Welcome to the family website of ancestors and descendents of Leonard Joseph 
Frees and Shirley Ann Sommers.  Please send me any additions, corrections, or 
other info you would like to have included!  I have recently upgraded the site 
so we have more room for photos and other information.

I have tried to make sure that all living family members do not have their 
birthdates listed on this site.  Although the site is passworded, someone 
could give out that information.  If you find that I birthdate info displayed 
for a living person; please let me know ASAP!

A quick way into this page is to click on `TREE` at the top of the page.   
There is a SEARCH option there.  A very interesting option is the 
`RELATIONSHIP TOOL`.  It is unique in that you get two drop down menus, each 
containing everyone`s name on the site.  When you select two different names, 
the program will show you how they are 
related!  

In the paragraph BELOW titled `GETTING AROUND` you will find explanation of 
the 3 different ways to view the information stored here.  Further down the 
page is also a listing of all the Surnames (Last names) in the database.  Just 
click on the beginning letter.

My sincere thanks go to all the help and information I have 
been able to obtain from some distant relatives who have spent years working 
on these family lines. A few of the contributors are: 

**Mark Cappello, a  cousin who had been working with Babe and Orville Crow on 
the BARNES line before they died. 
**Michelle Cory for her help with the NAPIER line.
**Andrea Romyn has provided me with photos and information about the FREES` 
and BIRELINE`s.
**Dana Michael has contributed greatly with information and photos 
about the STRUBEL family.