Scottish Reformed Church in Elblag
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The Scottish Reformed Church in Elbląg, Royal Prussia, Poland, was founded by Scottish immigrants to Elbląg.
In the 16th century the Polish Hanseatic trade city near the Baltic Sea had a large trade volume with England and many English and Scots had come to live in Elbląg. The Scottish founded the reformed church of Elbląg. They also formed the brotherhood of Scottish Nation of the reformed church. Many of these people did not return to Britain and took on Elbląg City State citizenship. Protestant Saint Mary church in Elbląg had many family grave sites with names such as Ramsey and Slocume until 1945.
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Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia (http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:b6uMPT4zRAYJ:www.electricscotland.com/history/prussia/part2-2.htm+danzig+1688+world+history&hl=en&ie=UTF-8)