From 1839 onward — telling His story through our story.
The full five-part account of the 1839 Pomeranian "Old Lutheran" emigration — why they left Prussia, the ocean crossing, and the founding of Freistadt.
From a $45 log church-and-school in 1840 to the 1884 Velguth church still in use today — how the settlement grew, and how the society preserves it.
Wisconsin’s first German settlement, the state’s first Lutheran pastor, a band playing since 1845 — the milestones from 1839 to today.
Want to go deeper? The society publishes books and DVDs on Freistadt's history and genealogy — including name indexes of the Pomeranian emigrant families. See Publications.
