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.

Some of the surnames on this site have several spellings.  FREES was originally FRIES. SOMMERS is often found as SOMERS, SUMMERS and also those variations without the 'S'.   STRUBEL is also found as STRUBLE. BARTOSH is also found as BARTOS and BARTOSOVA.

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

A quick way into this page is to click on the "PEOPLE" tab at the top of the page.    There is a SEARCH option there.  A very interesting option there is the  'RELATIONSHIP TOOL'.

This 'Relationship' option 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:

**Babe (Ione) BARNES CROW research that I inherited.
 **Mark Cappello, a  cousin who had been working with Babe CROW on the BARNES line before she 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. **Dr. James Sommers of Des Moines, IA for photos of the SOMMERS family.