Is anyone familiar with Moravians?
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Aren't those the ones from the DiVinci code?
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today: people from Bohemia (East Europe)
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I know there are some, but don't know their name. good luck
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I'd suggest dropping at some Russian church or community event and just asking around. You'll probably find someone friendly who could teach you a lot.
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Whoa!! small world.  My family is from that town.  I'm sorry I don't speak german or romanian.  Only russian.  You wouldn't happen to know the Ballmers would you?  I think there are several that still live there.
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Probably Pentecostal Christans praying over the area. They are only semi-dangerous, as long as you don't dare speak to them.
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Here's a great link where you can look them up:\nhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
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Hi Don,\nI met the SaltyFry once, a few weekends ago. I was walking to the corner market for a loaf of bread when I had to pass by a neighborhood church. I was somewhat acquainted with the structure as it was always mentioned in the newspaper's community section. Known as "The loft," folks would gather there on Thursday evenings for poetry readings.\nHowever, this day happened to be a Saturday afternoon and a pair of gentlemen greeted me as I walked by. They invited me inside to sample an hour of their presentation. Ok, I went inside and found myself to be a prospective new recruit for their brand of religion.\n\nMost of the pews were filled with hooded monks chanting a haunting rhythm. There were others who like me, were wearing their regular denims. The service began like most others that church-goers would be familiar with. A grand master of ceremonies led the group through some songs and gave a sermon. Near the end of the hour it was time for their ritual of "laying on of the hands." Some of the parishioners would come forward and ask for prayers for their ailments or for a sick grand mum who fell down in the tub. All the hooded dudes whose faces could not readily be seen would all place a hand on the person and their combined energies were presumed to have a strength and expedite a solution to the problem.\n\nOK now, there was another new guy in the pews who was watching eagerly. I recognized SaltyFry from a wanted poster viewed earlier at the post office. When he saw a chance, he approached the ring of conspirators and described how he was always moving around and never able to settle down. The hooded goons closed in upon him, all to make a physical connection. The master of ceremonies began a prayer, a dogmatic mix of logic and pure hocus-pocus. I immediately saw the effects of the procedure as the tension went out of SaltyFry's body. When the beseeching was near an end, the master asked, "Are the brothers ready?"\n\nA suspenseful few moments passed until he almost shouted, "NOW!"\n\nOn that cue, the brothers began to pummel their hapless victim. Continually delivering blows over head and to the solar plexus until SaltyFry was down on the floor getting stomped. After another minute, the grand Pooh-Bah decided the treatment administered was sufficient to induce a relaxing calm that would assuage the nervousness of SaltyFry for a long, long time.\n\nI can't say for certain if SaltyFry got the comeuppance he deserved as I had a loaf of bread to buy and some other errands to do that day. I hope for you Don, that you do find a sense of closure to this difficult episode of life.\n\n-Zealnik
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We have been working on our "Roots" for years.  My great grandfather came from Alabama and his sisters and brothers scattered throughout the US.  We found out the slavemaster's name for our ancestor's but haven't been successful in tracking his ancester's yet.  We were told that The Mormon's kept records from slavery days so now we're concentrating on finding records at The Mormon's Church.  \n\nKeep in mind, that hte slaves were not educated and they did not spell last names the same.  They would spell and write the way it sound.  That only means that some of the ancester's surnames may have had an "A" when others may have had an "O".  Could all be sisters and brothers.\n\nSometimes the slavemasters chose to change the last names of some and some may have had the slavemaster's last name.  It's all so complicated.  \n\nI will continue searching. Maybe we can help each other.  gl
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Oooooo what a lovely convoluted question! Love it! good luck with the fundys though!
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A non-Indian would usually fail to see any spiritual connection. I lived for many years where there were many mounds, I don't remember ever hearing of any comments about them "spiritually".
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The exact number?  Sorry, I have no idea.  What I do know, though, is that the numbers of those actively involved in their churches (not just on the membership rosters) has been steadily decreasing over the past half century.
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who are they?never heard about them.....
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Great question, I too am perplexed by the attitude of those darn Polish catholics from Wisconsin and their feeling towards the lutherns.  I beleive that it started in Lutherna when the Lutherns migrated over to America and settled in Wisconsin which had already been settled by the Polish Catholics from Poland.  If you read your history you will see that Poland and Lutherna never were allies and had many skirmishes and sometimes almost came to war, so there is no love lost.  The funny thing is that the polish catholics in neighboring Minnesota embrace the Lutherns only in Wisconsin do they not get along.  It must be the Cheese.  I just wish we could have peace on earth and maybe the polish catholics and the lutherns in Wisconsin can get along inter-marry and have polherns as children and they can all become agnostics and not have to worry about any religious hangups.  Again it MUST BE THE CHEESE......
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I found this one. I used to live there and I heard of these people the most. Hope it helps. I made sure I copied the site of the address and stuff. Good Luck!!!
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I DO NOT BELIEVE THEY ARE THE TRUE CHURCH AND THEY DO HAVE POSSESSIONS. THEY DO NOT GIVE BLOOD AND DON'T VOTE, BUT THEY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS SUCH AS WELFARE, UNEMPLOYMENT, HOUSING ETC...  I HAVE FRIENDS THAT BELONG AND I HAVE BEEN TO THE HALL, BUT IT IS NOT FOR ME!
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there is actually a british anglican church in downtown hamburg, although I forget its name.  I went there for Christmas.  It is near the "Michel" which is a famous German church in Hamburg.