[Ger-Poland-Volhynia] Re: PLOCK AREA - Moravian Connections

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Hi, Justin - I am responding to your note re the name of FREIHEIT and the 
comments given earlier from Bob Radke that asked if the person you were 
asking about - Julian FREIHEIT may have been a member of the Moravian 
Brethren.  I happen to have a copy of the book "Brief History of the 
Brudergemeine in Poland 1800-1945" so did look for the surname.  Perhaps the 
following names may have meaning to you.  In the information of the Maschewo 
congregation during the 1940's were names of the Moravan Lay Workers.  On the 
list were Wilhelm Freiheit and Johann Freiheit.  Do these names connect for 
you?  Johann is noted as the Director of Band, and Wilhelm as Director of 
Choir.  Also listed under the Directors of Children's Classes is the name of 
Olga Freiheit.  The article on the church at Maschewo includes the statement 
that the Freiheit's founded a number of choirs and bands in Moravian and 
Lutheran churches in the area.  A hugh musical festival was presented in a 
large Lutheran church in Gombin in 1937 with the band being directed by 
Johann Freiheit.  
It also said that the first Moravian band in Poland was formed in Maschewo in 
1875.  

A number of us who have researched families involved with the Moravian faith 
in Poland and in Volhynia are hoping to present a session on this subject at 
the August convention of SGGEE in Edmonton.  I will hope you might consider 
coming on up for this weekend.  I am from the Chicago area and have come last 
few years to meet many interesting people and learn so much of my husband's 
family background that came out of the Poland and Volhynian areas.  There 
will be several interesting materials that you may be interested in seeing 
that will be on display in the Research Room.  Check the SGGEE website for 
more details on this convention.  A program agenda will be available sometime 
in the spring.  

Sincerely,
Virginia Less
Researcher for husband's family of Bergstraesser/Vogel, Freidemann, and 
Less/Fischer, all out of Volhynia before immigrating to U.S. and Canada