Thank you Ann S.!! My gut reaction, based on what you found, is that the "society" is an association whose members who "rescue" or sponsor incoming immigrants from Alsace, being from there themselves. Antone did "take in" Frederick Spreng and sponsored him for US citizenship. I'll go to the Pa Historical Society to ses if I can locate this association's history. ANYONE HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHERE I MIGHT FIND A HISTORY ON THE ALSACE SOCIETY?? Dennis **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102)

have you tried Google Books, and type it in as a search term? They have tons of old, out of print books, there might be something there. Nancy ------- I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days. --Daniel Boone On Jun 15, 2008, at 11:58 AM, Den49co@aol.com wrote: > Thank you Ann S.!! > > My gut reaction, based on what you found, is that the "society" is an > association whose members who "rescue" or sponsor incoming > immigrants from Alsace, > being from there themselves. > Antone did "take in" Frederick Spreng and sponsored him for US > citizenship. > > I'll go to the Pa Historical Society to ses if I can locate this > association's history. > > ANYONE HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHERE I MIGHT FIND A HISTORY ON THE ALSACE > SOCIETY?? > > Dennis > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. > City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ALSACE- > LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I just typed in ALSACE on Google. Bonnie ----- Original Message ----- From: <Den49co@aol.com> To: <alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [A-L] Societe' Alsacienne de Secours Mutuels > Thank you Ann S.!! > > My gut reaction, based on what you found, is that the "society" is an > association whose members who "rescue" or sponsor incoming immigrants from > Alsace, > being from there themselves. > Antone did "take in" Frederick Spreng and sponsored him for US > citizenship. > > I'll go to the Pa Historical Society to ses if I can locate this > association's history. > > ANYONE HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHERE I MIGHT FIND A HISTORY ON THE ALSACE > SOCIETY?? > > Dennis > > > > **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best > 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) > -- > Resources for Alsace-Lorraine list members: > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~valorie/Alsace-Lorraine-L.htm > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ALSACE-LORRAINE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message