Thanks, Nancy. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Sunshine49 <shengirl@verizon.net> To: alsace-lorraine@rootsweb.com Sent: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:33 pm Subject: Re: [A-L] Societe' Alsacienne de Secours Mutuels 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 -- 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