Gross Tuchen,
Kreis Butow, Pommern
Gross
Tuchen (Tuchomie) is a
village that was home to the Loraff and other
families that eventually migrated to Volhynia before
going to Michigan, USA. Here is a modern map of the village:
There
are two churches in the village. The church to the left on the above was
originally clearly Lutheran and was associated with my
families. Here is a picture of that church from the street:
The entrance to the church is very colorful and
interesting:
Here is a picture of the altar as it is no longer a
Lutheran church:
And lastly and interestingly there is a plaque on the
wall about the Loraff family of Bridgman, Michigan:
The village is quite big:
So there is another church which has been continuously
a Catholic church:
Here is its altar:
Church
books are available still for both churches so good research can be done on
families of either faith. Most of the families who worked on the great estates
in Kreis Butow moved from estate to estate in the 1800�s
before going to Volhynia and/or America so it takes a
while to chase them around.
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send any queries to Bill Remus at
September
1, 2014
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