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My family migrated from Bohemia to Thueringen in the middle-18th Century
| Passionate Pocket Flask | 02/12/26 |
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Date: February 12th, 2026 8:32 PM Author: Passionate Pocket Flask At that time, under the Familiant laws of the time, certain families were not allowed to marry off their second, third, etc born sons. So this religious constraint caused a lot of men to move to Germany for a new start where they took up a more secular life or pretended to be Lutheran. This side of my family then immigrated to the United States and went to work in the anthracite coal region of Central Pennsylvania. Other branches of my family also came to America seeking religious freedom. It’s an American story. And I’m deeply religious. |