Paula, Thanks for the information. This does give me some insight. I will check out the website. Laura On May 8, 2005, at 2:04 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > Hi Laura, > > The Frei Gemeinde was the Free Thinkers and they settled on 27th and > Ryan > Rd. in Franklin, Milwaukee County, WI. It is the first and oldest > Free Thinker > meeting hall in the state of Wisconsin. The name was changed to > Painesville > and the Painesville Meeting Hall is still there. The web page for > Painesville is _http://painesville.topcities.com/painesville.htm_ > (http://painesville.topcities.com/painesville.htm) . Most of the > original members (many of my > ancestors included) were from Alsace, France, Germany and Switzerland. > > They had a singing society called the Painesviller Sangerbund > (Painesville > Choral Society). The memorial association that is in charge there > have some > of the pieces of music that they used but I don't know if there is any > record > as to who was in the choral group. > > They also have a cemetery next to the meeting hall where many of the > original members and their family are buried. Most of the cemetery > has been > documented and that too is on the web page. > > I hope this helps answer some your questions. Or maybe make you think > of > some more?! :) > Paula > > In a message dated 5/7/2005 10:01:24 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > > Does anyone know of this singing group? > > My Great Grandfather (from Switzerland) german speaking, > was a member here in Milwaukee. > > Laura > [email protected] > > > > > > > ==== WIMILWAU Mailing List ==== > For subscribe/unsubscribe and other general list information, please > see > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~sewis/wimilwau.htm > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >