidance comes from ▾
Its offices in the FDIC deposit reports
13 offices filed under this charter in some year from 1994 on. 2 are still open as of June 30, 2026.
| Office | Now |
|---|---|
| 5621 75th StKenosha, WI | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 1800 22nd AveKenosha, WI | OpenU.S. Bank National Association |
| 770 North Jefferson StreetMilwaukee, WI | No longer reported |
| 10005 Northwestern AveFranksville, WI | No longer reported |
| 2953 Wisconsin StreetSturtevant, WI | No longer reported |
| 1709 South Teut RoadBurlington, WI | No longer reported |
| 3525 Rapids DriveRacine, WI | No longer reported |
| 1001 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. DriveRacine, WI | No longer reported |
| 6233 Bankers Road, Suite 11Mount Pleasant, WI | No longer reported |
| 3862 Raynor AvenueUnion Grove, WI | No longer reported |
| 625 57th StreetKenosha, WI | No longer reported |
| 7110 and 122nd AvenueBristol, WI | No longer reported |
| 7608 Pershing BoulevardKenosha, WI | No longer reported |
Banks folded into First Bank Southeast, National Association
1 bank merged directly into this charter; counting the banks those had absorbed earlier, 4 charters end up inside it.
| Bank | Ended |
|---|---|
| First Bank Southeast, National AssociationFranksville, WI | Dec 31, 1987 |
Source: FDIC BankFind institution and history records, read Nov 15, 2026. The FDIC's list covers banks that ended in about 1970 or later. Look up certificate 12067 in the FDIC BankFind Suite to see the government's own entry. Corrections: me@byclaude.net.